Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] had have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did notice the changes , of course , but I just thought the old lady had had the house done over for them — the parents . |
| 2 | Presumably the regret that Flaubert was n't more involved in life is n't just a philanthropic wish for him : if only old Gustave had had a wife and kiddies , he would n't have been so glum about the whole shooting-match ? |
| 3 | Appeal judge Sir Stephen Brown said the High Court had had no power to make a residence order and blamed Nottinghamshire for an ‘ unhappy catalogue of errors ’ . |
| 4 | Several teenage mothers in this book had had a home tutor and most had enjoyed it . |
| 5 | In In re X ( A Student ) , 11 November 1991 , Brooke J. explained why that Act had had no effect on the jurisdiction of the Inns , subject to the supervision of the judges , to decide who were fit and proper persons to be admitted to the Inns for training . |
| 6 | Would to God the dear girl had had the smallpox in a mortifying manner , then she 'd be lovely in the excellencies of her mind only and out of dangers of suffering from the transient beauties of countenance . |
| 7 | When she heard that a mere layman had had the effrontery to advise on civil service matters , she went to see the Minister on the following day to tender her resignation . |
| 8 | Commissioners were accordingly appointed to make perambulations in the forests of Devon and Surrey : they were to be returned into the Chancery before Christmas , but were not to be put into effect until the officers of the central administration had had an opportunity of comparing them with the earlier perambulations of Edward I 's time . |
| 9 | Held , ( 1 ) allowing the cross-appeals ( Lord Mustill and Lord Slynn of Hadley dissenting ) , that , where a visitor 's decision was made within his jurisdiction in that he had power under the relevant regulating documents to enter into the adjudication of the dispute in question , his decision was not amenable to challenge by judicial review on the ground of error in fact or law contained in that decision ; and that , accordingly , the Divisional Court had had no jurisdiction to entertain the applicant 's motion for judicial review ( post , pp. 1114F–G , G–H , 1121G–H , 1124H — 1125B , H ) . |
| 10 | Prime Minister Jan Olszewski said that his newly-formed government had had no time to prepare its own budget , and asked parliament " with a heavy heart and a true sense of responsibility " to accept the measures before it . |
| 11 | Already in Carolingian times the imperial army had had a nucleus of fully trained warriors who served their lord in exchange for holding substantial fiefs . |
| 12 | By the spring of 1949 , the Boards were triumphantly arguing that they had been proved right in that the differential charge had had no effect on consumption and merely provoked public discontent . |
| 13 | In 1757 Postlethwayt went so far as to argue that the national debt had had the effect of transferring property to the " money-mongers " at such a pace that , " Since our debts have taken place , not near one tenth of the land of England is possessed by the posterity or heirs of those who possessed it at the Revolution . " |
| 14 | The long night had had a result ; he was back in control again . |
| 15 | One policeman had suffered a detached retina from the blast and one onlooker had had a heart attack . |
| 16 | One man had done that , one man had had the power to call them all out here on to the moor , away from their homes , their jobs . |
| 17 | Many of the older generation coming from a rural background had had no opportunity for training and so were limited in the type of employment open to them . |
| 18 | For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed , to protect them from the cats ; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack , the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester . |
| 19 | Anyone seeking temporary work beyond his own parish had to have a certificate ( signed by the minister and an overseer ) which acknowledged legal responsibility . |
| 20 | Then the American millionaire had had a heart attack . |
| 21 | Before experiencing a Methodist conversion , Bamford senior had been a noted drinker and wrestler , but even at that time had had a taste for books . |
| 22 | Assistant manager Gerry Collins suggested that a couple of sessions with leading psychologist Cathy Smith last week had had an effect . |