Example sentences of "had [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To that extent it does not matter in principle whether the individuals are described in a particular society as ‘ upper class ’ , ‘ middle class ’ or ‘ lower class ’ , or whether the society is rural or urban : it is a universal that all individuals in all societies have contacts with other individuals ( even the exceptional case — say , a hermit — has occasional societal contacts or has had them in the past , and ‘ isolates ’ are special cases ) . |
| 2 | You 've certainly had them in the past , ’ she reminded him , ignoring the small , unexpected twist of pain inside her as she said the words . |
| 3 | Ever since he had known her parents , he had had them in the palms of both his hands . |
| 4 | If they 'd come we 'd have had them in the bathroom . |
| 5 | I would of had them in the front . |
| 6 | A good American would have had her in the kitchen with a flue-brush , or making pastry , by now . |
| 7 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 8 | The fact that she would return to the same workhouse 10 years later was in itself not untypical ; many genuine helpers in such institutions may have had it in the back of their minds that one day they would become the cared for , rather than the person doing the caring , as old age took its toll . |
| 9 | GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it . |
| 10 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
| 11 | No you did n't like that one whe where you 've had it in the water did you ? |
| 12 | We 've had it in the cupboard for years . |
| 13 | well I suppose their motto is , she had a C D ten on her driving licence , I suppose she should n't of had it in the first place so if she had n't of had it , he would n't of got it ! |
| 14 | I 've had it in the . |
| 15 | So this all suggests to me that the establishment of fierce criteria could make this a very rare exception is the key and erm I think we 've had it in the course of the discussion , it 'll now be on the record , erm an exploration of the kind of criteria those could be . |