Example sentences of "have had a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose we have had a share of the steam action down south this season and it was good to see these trains back in action after the threats of cancellation owing to fire hazards ? |
| 2 | ‘ I have had a bit of an accident and the car you rented to me this morning is now a burnt out shell ! ’ |
| 3 | THORNTONS bosses have had a bit of a chuckle with their Father 's Day range this year . |
| 4 | THORNTONS bosses have had a bit of a chuckle with their Father 's Day range this year . |
| 5 | I have had a bit of ‘ medical ’ excitement myself since I last wrote : first when I overturned a full supermarket trolley on to my leg , bursting a small artery with dramatically bloody results . |
| 6 | CAPRICORN — VERY few Capricorns have had a whale of a time in the past few years . |
| 7 | ‘ We have had a change of image , ’ Mr Wise says , ‘ and we now have quality standards for documentation in place . |
| 8 | We have had a plethora of reduction schemes and concessional allowances — five or six of them — and they will go on . |
| 9 | As the project progressed , it was also harder to find schools which fitted the original criteria for Minors , e.g. one library division had been fortunate in finding Majors , but began to find it difficult to identify , for Minor recommendation , " schools which have had a degree of interest and success for some years " . |
| 10 | All these approaches have had a degree of success , but the drug scene is a dynamic , creative one where just as one drug seems to be under control , a new threat emerges . |
| 11 | The prospects for fostering are undoubtedly better , and this is an area where local authorities have had a measure of success . |
| 12 | Eight women have had a total of nine vaginal deliveries and none of these women have had inpaired continence after delivery . |
| 13 | Other economic unions , some short-lived and some longer-lived , in Africa , Asia and the Americas , have had a modicum of influence locally , but none can be said to have had a major influence in global terms . |
| 14 | First race there twelve fifty the going at the moment is good but they have had a quarter of an inch of rain overnight so of course I suppose there 's every chance it could go to good to soft by this afternoon . |
| 15 | These pictorial records have had a variety of purposes . |
| 16 | The Blue Arrows and Michael pages of the recruitment world have found it much easier because they have had a variety of products and services , and encompass a number of sectors . |
| 17 | After young bands have had a couple of hit singles , with their album selling well , everybody wants to see them perform live . |
| 18 | I have had a couple of games at inside centre and am probably more settled in that position but I enjoy playing stand-off most of all ’ . |
| 19 | We have had a couple of occasions where the money can not be claimed back recently , so this is just to inform you of the position that the insurers are taking . |
| 20 | Erm I have had a couple of interviews with a couple of other companies er |
| 21 | It 's alright for a couple of days and I have had a couple of days er peace and quiet , and then er I do n't like it any more after that . |
| 22 | Since the Second World War , swings Left and Right have had a knack of coinciding on both sides of the Atlantic , with Wilson riding on the post-Kennedy-Johnson wave , Callaghan coming back with Carter , and Margaret Thatcher heralding the Reaganite counter-revolution . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ We have had a string of complaints about rats from the allotments and they have been kept in a very poor condition . ’ |
| 24 | After 25 years of further growth and restructure , TACP Design who have the slogan : ‘ Large enough to cope , small enough to care ’ have had a string of conservation successes in the NW . |
| 25 | What has happened is that on conversion they have had a host of non-Christian friends . |
| 26 | Already we have had a taste of [ socialism ] in West Ham . |
| 27 | As my wife , my family and I have had a taste of the suffering that Beck can impose on innocent people , will the Minister join me in sending to the real sufferers , the individuals who endured Beck 's homes and whose lives have been wrecked at his hands , the profound sympathy of us all ? |
| 28 | I have had a lot of pleasure over the years keeping and breeding tropical fish , and cichlids in particular . |
| 29 | ‘ I moved here in September so I have only been here a short time and we have had a lot of changes in the past because of the moves Eric has made , ’ she says . |
| 30 | ‘ We have had a lot of change and travel and I 'm tired . |