Example sentences of "had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest Roman triumph was to secure the allegiance of Tincommius of the Atrebates , whose father , Commius , had had a pathological hatred of Rome . |
| 2 | I have had a religious experience — which is not to say , of course , that I am claiming a religious explanation for it . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've had a religious experience . ’ |
| 4 | Even the landscapes , birds and animals may have had a religious significance ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 5 | He also pointed out in the report that the excavation produced a disproportionate number of cosmetic articles , although the significance of this evidence is not clear ; the case for the site having had a religious function is strengthened by a consideration of the other buildings . |
| 6 | The Royal Company of Archers , based in Edinburgh , better known as the Monarch 's Bodyguard in Scotland , was not formed until 1676,193 years after the Kilwinning Society , but as they have had a continuous existence also , they can claim to be the oldest archery company in Scotland . |
| 7 | Of these , only three had had a continuous hospital admission lasting more than five years . |
| 8 | Mrs McIntosh , she knew , had had a young man who pulled out at the last minute ; she might take him in . |
| 9 | The Tigers have had a political wing since 1976 but never registered it as a legal party . |
| 10 | In 1880 he had had a political fling and stood as a Liberal candidate for the City of London in favour of disestablishment , temperance legislation , social and political reform . |
| 11 | Coming up in a few minutes , the artist who 's had a six year love affair with the Malvern Hills . |
| 12 | This boat has had a general re-fit 1988–1989 — new teak deck , awlgripped hull and mast , new engine , heater , fridge , instruments , nav . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've had a general report on Mr Francis . |
| 14 | We should have had a general election last Thursday , rather than three by-elections . |
| 15 | They have had a 50-year run for their money , but as in Europe at the end of the 19th century ( a more appropriate historical comparison than the endless 1920s/1930s imagery ) there is a great hunger for new forms of governance . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've had a 50-year addiction to The Northern Echo , ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've just had a wizard idea , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Hodge , who joined Leeds from Nottingham Forest in a £900,000 deal , has had a frustrating time this season . |
| 19 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 20 | I had known this lady for many years and could claim to have had a friendly relationship with her . |
| 21 | Vessels may have been used for eating , drinking , containing and carrying liquids , but each type may have had a specific function such as the use of open bowls as lamps . |
| 22 | Can you please tell us which members of the club might have had a specific motive for wishing to get rid of Sir Conrad ? ’ |
| 23 | If you can relate back to branches , everybody was just running around , everybody 's had a specific task to do , you were just running round like a , |
| 24 | Such success for developing countries is not always the case , even in the same industry ; Bolivia has had a sorry experience in trying to do the same as its Eastern rivals , but has suffered from a critical lack of expertise . |
| 25 | The Bishop seems to have had a wide discretion , which was not always well exercised . |
| 26 | Samson has had a wide experience in the electronics industry , working with Plessey Co Plc , Standard Telephones and Cables Plc and GEC Plc , where he was managing director of GEC Consumer Products Group until 1989 . |
| 27 | And although Scotland has not had a wide reaching policy of moving psychiatric patients out of hospitals , community care for mentally ill people has advanced spontaneously . |
| 28 | We welcome people from every party , it does n't really matter which party , or even if they belong to no party , who are just committed to seeing a representative representation , seeing more women in there , because women in this country , just as a matter of fact , have a rather different experience from most men , and if you 're making a decision then you want there the people who have had a wide range of experience , who can bring that experience to bear on making the decision . |
| 29 | We fill grocery cartons with shoes that have the shape of living feet , a bulge on the left where she must have had a swollen joint ; I did not notice it while she was alive . |
| 30 | I feel very proud that Dounreay has had a two year advantage in setting up this system . ’ |