Example sentences of "had not had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not had a violent case of laughing for years . |
| 2 | By the looks of Carla she had not had a decent meal for weeks . |
| 3 | In addition the judge used intemperate language which could have led to the view being formed that the contemnor had not had a fair trial . |
| 4 | Their lot , they felt , had not had a proper turn since the defeat of the left in the civil war of the late 1940s . |
| 5 | Dan had not had a proper job for over ten years . |
| 6 | David Burns , who heads a service in Chicago that matches athletes and advertisers , told Associated Press he had not had a single inquiry about Yamaguchi since her Olympic win , watched by one of the biggest television audiences for the Winter Games . |
| 7 | ’ participation in the nuclear weapons test programme had not had a detectable effect on the participants ' expectation of life , nor on their total risk of developing cancer ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Although I had not had a sexual experience when I was at high school , I thought I should be ready , if and when it came , and so I thought I should stock up . |
| 9 | Gabriel herself had not had a happy family life , but a merciful providence , as she now saw it , had orphaned her early . |
| 10 | It also stimulated scientific research by providing a definite name for something that previously had not had a satisfactory title . |
| 11 | It suddenly struck Viola , in the midst of her rage , that she had n't had a good row for months . |
| 12 | I had n't had a good War for months ; the last one had been the Ordinary Soldiers versus the Aerosols . |
| 13 | As we had n't had a real holiday the year before , we thought an early spring holiday this year would do us good . |
| 14 | Terry 's family , unlike he himself , had n't had a great deal of experience of the world outside the States , so Peg had had an awful lot to learn . |
| 15 | I do n't believe I would ever have found my insects again if I had n't had a printed picture of the complete set of their evolutionary precursors , and even then it was difficult and tedious . |
| 16 | The key to the character was that he had n't had a decent bowel movement in forty-six years . |
| 17 | Wilson and I had n't had a proper meal the whole time and now my stomach was beginning to remind me there were other things in life besides Scotch and bourbon . |
| 18 | Scarlet did n't argue as she might have done if she had n't had a large vodka . |