Example sentences of "had this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Church of Ireland appears to have had this in mind when it invited the well-known English Roman catholic marriage consultant , Dr Jack Dominian , to provide a report on divorce for the Church of Ireland General Synod . |
| 2 | I 've had this shrub for a few years now but it has been a bit reluctant to bloom . |
| 3 | Down in Tranent , which was somewhere near Edinburgh , and anything could have happened there — but old Donald had had this from Cameron himself , and he got newspapers by the carrier 's cart from Dunkeld — some miners had sworn not to serve , even if the King called on them , and the Volunteers had chased them into the cornfields and played havoc with their sabres … |
| 4 | While the Polish church has always been a vital element in the Poles ' national identity , neither the Protestant nor the Catholic churches in Germany — much less East Germany — have ever had this function . |
| 5 | I 'm sure that if I 'd had this excellent book when learning to windsurf my progress would have been much faster . |
| 6 | I announced : ‘ We 've had this bad news ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've had this idea ’ , said Lewis , ‘ of letters from a senior devil to a junior devil ’ The Screwtape Letters brought into literary use qualities which Lewis had had to a highly developed degree ever since adolescence . |
| 8 | They could not even think of washing my hair until I had had this operation to put the two rods in my back . ’ |
| 9 | Developed through having had this magazine of my own since the age of six , and listening to the Top 30 every Tuesday only to run off instantly to the typewriter in order to compile my own personal Top 30 which totally conflicted with how the world really was . |
| 10 | He had had no key to the organizer 's flat before so had n't had this option . |
| 11 | For those who claimed to have had this experience , the exemplary manner in which they met their death was the ultimate proof they were indeed saved . |
| 12 | We 've had this conversation so many times . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , it will be a much easier horse to handle , for example to catch , than if it had not had this early contact with people . |
| 14 | I like the way I dress , though , I 've always had this thing for a sports look , that 's what I 'm aiming for . |
| 15 | He has had this terrible illness , but he is full of hope . |
| 16 | She must have had this whole floor bricked up from the outside . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've just had this awful dream , ’ he announced to the class . |
| 18 | My diesel shortly is a terrible smoker , I have only had this vehicle for three months ( 1985 vintage ) but have covered about 3000 miles and tried all of the adjustments to reduce its habit , The clock reads 30,000 miles and the distributor pump is adjusted to its maximum in an attempt to reduce the smoke , but I can not stop it . |
| 19 | I have had this Land Rover for 18 years and rebuilt the engine once about six years ago . |
| 20 | He realized that we felt disgusted at what had been achieved in the commandos and that he had had this brainwave of small parties behind the lines . ’ |
| 21 | She said , as she was lying there , ‘ I feel , Dame Edna , I can talk about anything to you and I 've never had this experience before when I 've tried to talk to people . |
| 22 | How many of those who said they would prefer their husband , wife , mother , etc to go into institutional care had had this wish granted within one year ? |
| 23 | Indeed , I was slow to discover that other men had had this experience , for it had been possible to read books and to associate with men on other grounds … |
| 24 | You ca n't believe that they can still say it , having had this conversation six hundred times . |
| 25 | Ian has had this experience in reality and is all it with some explanation . |
| 26 | Fortunately I have never had this problem either with ferrets or dogs but should it ever hit my animals it means more than just the loss of the ferrets . |
| 27 | Fortunately Mercer himself had had this conversation with Emil , which meant he felt no need to ask me also , so I escaped having to speak too much in my English accent at his table . |
| 28 | But I have never had this opinion of Edward Wood challenged in the House of Commons . |
| 29 | I 've had this for five years . |
| 30 | ‘ We 've had this security feller tell us how he could disable a punter by cutting the tendons at the back of his leg with this fancy Stanley blade . |