Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [vb base] had " in BNC.

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1 I 've got a pewter-coloured Strat Plus which I 've had for two years now .
2 I 'm a 15-year-old boy and my problem is a nervous stammer , which I 've had since I was about 10 .
3 The windows have been cleaned for the first time in a year , and what with my contact lenses ( which I 've had since Christmas ) , the view is much improved .
4 On your table er you were given a copy of the draft , the English draft of the charter er which I 've had a look at , it was given to me
5 ‘ It 's partly related to my theory of human behaviour which I 've had since I was at Fettes in Edinburgh , ’ he said .
6 I hope you will agree that in these two instances I have cited from his career — both of which I have had corroborated and believe to be accurate — my father not only manifests , but comes close to being the personification itself , of what the Hayes Society terms ‘ dignity in keeping with his position ’ .
7 A week later I transferred an Emperor Peckoltia ( which I have had over a year ) and added a new Emperor Peckoltia which was purchased from Wholesale Tropicals of Bethnal Green .
8 I have a grey trilby which I have had for many years .
9 Data obtained in the 1969 Census ( to which I have had access but which , to my knowledge , remain unpublished ) suggest that only 15% of the population spoke a mother tongue which was not closely related to one of the seven African broadcast languages .
10 I made his socks on my Singer KE2400 single bed machine which I have had for years .
11 That is , there is not a ‘ what-I-think ’ distinct from , behind , the ‘ what-I-say ’ , and which I have had to translate into what I say .
12 For the above reasons and those contained in the speech of my noble and learned friend , Lord Templeman , which I have had the privilege of reading in draft , I would allow this appeal on the ground that the courts are entitled to substitute some different protection in place of the privilege against self-incrimination , providing that such protection can properly be considered as adequate protection .
13 My Lords , for the reasons contained in the speech of my noble and learned friend , Lord Ackner , which I have had the opportunity of reading in draft , I , too , would allow the appeal and restore the order of Buckley J.
14 My Lords , for the reasons given in the speech to be delivered by my noble and learned friend , Lord Slynn of Hadley , which I have had the opportunity of reading in draft and with which I agree , I would dismiss this appeal .
15 My Lords , for the reasons set out in the speech to be delivered by my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , which I have had the opportunity of considering in draft and with which I agree , I would allow this appeal .
16 My Lords , I entirely agree that for the reasons set out in the speech of my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , which I have had the advantage of reading in draft , this appeal should be allowed .
17 My Lords , for the reasons set out in the speech to be delivered by my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , which I have had the opportunity of considering in draft and with which I agree , I would dismiss this appeal and allow the cross-appeals .
18 This man , or beast , claimed cognisance of divers operations in the Science of Alchemie of which I have had no acquaintance .
19 Met someone today , the third of a partnership trio in which I have had contact with two over the years for different reasons and he said look in re CV for i/view practice if I want — he was with a local enterprise company helping with startups and job searches and now voluntarily helps with just such a counselling group via one of the big churches in Edinburgh for redundant executives — the figure quoted to me recently re architects in Scotland is that forty per cent are redundant .
20 The only journalism which I have done regularly is with the NI which is the group with which I have had the best understanding during my stay in Europe .
21 There is one for the work force and something called ’ Green Watch ’ on which I have had correspondence with the county director and which costs about £60,000 a year .
22 Indeed , I am persuaded that the central criteria against which I have had to measure these applications will be met , and that patient care will be advanced very considerably .
23 I can speak authoritatively on one form of resentment of authority which I have had to get to know — albeit unwillingly — in intimate detail : the student protest movement .
24 And you measure the angle through which you 've had to turn to get to that position , and which direction you 've had to turn it through or rather , which direction the light had been rotated through .
25 because we are issued with the ten eighty eight which you 've had er , ought to be brought into plan .
26 Excellent bargains can be obtained , and thee is something deeply satisfying about owning a rug for which you have had to compete .
27 And to the consideration which you have had in other cases regarding the character of villages and the acceptance that they preserve the special character of historic York .
28 We have n't opened the toilet block as yet , because if you remember that the Recreation Ground Committee , we 're opening it in the er after the school has started and shutting it before the school ends , so that we do n't have the problems of vandalism which we 've had in the past , hopefully .
29 I think we put the erm , report and the guarantee which we 've had from Rentakil in solicitor 's hands , and he is in the process of contacting Rentakil .
30 But , as , as , as it says in the report which we 've had this evening , a bit of flexibility , a bit of balance .
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