Example sentences of "we have had " in BNC.

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1 So you can see we 've had our share of tricky moments .
2 You see we 've had some very good reports , I mean that went through a very bad patch but they 've this new Doctor Colin he 's meant to be pretty switched on
3 But you see we 've had U er P V C before .
4 If we 'd had a row .
5 It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice .
6 So serene , in fact , that after we 'd had a meal at the bungalow and a few drinks my mother did something she 'd never done before .
7 ‘ He said , ‘ let's try my method , you 've had the SMG , now try going to the top person and everything will be OK , ’ ' says Ramesh K. ‘ After the amount of hassle we 'd had , we thought we 'd give it a go . ’
8 We 'd had it .
9 We 'd had a huge rally of 10,000 people for Ronald Reagan at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas and I was flying on to Los Angeles with one of the co-ordinators the next morning .
10 If we 'd had a child there would have been movement ; we 'd have watched him growing up , seen him change , worried about his schooling , and so on .
11 If we 'd had the confidence and belief in our finishing that we had in our general play , we would have been 2–0 up at half-time . ’
12 When the offer first came up we 'd had an even lower-budget series go out on a national US cable network but , apart from that critically-lauded effort , no TV experience .
13 We 'd had some pretty awful weather already , but the third round was the worst of the week .
14 We 'd had a couple just stay on the lip and we were getting desperate .
15 Sally confesses : ‘ We realized , after we 'd had the dividing wall rebuilt between the front room and the back parlour , that it was impossible to get in or out of the back parlour , since we 'd also had the doorway closed off and made into a display case for the tortoiseshell medical implements Peter collects .
16 Worst of all , we lost the special chemistry we 'd had with her there .
17 They are reputed to have said , ‘ If we 'd had a telegram like that , we 'd have gone to the moon . ’
18 H. P. Some people would get a bottle of beer — we 'd had a lot of fellows come out of the army and they were fond of their drink and there 's no doubt that they could get it .
19 ‘ After we 'd had a nice dinner together , we 'd go into Richard 's studio and we 'd put on music .
20 We talked it through and agreed we 'd had great years together and why should n't we get back together again .
21 We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later .
22 I enjoyed the whole of the Chuck Berry interview — I only wish we 'd had longer .
23 I wish we 'd had time to work on things .
24 The cut where the wing had been severed was quite clean , and the blood had dried up , so she concluded that the poor bird must have flown through some overhead wires in the vicinity during the severe gales we 'd had the night before .
25 That kind of hurt because we 'd had a relationship for nine years .
26 That afternoon a friend came round , Ruth and Jim , and they come round with a bottle of champagne , the best you could buy , and it was just like we 'd had a baby …
27 Although we we 'd had a modest week in terms of routes , we 'd found enough delight and challenge in the sunlit silence of the valley and the peaks — and now we knew the full potential of the place .
28 That feeling lasted a while but after we 'd had the children something changed and I slowly realized that I did n't love her anymore .
29 We 'd had a couple of years to put the break-up into perspective and I know , personally , I was missing the lads and the buzz I used to get from songs like ‘ Suspect Devices ’ and ‘ Straw Dogs ’ .
30 If we 'd had a church wedding , she 'd have done the white-lace-and-trimmings bit , the full veil-and-trail number .
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