Example sentences of "had a [noun] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've had a decade or more of development corporations and government enterprise zones , and most them seem to have been environmentally brutal . |
| 2 | Even if the convert claims to have had a dream or religious experience , it is likely ( although perhaps not inevitable ) that it fitted in with a world-view with which he was previously acquainted ( through either the written or the spoken word ) , or else , that his experience will be interpreted by a believer in his new world-view . |
| 3 | I 've had a shower and that , all the time you know besides ! |
| 4 | Oldham manager Joe Royle would make no comment , but his centre forward Graeme Sharp said : ‘ Cambridge adapted better to the windy conditions and could have had a goal or two more . ’ |
| 5 | She had had a colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis for FAP in 1961 and had required 20 fulgurations for rectal polyps . |
| 6 | But I 've never had a sponsor and all that cash went back into financing the next three years . ’ |
| 7 | Right , thank you , erm , now Ross is n't , is there anything further on the thir , last year was the thirtieth anniversary of Amnesty 's foundation in nineteen sixty one and we 've had a campaign and that , and that still sort of running is there anything more on that ? |
| 8 | because he 's had a spell or two at Stowmarket |
| 9 | But she 's very kind and she can be very funny , when she 's had a drink or two . ’ |
| 10 | I 've had a drink or two . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's had a drink or three , that 's all . ’ |
| 12 | Traditionally , the word ‘ black ’ has had a meaning as dishonourable , sinister and evil and terms like ‘ to black ’ , ‘ blacken ’ , ‘ blackball ’ , ‘ black mark ’ , ‘ blackleg ’ , ‘ blackspot ’ , ‘ blacklist ’ , ‘ black market ’ , ‘ blackguard ’ , ‘ black sheep ’ and ‘ blackmail ’ refer to anti-social or wicked behaviour . |
| 13 | Menelik was her fifth husband ; they had no children , though Menelik had had a son and two daughters by previous marriages . |
| 14 | Aubrey was the elder son ( there were no daughters ) by the second marriage , Lord Carnarvon already having had a son and three daughters by his first . |
| 15 | ‘ Harriet might have had a glass or two that morning but she was n't drunk ! |
| 16 | She 'd had a glass or two of wine , and it had helped to float her off . |
| 17 | I do n't want any more , I 've just had a chocolate and that 's made me sick . |
| 18 | Lewes has only had a mayor or two for a hundred years , and so its ceremonial is somewhat new , but one was able to draw on the traditions in places like Rye , where it goes back to the thirteenth/fourteenth centuries , and erm I used some of the phraseologies out of sixteenth century Rye documents and so on in my Lewes mayoralty on these sorts of ceremonial occasions , and introduced some of the ceremonial which I knew was authentic to mayoralties elsewhere in Sussex . |
| 19 | In published series of patients with constipation and irritable bowel syndrome or functional abdominal pain there is an excess of womeh who have had a hysterectomy but this may be because women who are referred to hospital with these disorders tend to be anxious and polysymptomatic . |
| 20 | There was no significant difference in the response to HRT between patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease , smokers and non-smokers , and those who had had a hysterectomy and those who had not . |
| 21 | One hundred and seven patients , 102 ( 95% ) of whom had had a vagotomy or partial gastrectomy ( Table I ) , were referred because of suspected rapid gastric emptying as a cause or feature of dumping syndrome and diarrhoea , or both ( Table I ) . |
| 22 | I 've always had a feeling that United 's goal crisis was not the fault of Mark Hughes or Brian McClair but of problems around them — not least the inability of the midfield to score . |
| 23 | One mentioned her skill at communicating with patients who had had a tracheostomy and another found that she could lip-read patients when nobody else could understand them . |
| 24 | The torrent of weeping afterwards left her feeling as weak as any new-born , but it had had a cleansing and calming effect . |
| 25 | When she 'd had a moment or two to look around Michele said , ‘ Those are the items for exhibition . ’ |
| 26 | If perhaps the Government were to fund victim support properly , Erm , Mr who was burgled and has never got over it might perhaps have had a visit and some counselling from a victim support worker , and that would be a very good thing . |