Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] have had " in BNC.

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1 If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients .
2 For months they had had difficulty in reconciling the accounts until they realized the extent of shoplifting .
3 Time after time he has had a tournament in his pocket only for a miracle shot from a rival to steal it away .
4 But with a certain amount of bemusement they 've had to overcome several problems to meet their latest challenge .
5 It is the biggest influx of support it has had .
6 Years in which Creggan had matured , his wings bigger now and darker ; years to grow tired of the teachings of old Minch and bitter that the early hopes of freedom he had had were gone .
7 It was the first bit of luck she had had all afternoon .
8 ‘ It was the first bit of luck I 'd had since I first set eyes on you .
9 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will indicate the nature and range of discussions he has had with OFTEL on the length of time customers have had to wait to have their telephones repaired ; what changes in waiting time there have been in the last seven years ; and if he will make a statement .
10 Try to get some er old door casings rip down from me you know , now , I was thinking of going to North Wales but I know what they 'd say cos it , the ones that I got from our Rob 's you know the they 're quite clean but of course they 've had nails in the , you know , the head like I made the cab some cabinets you know .
11 But of course , in the meanwhile , of course we 've had a flood .
12 Of course we have had to give up the strict ordering of the series in horizontal segments , but the
13 And he himself had been a faithful husband , not that he had n't had his chances — of course he 'd had his chances — other supplications and wooing had come his way , more spirited too than that woman from the stationery shop .
14 It was quite unlike Ace to have left her to carry her own baggage , but of course he 'd had a hard race .
15 Of course he 'd had a lot on his mind .
16 Like her great namesake she was always well organized , and of course she had had so much experience helping with my grandmother 's last six confinements , and going out sometimes with our local midwife , who to some would be a Sairey Gamp , but to those who knew her , another angel of mercy .
17 Of course she 'd had to ; Gran needed her ; Adam was no use , and Ruth , steady and sensible , was the obvious grandchild to come and help over the summer season .
18 Now of course she 's had a tremendous effect on , on fashion knitwear ever since she 's been involved with before .
19 Of course I 'd had newspapers , but I was n't able to feel inside the atmosphere outside .
20 But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like .
21 Of course I 've had to get .
22 But I I would slip back to my normal gloomy cautious self , and say that we do need to balance the years of deficit we have had , with years of surplus , we need to look at N C V O's finances over a longer term , than simply one year .
23 For example the interviewer may preface a clutch of questions with a general phrase such as , ‘ I 'd like to talk a little about your home background ’ , or ‘ Let's take a look at the sort of experience you have had in the retail business ’ , so that you will find yourself keeping your answers to the subsequent questions pertinent to the area in which the interviewer is interested and do not wander off the point .
24 The number of times she had had to go to school with no knickers on was nobody 's business , she often told her husband .
25 I called Pat to tell him what sort of response we 'd had and he was thrilled .
26 Erm , this idea that the police had more more money , yes they have had more money , what , what er , has been very conveniently ignored is the enormous amount of money we 've had to spend on special protection duties .
27 D' ya , d' ya know what I think Al , I think he 's from Barnsley cos that Bob lots of money he 's had dropped there at Barnsley
28 Ah doubt there 's anybody else has had the sort of opportunity he 's had for flyin' around at will in that part of the Antarctic . ’
29 They passed the fountain , which still lay in darkness , having beaten Stephen and the team of electricians he had had working until minutes before the guests ' arrival — the one and only thing that was not finished .
30 they were very dissatisfied with the amount of feedback they had had following the presentation of the report ;
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