Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] had have [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Miss Martindale had had a school , but her rigid ideas and stern manner had frightened the children , and their parents had taken them away .
2 David Parkin had had an affair with you and then started one with Nicola .
3 The Jura alien had had a lot to say about Tellenorean life-forms .
4 The Tranent folk had had a notion ( but look whit happened to them ) — say to the government , ‘ You can not trust us if ever you make us fight . ’
5 It appeared that once , and once only , Mr Donovan had had a success .
6 Mr Mobutu said on Thursday he believed he could produce an agreement this month , after Mr Savimbi had had a week of talks with US officials , including 30 minutes with President Bush , and agreed to accept Mr Mobutu as mediator between his Unita guerrilla organisation and the Luanda government .
7 • As The Bookseller went to press , it was reported that Mr Rushdie had had a meeting on Tuesday with John Smith , the Leader of the Opposition — the first at this level in the Labour Party since the fatwa was issued .
8 But would it have been different if Mrs Thatcher had had a spell on income support ? or if she had ever lugged a buggy , baby , toddler and bags of shopping on and off her infrequent , deregulated buses ?
9 Three weeks after posting copies to Manchester 's social services and education departments , the North-west regional health authority and South Manchester health district , Mrs Finni had had no replies .
10 It also noted that the Brady plan had been applied on a slow-moving voluntary basis which depended on the goodwill of creditor governments and banks , and claimed that in the absence of such goodwill debtor governments had had no alternative but to declare moratoriums as a means of attracting attention to their situation .
11 I began to wish Lou Vecchi had had the brains to get out of the country .
12 So much for one reason why William Charles had had the wherewithal to prosper so quickly in his new surroundings ; but there was another , just as vital to his continuing success — he had made a prudent marriage .
13 The reason Jake had had a change of heart was because he had finally realised for himself that Janice would not make a good mother for Kirsty , and that Shiona , on the other hand , would .
14 As confirmation of this , over 85 per cent of clients questioned by AMERG responded that changes in the advertising regulations had had no effect over their method of selecting architects .
15 Benjamin Ryan had had a skinful , that much was evident .
16 Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’
17 Ruth Baird continues to teach a strong Edinburgh class but as a result of her unplanned and completely unsponsored double somersault down a highland waterfall , Muriel Jessop had to have an operation to deal with a torn cartilage and frayed ligaments in her knee .
18 In the year 1981/82 it became clear that the evaluation project had had a number of ‘ spin-offs ’ , for instance :
19 Thank the Goddess Zambia had had the sense to get out before some scuzzie had violated hir by more than just a beating .
20 The TVS producer had had the idea of asking Hyacinth to play the role of ‘ guest interviewer ’ and had spent an hour or so that morning , showing her something of how it was done .
21 Before he went to the hospital , John Coffin had had a telephone call from his current girlfriend .
22 Yet the same John Redburn had had an affair — probably after his marriage , and probably with a married woman .
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