Example sentences of "have for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The England football management has for years moaned that there are no longer any easy matches , and England 's cricketers learned this salutary lesson against Sri Lanka . |
| 32 | The health authority has for years not shown any signs of so doing , I have to say . |
| 33 | In Bulgaria traditional music thrives , and unlike British fold music ( collated and ruined by rich Victorians ) it has for centuries remained undiluted by outside influences . |
| 34 | They managed to finish on grass quite happily and their marbled , lean , tender beef caught the eye of the butchers , as it has for centuries . |
| 35 | On the domestic scene glass has for centuries been worked into fine tableware , chandeliers and ornaments . |
| 36 | The staple crop has for centuries been rice , and wet-rice agriculture has been of crucial significance in the evolution of Japanese society . |
| 37 | The way of life of the Dalmatian peasants and fisherfolk , and of the citizens of the former Venetian colonies of Split , Šibenik and Zadar has for centuries resembled that of the Italians on the western shore of the Adriatic rather than that of their Slav cousins who inhabit the Balkan interior . |
| 38 | Situated on the banks of the River Mondego , on an important crossroads , it has for centuries played a vital role in the life of the centre of the country . |
| 39 | ‘ First I 've had for ages . |
| 40 | But there were no unpleasant surprises in store for me , and the 500-mile trip turned out to be the most leisurely and enjoyable drive I have had for ages . |
| 41 | I had one of the best nights I 'd had for ages , and slept through the rest of the ebb and the whole of the flood . |
| 42 | Erm , have you had for thoughts Joan ? |
| 43 | And then when you 're older , scutage , tallage , and how many old goats we 've had for archbishops and popes . |
| 44 | Mm the most we 've had for months . |
| 45 | ‘ Well , yes , I must admit , ’ replies management , ‘ that I am making a good thing out of this , the best break we have had for years — you see , my methods of production are so cheap and efficient . ’ |
| 46 | It makes no sense for two countries to build essentially the same satellite , and the surge-tide of new satellites from Europe and Japan is threatening to kill ideas that the Americans have had for years . |
| 47 | It was the best holiday we had had for years ’ . |
| 48 | ‘ Players know the choices open to them in set areas , which means we now have the inter-action as a team that Australia , New Zealand and England have had for years . ’ |
| 49 | I made his socks on my Singer KE2400 single bed machine which I have had for years . |
| 50 | I pile the CDs on top of the tapes which balance on my redundant vinyl collection that 's heaped on top of the ancient 78s I 've had for years . ’ |
| 51 | All I have to wear are the same old rags I 've had for years . |
| 52 | After all , we have had for years Poor Man 's Lawyer sessions , political legal advice sessions , the legal aid scheme itself , and now , more recently , the neighbourhood law centres . |
| 53 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 54 | The worst they 've had for years , apparently . ’ |
| 55 | It was an old thing he had had for years but only recently learnt to use , taught by one of the boatswains in Taheb 's fleet . |
| 56 | This is the worst snowfall we 've had for years . |
| 57 | The position on the particular issue to which the hon. Gentleman refers is that for some years now we have pursued the same policy that the money has been , in the formula applied , additional and is reflected in higher public spending plans , and that it is for the Commissioner to honour the pledge that we have had for years past . |
| 58 | And then people would point to odd things like paper technology that some of the universities had had for years , and said — ‘ Well , what 's odd about housing studies ? ’ |
| 59 | But since the day when Willi had brought her up here , to his farm , she had won back something she had n't had for years , a sense of balance , of proportion , a sense that there were a great many other things , other people in the world other than Therese Aschmann and her problems . |
| 60 | But that 's , that 's something I 've had for years , but my arms and shoulders |