Example sentences of "had [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will continue to work strenuously for a political agreement which is acceptable to all the parties involved in the talks which the Secretary of State has had during the past year with the main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland the Government of the Republic of Ireland . |
| 2 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 3 | Any object that an individual has had for a long time , a favourite book for example , has already been affected by that individual 's electrical impulses . |
| 4 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside . |
| 6 | It was the best experience I have had for a long time . ’ |
| 7 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 8 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 9 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 10 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 11 | This explains the attraction soft conventionalism has had for a recent generation of legal philosophers . |
| 12 | There was a good living to be had for a shrewd man in an institution . |
| 13 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 14 | All highly inventive stuff and this latter , somewhat typical of the smaller pieces here , can be had for a modest £140 . |
| 15 | As George Male points out : ‘ It was done to foil any over-confidence we may have had for the next game , for he knew the opposition would go all out against us after our big win . |
| 16 | He had lost whatever little respect he might have had for the old guard of English political life . |
| 17 | When Drexel 's former equity head , Arthur Kirsch , let it be known last spring that Drexel 's entire American-equity department might be had as a going concern , BZW did not pause to carry out market research on the venture . |
| 18 | However , even after several years , his paces never regained the natural , easy , long-stepping flow they had had as a paddocked youngster ; and his personality could be kindly described as awkward , and certainly was n't to be trusted . |
| 19 | " All right then ? " he said , smiling again , his head a little on one side , a gesture he 'd had as a small boy . |
| 20 | No more profit may be had as the maximum revenue per option is E — P — S whereas the maximum revenue ( S — E — C ) for a call is unconstrained . |
| 21 | It has always had about the same amount of appeal to me as sheep 's eyes . |
| 22 | Preston sometimes thought that Mother Bernie and William between them had ruined whatever chance he 'd ever had of a normal sex life . |
| 23 | Last week , when Unigram.X broke the news that Intel Corp would n't be able to deliver Pentium in any serious numbers before October , we had some trouble identifying the five pet companies that will get what can be had of the scarce chips . |
| 24 | Last week , when Unigram.X broke the news that Intel Corp would n't be able to deliver Pentium in any serious numbers before October , we had some trouble identifying the five pet companies that will get what can be had of the scarce chips . |
| 25 | So he had answered his own son , that time when Yuan had come to him with his dream — that awful nightmare he had had of the great mountain of bones filling the plain where the City had been . |
| 26 | Actually I 've had like a sober conversation now because , think about it yeah , |
| 27 | A person aggrieved by an odour , which amounts to a statutory nuisance , may himself initiate summary proceedings against the person creating the nuisance under s.99 of the 1936 Act , whereupon like proceedings shall be had with the like consequences as to making of orders , penalties for disobedience of orders , and otherwise as in a complaint brought by the local authority . |
| 28 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what recent meetings he has had with the National Union of Mineworkers to discuss the proposed pit closures ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 29 | When I s first spoke to you erm earlier I mean , like last week , erm you were telling me er something about erm the involvement that this branch has had with the local community . |
| 30 | The NBS was good idea when first introduced , but gradually it has had less an less interest shown in it . |