Example sentences of "had such " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued , historically , that he knew ‘ of no period in which the police have had such a loud and didactic public presence , … [ or ] when they have offered themselves as a distinct interest as one of the great ‘ institutions ’ and perhaps the first in the realm ’ . |
| 2 | Why Derrida has had such a vogue in America is indeed a puzzle , as Searle and others have acknowledged . |
| 3 | It is one indication of why he has had such a unique influence on the history of mankind . |
| 4 | Everyone in the world has had such thoughts . |
| 5 | But men have had such experiences and done nothing further about them , either because they have decided that there was less to the experience than they at first supposed , or because they could not endure the ethical and spiritual demands which were implied in the unspoken , ineffable moment of divine knowledge . |
| 6 | ‘ As you know only too well , ’ he wrote after leaving Broadlands on one occasion to embark on a six-month cruise , ‘ to me it has become a second home in so many ways , and no one could ever have had such a splendid honorary grandpapa in the history of avuncular relationships . ’ |
| 7 | It was the first and last time they have had such privacy and they returned to Balmoral to join the Royal Family for their traditional September break , tanned , relaxed and obviously very much in love . |
| 8 | It was the first and last time they have ever had such privacy |
| 9 | ‘ I can not think , ’ remarked Russell , ‘ Why laziness should have had such a bad press . |
| 10 | But gossip has n't always had such bad press . |
| 11 | Last night , while sitting doing my ration of embroidery , I thought of what we had been talking about — the paying guest , and have come to the conclusion that you ought not to undertake such a responsibility as you have had such a difficult time in one way and another with sickness and trouble . |
| 12 | He throws himself entirely on the divine generosity of which he has already had such rich experience . |
| 13 | It need not have had such fears . |
| 14 | Yes , and Isabel must know , must surely remember it , Isabel who had had such a well-developed , careful , private system for the storing , ordering , labelling , arrangement and organisation of things , whose books were in a certain line , so that she could tell you at once , and without ever having to get up , what sat next to what and where Lewis and Short or Cassell 's French-English would be found , were she to consent to your borrowing them because you had lost your own . |
| 15 | How unexpected , therefore , that Libya should have had such frequent elections — events which are the typical political rituals of party democracies . |
| 16 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , I am very sorry to learn that my book has had such a distressing effect on you . |
| 17 | They relate to a brief two-year crisis period in her forty-four year life ; and although they are by no means irrelevant to her political role , the approach to them has had such a predominantly personal — one might almost say tabloid — quality that the historiographical Mary is immediately marked out from all other historical monarchs , Scottish or otherwise . |
| 18 | The impression that several Northampton players were suffering from the effects of last Tuesday 's victory at Leicester was endorsed afterwards , and rarely could Olver , Bayfield and Shelford have had such ineffective games . |
| 19 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 20 | No newspaper in history has ever had such a lead story for its first ever first edition as the Glasgow Advertiser and Glasgow Herald , 207 years ago . |
| 21 | A man 's voice had never had such an effect on her before . |
| 22 | It was my first 6-day race and I came here to enjoy it with no plan or target , so I 'm very happy to have had such a successful run . ’ |
| 23 | Paddy Mayne , however , had not had such good luck . |
| 24 | I have had such a busy life … travelling … speeches … writing , I sure would hate to go through it again … |
| 25 | One had had such widespread cancer , after her operation she was just sent home to die . |
| 26 | I gave up trying to resuscitate that fern that had once had such shiny green leaves and perky look , declared it dead , threw it out of the house and went to see my surgeon . |
| 27 | I had never had such elevation before . |
| 28 | He 'd never had such a peaceful sleep |
| 29 | Once in housing associations , few tenants have much choice of alternative landlords — and in many cases are not even eligible under the ‘ right to buy ’ legislation which has had such dramatic effects on council housing . |
| 30 | It did n't seem to me the way to behave towards someone with whom you had shared a good many midnight hours , swopping confidences and generally letting your hair down , not to mention the many other evenings when we had had such fun with Henry and Jimmy , and I felt rather aggrieved at being treated this way . |