Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [adv] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potter says this approach has been satisfactory , although he would not say how many times the company had used it , but Psion has never had to take a case to court . |
| 2 | Due to its flat landscape , Norfolk has long had a reputation for its fantastic light quality , a phenomenon that has been captured to great effect by many painters . |
| 3 | Inverness has also had of late years its annual Christian convention . |
| 4 | Whitehall has also had to find office space and officials to staff the new ministries promised by both parties . |
| 5 | Neil Murray has often had to come into bands and reproduce another player 's bass part , or even their bass sound … |
| 6 | Somerville has always had strong links overseas , principally through Graduate House . |
| 7 | Intelsat has already had to stretch the lives of six older satellites over the Pacific Ocean and last summer repositioned a satellite over Indonesia to increase capacity . |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the one existing example of convergence in Europe is the convergence of west Germany and east Germany , which has resulted in the highest inflation and interest rates that Germany has ever had , and which is costing Britain at least 1.5 per cent . |
| 9 | Alison has certainly had his uses off the pitch , though … once acting as Terry Venables ' sausage courier ! |
| 10 | Remarkably , Mr McGovern has never had to sell equity in his firm to outside investors , though he has given away nearly 30% to motivate employees . |
| 11 | LASMO has recently had its public debt ratings by Moody 's and Standard & poors re-affirmed at Baa-1 and A-respectively . |
| 12 | ‘ Perks has never had a birthday like it ! ’ she said . |
| 13 | A man who has had a lot of success in a relatively short space of time — he has been training 15 years — Homer Scott has already had a Liverpool winner . |
| 14 | Caterham has already had a significant success in the US when it was invited to compete in the Sports Cars of America 's 24-hour race in Ohio , and won . |
| 15 | Chay Blyth has long had links with British Steel and they have produced a pot of around £1 ½ million to fund the running of the race and cover part of the cost of building the yachts and training the crew . |
| 16 | Until he died , Jean had never had cause to doubt her husband 's faithfulness . |
| 17 | But Murray was determined , and eager to be off eastwards without delay , for Balliol had already had two days ' lead . |
| 18 | Williams explained in the court that the MRF had just had a new intake of NCOs . |
| 19 | So if the two eat very much the same , but , for example , Ann had always had a small packet of peanuts with her evening drink , then she will have to give up those peanuts permanently to stay slim for ever . |
| 20 | Aunt Lilian had never had any children , and she died in 1960 when she was only fifty-five . |
| 21 | The last revellers had finally been seen off at nine in the morning ; they and Margot had done some cleaning up before going to bed , though Ken had anyway had a couple of hours ' sleep between three and five , when he 'd fallen into a deep slumber on the wicker couch in the conservatory . |
| 22 | Claudia did n't know Garry , or even his surname ; Dana had always had men in her life , but she had n't seemed serious about any of them , and so far Claudia had hoped in vain that she would find someone to love and to provide the anchor she 'd been missing so badly since their mother had died . |
| 23 | Dana had always had a fine sense of her own importance , and Claudia was n't certain she would consider another woman 's need before her own desires . |
| 24 | GEORGE HARRISON and ERIC CLAPTON have apparently had a falling out , resulting in Clapton 's diminished presence on the upcoming live album of the pair 's recent Japan tour . |
| 25 | Like those of Caracas , the stations of Mexico have generally had a bad press . |
| 26 | This area of Falkirk has always had a resident population of these handsome but predatory birds . |
| 27 | VAUX chairman Paul Nicholson has always had a larger than life attitude to the manner in which he conducts his business . |
| 28 | Fortunately Scotland has always had a fine reservoir of comic talent and so I found the idea of letting a Scottish company loose on these plays totally irresistible . |
| 29 | Scotland has never had much time for earthquakes : the national football team already has a monopoly on disasters . |
| 30 | Neil Welliver has always had a special fondness for trees . |