Example sentences of "'ve had " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ The British people will say to themselves : ‘ Well here 's a government that 's got a majority of 100 , they 've been in office for 10 years , they 've had all these opportunities , and at the end of 10 years all they can think of to do is to make individual attacks on the Leader of the Opposition . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ As soon as we 've had some valium , we 'll be awight too . ’ |
| 33 | You 've had your theatre for the day . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ I 've had a religious experience . ’ |
| 35 | And the pain I 've had for three years was far worse . |
| 36 | It 's a bit stiff still but I 've had the stitches out and still no pain . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ Anyway , Piper , you lucky bastard , you had an hour 's kip , I 've had nothing yet . ’ |
| 38 | Between the noise of the bloody guns and clouds of bloody mosquitoes buzzing around my head , all I 've had for my two hours is more mosquito lumps on my face , and I 'm more tired than ever. , Taff and I chatted while he sat on the floor of the trench smoking his cigarette . |
| 39 | I 've had some packed lunches which were perfect , but I 've also been sold some horrors . |
| 40 | It was a spectacular sight — the best I 've had of wild flowers in Britain . |
| 41 | I announced : ‘ We 've had this bad news ’ . |
| 42 | I 've had complaints about you . ’ |
| 43 | By pointing to my ears and making signs I eventually elicit the response from the projectionist , ‘ I 'll turn it down when I 've had my tea . ’ |
| 44 | I 've had enough of it and I wanted to be alone . |
| 45 | ‘ I 've had a number of opportunities and taking them , particularly in the oil industry , has sometimes been a desperate gamble . ’ |
| 46 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 47 | You try to defy death all the time when you 've had a Catholic upbringing , because it 's just so awful . |
| 48 | ‘ We 've had good weather for weeks now . |
| 49 | ‘ I 've had a touch of the Dave Berrow 's recently and just ca n't score points . |
| 50 | ‘ I 've had a long day , Nora . |
| 51 | ‘ I 've had too much already . ’ |
| 52 | I 've had enough of the lights , so we turn round and head back to the house . |
| 53 | There 's lots of talking and laughing when they do that — they look like they 've had a real good time . |
| 54 | Sorry to wake you at this hour but we 've had a host of tasks during the night . |
| 55 | I 'm going to brief Major Lower that we should recommend the whole fleet be grounded at least until we 've had time to get this examined in detail and to inspect a few more . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ she said , ‘ I do sometimes , especially after a day like I 've had . |
| 57 | ‘ 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 . |
| 58 | Since then we 've had a new roof , but its glossy perfection , like a blank page , says nothing about man and his lifelong bargaining with time . |
| 59 | And in his diary he wrote , ‘ It 's lovely having him here , we 've had so many cosy talks . |
| 60 | ‘ Perhaps you 've had enough for today ? ’ |