Example sentences of "[vb past] have [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Only that she must have been holding out on him all these years , that she did have memories which she had covered up or , to give her the benefit of the doubt , conveniently forgotten about .
2 John Aitken , defending , said Bland did have certificates for some of the weapons .
3 But er yes he probably did have thoughts on that .
4 And Eve would admit that she did have obligations .
5 Because I was wrong ; he did have secrets ; he was carrying a headful of them up Hyde Hill Lane every evening .
6 He glossed over the fact that Charles was also granted Alsace , Chur and part of Burgundy : areas in which Lothar ( and his supporters ) certainly did have interests .
7 We did have lines , hundred lines , I must do not do this or something like that which was very negative really .
8 I found that erm in dealing with erm a radical group in the seventeenth century , the Diggers , led by one called Jerod Winstanley , that erm I did have students who were emboldened by reading of their experiment to , to , to , to see what it was like , as the Diggers did , to form their own little commune and practise their communal living erm à la seventeenth century .
9 The thing was , she really did have papers , a resident 's card , a work category check , that sort of thing .
10 And erm I , when I was in , in hospital we did have triplets two of those lived alright though .
11 The wars with republican France and Napoleon lasted for nearly twenty years and although erm er temporary truces and peaces were negotiated , the struggle continued until the overthrow of Napoleon and that was , although it was a , a largely European war , it did have ramifications , it brought Britain , for example , into war with the United States in nin in eighteen twelve .
12 Yes , yes , yeah , but they did have civilians working there but I do n't know where they used to ferry the bombs out to but I do believe they used to carry detonators and everything down there you know .
13 She was sure Julius did have plans .
14 In truth Emily did have dreams that one day in a park or on the street a talent scout would stop and see the perfect features and flawless skin of this child and come to the house begging on bended knees to transform her life .
15 Big Flame did n't have permanent leaders , but it did have superstars .
16 We did have quotations from Wood .
17 ‘ This year 's run was rather windy , ’ he said ‘ and quite a few people did have problems .
18 Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime .
19 But , yes , I did have problems with the dinner circuit .
20 We did have committees and we began to coordinate activities and er careers conventions suddenly sprouted engineering council 's banners and the people all got together again under these banners and we went to these careers conventions and tried to obviously put across the image of engineering itself .
21 And she did have instructions for home by half past twelve but er mm she
22 There were three bells by the side of the door , and these did have names written by them .
23 Working out the visibility was easier as we did have guidelines here — a tree on the other side of the airfield was at 1,000 yards , a distant farmhouse 2 miles , and if you could n't see the briefing room it was foggy .
24 The er directive of December nineteen ninety three did have details that we were not expecting and looking for so there was a great deal of new work to take on board .
25 If he did have designs on her , and a plan to marry Mr Eddie Hogan 's daughter and thereby marry into the business , then why was he saying all the things that would irritate and upset her ?
26 Well most people did have pianos and er practised .
27 But four instances have come to light within the year , through dealers or buyers who did have qualms .
28 The subject had not arisen , but he did have qualms about Rosie , occasionally .
29 I do n't know if she 'll have kids , when she 'll have kids , or if your mother would let you have one if she did have kids !
30 And the machine did have bowels — she could smell them : a dark , rancid odour comprising the spilled residue of a hundred types of food .
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