Example sentences of "but [pers pn] 've had [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me
2 Yeah , but I 've had it , I mean I 've had them a week now have n't I ?
3 Er but I 've had it just grilled , you know and always done in butter .
4 Dear Helena , I do n't really rea really know how to put this but I 've had I 'll have a go .
5 That blue dress of yours looks well enough , but you 've had it a while now ; you need something new to wear .
6 Yeah but we 've had we 've had times before Peter when there 's been huge pressure .
7 I can also think of another example of a house and erm I want to be careful here because my they 're friends , who are also very sensitive about this , but they 've had their house refurbished in the middle of Oxford .
8 No , but they 've had 'em all over the country
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