Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pers pn] have had " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted their parents to know that they had had an accident , were safely aboard a Royal Navy ship and would be home soon . ’ |
| 2 | But she was not to know that he had had this desire , and went into the house with head bent , feeling that she had been a failure . |
| 3 | While advances in information technology have so far done little to change the telephone itself — give or take a few microchips and memories — it 's easy to see that IT has had a dramatic affect on the underlying telecoms infrastructure , and the way we use it . |
| 4 | One constable had the temerity to state that we had had nothing to eat since 9.30 a.m . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's difficult sometimes to remember that you 've had any other life , ’ he had said . |
| 6 | Arguments are put forward to show their importance to an understanding of the relationship of women to the home , and to suggest that they have had a significant influence on British architecture . |
| 7 | They seemed disappointed to hear that we had had such a pleasant day on the far bank . |
| 8 | One consequence of recent trends , therefore , is that literary critics have been forced to recognise that they have had to become involved in issues of history formerly the preserve of historians , and can no longer take history for granted . |
| 9 | ‘ Indian restaurants are always contacting us to say that they 've had celebrities in , and more often than not they turn out to be MPs . ’ |
| 10 | He then went on to say that he had had a complaint from the men in the next room , that I was using what he could only describe as ‘ a female sex aid device ’ for long periods at night and first thing in the morning . |
| 11 | In a very Vincent-like move he wrote home to say that he had had to buy two secondhand pairs of trousers and two coats , as well as underwear and shoes . |
| 12 | Jenny understands him to say that he has had trouble on his travels ‘ with the Reds ’ . |
| 13 | Did you have to sign for something to say that you 've had it ? |
| 14 | I have to carry my tetanus card so that if I was er injured and unconscious and not being able to say that I 've had the horse serum , the doctor thinking , Oh look look he 's got lots of soil in that cut , er give him a quick injection of the horse serum , that could actually be fatal . |
| 15 | Well you , I mean to say that I 've had mine a long time and you ai n't done much mileage on it . |
| 16 | But to say that I have had an experience of God , whom I claim to be a transcendent being outside myself , can not be self-authenticating . |
| 17 | Not willing to admit that she had had the same idea , Sophie said cautiously , ‘ Dawn was n't available to help him with the monkey . |
| 18 | He was so candid that , for a moment , Kelly expected him to reveal that they had had dinner together , but with the slightest hint of a cautionary glance in her direction , he merely referred to ‘ a follow-up meeting away from the office ’ . |
| 19 | It was held that in showing that he relied upon the figures in Lloyd 's Register and had disregarded the figure in the ship 's documents , he had failed to prove that he had had reasonable grounds to believe the truth of his misrepresentation . |
| 20 | He was beginning to feel that he had had enough of Yorick . |