Example sentences of "the [noun sg] had had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the lands earlier ceded to the abbey of St Denis was the Vexin français , that natural bulwark between the French royal demesne and the now hostile Norman duchy , which had been held as a Norman fief , had formed part of Simon de Crépy 's state ( see p. 216 ) , and finally was reclaimed for the French crown by Philip I. The Vexin had had a comital family , in origin probably the advocates for the abbey ; but Philip had bypassed their claims , granting the territory to the young prince Louis , who met with such opposition in the area that it was not until 1119 that his possession was secured . |
| 2 | He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church . |
| 3 | The war had had a differential impact on the economies , with Belgium much less adversely affected than the Netherlands . |
| 4 | In Mr Bullins 's opinion , the war had had a regrettable effect upon Oxford , and even upon Magdalen . |
| 5 | Soon after Presley died , local coroner Dr Jerry Francisco went on television to tell a grieving world that the singer had had a massive heart attack , which was supposedly confirmed by the post-mortem examination . |
| 6 | But perhaps the joke had had a serious point to it too , or at any rate a serious side-effect : it had enabled Hilda to get her side of the story over to posterity . |
| 7 | The man had had a full medical check-up only a month before . |
| 8 | She had stayed at the baths a long time , probably getting a chill , but worst of all no-one would testify that the water in the pool had had a proper dose of chlorine . |
| 9 | ‘ I sometimes wonder what it would be like if Stop The World had had a proper director , who did it for a living . |
| 10 | The imprisonment of the appellant had had a depressing effect on the victim of the indecent assault . |
| 11 | It had been destined for the pinacotheca but the dealer had had a soft spot for Charlotte . … |
| 12 | A government committed to the disciplines of the market had had a salutary lesson : the market did not care a damn for the long term , or strategic thinking into the middle of the next century , or , quite possibly , sustainable development . |
| 13 | The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes . |