Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The People 's Party and the Czechoslovak Socialist Party , which functioned as proper political parties before 1948 and have since had a satellite existence , have begun to flex their muscles . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've acted for the club for a long time and have always had a good relationship with them . |
| 3 | I did art right up until the end of school and have always had an interest in architecture . |
| 4 | I have carried my own personal tapes and cassettes in NO SMOKING carriages for nearly 20 years and have never had a problem . |
| 5 | But perhaps someone from Midland can explain how they hope to attract accounts from youngsters in their first jobs who have not passed their driving test and have never had a passport . |
| 6 | Lizzie says : ‘ I have 20 years ’ experience and have never had a single complaint . ’ |
| 7 | Young people three , four years out of college and have never had a job . |
| 8 | In recent years US unions have not been inactive in the political sphere and have actually had a large degree of impact on influencing legislation concerned with broader social and economic issues ( Lewin , 1978 ) . |
| 9 | Another helpful procedure would be to let children who are learning to read silently have some experience of reading aloud , to one another , passages of their own choosing , not ‘ from cold ’ , as a test of reading skill , but after they have become familiar with a text in general terms and have perhaps had a chance to look closely at syntax or vocabulary found to be perplexing . |