Example sentences of "[noun sg] they have had [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 2 | they were very dissatisfied with the amount of feedback they had had following the presentation of the report ; |
| 3 | how much feedback they had had from the recipients ( the governors , the LEA panel ) ; |
| 4 | He had been nothing other than polite since that confrontation they had had on the deck , maintaining the charade of their relationship with apparent ease , yet Fran had sensed the tension behind the smiling façade . |
| 5 | This is not purely a result of them being faster sailors , but partly a measure of the clean wind they have had by being at the front . |
| 6 | Similar to erm the accreditation that is er up at , with the help they 've had from er er interested er people there . |
| 7 | But by the middle of the nineteenth century they had lost most of even the symbolic importance they had had in earlier generations . |
| 8 | It 's the last three or four months erm the lack of education they 've had over that time . |
| 9 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 10 | Laura Davies , Sue Strudwick , Trish Johnson and Nicholas yesterday all spoke as one on the subject of how , but for the support they had had from certain European sponsors down the years , they would all be thinking in terms of pulling out of playing in Europe altogether . |
| 11 | What became real to her was not Therese Aschmann , but the tiny diamond and garnet engagement ring Willi had bought in a shop at the back of St Stephen 's Cathedral , and Gerda 's delight , and the luck they had had in getting two cancellation seats at the Staatsoper for a performance of Figaro , and the elegance of their hotel , and the toy truck they had bought for Georg , which had been so large they 'd had trouble getting it home . |
| 12 | However , even after several years , his paces never regained the natural , easy , long-stepping flow they had had as a paddocked youngster ; and his personality could be kindly described as awkward , and certainly was n't to be trusted . |
| 13 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 14 | Regularly presented as the principal policy medium for the resolution of these two problems , the impact of urban policy on either has been as minor as the significance they have had for the formulation and legitimation of policy has been major . |
| 15 | Factors are keen to shed the negative image they have had since the 1960s and to make more companies aware of the service they can provide |
| 16 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 17 | She packed up the remains of the bread and cheese they had had for supper , and then watched as he clipped poles together and hammered in pegs ; within minutes the flimsy little structure was up and ready . |
| 18 | The treatment they 've had at the Oxford Rhesus therapy centre has saved her unborn baby 's life . |
| 19 | The women , who had lost their craft specialisation , had few opportunities to develop any new specialisms and so lost the independence and prestige they had had from making cotton lengths . |