Example sentences of "had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its slightly earlier day , pointillism had also had a progressive artistic programme . |
| 2 | The art criticism in such books generally has a slant , questioning whether the country or places have had a determining influence on art . |
| 3 | But it is certainly true that in the last sixty years the various schools and academies of acting have had a significant effect on the climate of acting . |
| 4 | We have had a substantial reduction over the past 10 years . ’ |
| 5 | Tavernier , who is a native Lyon , Birmingham 's twin town , has had a life long love affair with cinema . |
| 6 | One of the great unanswered questions in my life is why Mrs Spence was going to antenatal classes that afternoon when , as she had already had one child , she presumably had a pretty good idea of what to expect . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've never had a woman on the staff before , ’ he informed me ( forgetting the cleaners and caterers ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've had a fifty-pound note stolen . ’ |
| 9 | I 've had a rather difficult time of it of late and it may be affecting my attitude to people . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , you have n't had a chance to unpack . |
| 11 | In it , she told me she 'd had a daughter . |
| 12 | We had agreed at the start of this thing that pressing the Harwich local council for housing would probably be more trouble than it was worth : if one of their inspectors had decided to check my circumstances with the port authorities , the customs people would inevitably have found out about the way in which I had been using their cupboard ( and would have had a pink fit , probably ) . |
| 13 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 14 | ‘ You mentioned it during one of our first meetings so I 've always had a hankering to see how they 've done it . |
| 15 | ‘ I have been savaged by love , ’ she would declaim , when she 'd had a few . |
| 16 | If we 'd had a row . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought she 'd had a cocktail waitress , dear , ’ said Francis . |
| 18 | Dionne said : ‘ Well , if she 's had a necking session or two with you , you wicked dyke , she 's obviously interested . ’ |
| 19 | Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time . |
| 20 | At Art College , she 'd had a friend whose catch phrase when asked for a date , was : How about next July , I seem to have a Wednesday free . |
| 21 | Remember that penalties imposed during the main bout carry forwards into the extension , so if you have had a warning in the bout proper for stepping out , and then immediately incur a half-point penalty during the sudden-death , your opponent wins . |
| 22 | Cameron could sense James Menzies fidgeting and breathing beside him and he wondered if he had had a dram . |
| 23 | ‘ Mr MacDiarmid — you have had a heavy responsibility for the Act — we had better have your name too . ’ |
| 24 | James 's had a brown mark on the leg the shape of an iron . |
| 25 | The Tranent folk had had a notion ( but look whit happened to them ) — say to the government , ‘ You can not trust us if ever you make us fight . ’ |
| 26 | At other times she would refuse to let Rosengarten in the house , especially if Leonard had had a late night out . |
| 27 | I have n't had a job for a year now . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've even had a letter from the President 's office asking for your date of return . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've just had a bath . ’ |
| 30 | If you 'd had a big fat bottom I might have guessed . |