Example sentences of "had [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The number of different visitors they were reported to have had during the last twelve months averaged 5.0 . |
| 2 | We will continue to work strenuously for a political agreement which is acceptable to all the parties involved in the talks which the Secretary of State has had during the past year with the main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland the Government of the Republic of Ireland . |
| 3 | Every penny I 've ever had during our nine-year marriage he 's taken to get himself out of trouble , including the £18,000 divorce settlement from my ex-husband . |
| 4 | It was the first major break she 's had during her career . |
| 5 | Even people who claim to remember dreams every morning only recall their most recent dream , and any dreams they may have had during the two or three REM periods earlier in the night , or even during REM sleep , are completely lost . |
| 6 | He felt like nursery food after the pummelling he 'd had during the meeting and that was the nearest thing to it on the menu . |
| 7 | All the things that you 'd had during the Strike , but things did get left , and er tradesmen were very considerate , there was no chasing for m hard for money and er I know we had an insurance that was n't paid and we used the book to have an imaginary shilling on a horse each day . |
| 8 | A committee of professors , who were also our teachers , would judge us on the marks we had had during the past four years , especially this last year , and award diplomas accordingly . |
| 9 | I was informed that this was the third ’ clip out ’ he had had during the night on that rod , the other two having been either aborted or missed . |
| 10 | But I would sooner have my journal and fight against Tig than die , frozen , wolfmeat , without anything to remind me of the pure pleasure I 've had during my life . |
| 11 | I 've had during the week which are shopfloors , bullets , that sort of thing . |
| 12 | We 've had times when we 've written to commercials and given them free tickets to dig ourselves out of a hole and things . |
| 13 | Yeah but we 've had we 've had times before Peter when there 's been huge pressure . |
| 14 | For one thing , I was extremely lucky in that the winter during which I was homeless was apparently the mildest this country has had for twenty years ( though it was quite cold enough for me ) and that was by no means the only remarkable piece of good fortune that I had . |
| 15 | Over the years I watched as senior officers struggled to come to terms with our bizarre presence , which overcame any respect they might have had for our practical mastery of dealing with a world they were wary of . |
| 16 | We are never told what use Marmeladov might have had for the shawl . |
| 17 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 18 | An enormous bowl of mussels cooked in a delicious liquor with celery , onion , parsley and plenty of black pepper can be had for about £4 . |
| 19 | And the pain I 've had for three years was far worse . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | There was a good living to be had for a shrewd man in an institution . |
| 23 | Barbara was bored with the bob she 'd had for the past four years and was ready for a complete change . |
| 24 | Just in case it was anything venereal — though he did n't see what opportunities a woman of her age could have had for picking it up — he made sure that there was a larger gap than usual between them in bed . |
| 25 | And then when you 're older , scutage , tallage , and how many old goats we 've had for archbishops and popes . |
| 26 | And so you carry on , with what is probably the first conversation that person has had for weeks . |
| 27 | Any number of plants can be had for free by mastering the techniques described on these pages |
| 28 | Being able to say these difficult , and intensely private things to her mother before the funeral was the trigger she wanted to be able to grieve genuinely and begin to feel the loss of her mother , rather than nurse the resentment she had had for so many years . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ The most effective publicity we 've ever had for the Community is the European Ryder Cup Golf Team . |
| 30 | That is why Rugby Union nowadays would probably do just as well if the game built a system of scouting such as Rugby League has had for 100 years . |