Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] had have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You always reacted as if you had had a leg amputated when people are just … oh , really . |
| 32 | I would imagine the plaster wall have to be replaced cos there 's a lot of work that needs to be done on t we 've already had to deal with the plastering once , in fact we would n't have noticed cos we had n't seen it before but what happened is that the the frame of the hall particularly shrank so that we had gaps in between where the plastering was and where the wood was and we had to have a couple of men that we used for this , erm come in with lime plaster and fill in all the cracks for a week or two . |
| 33 | Anyway , forty six and then we had no house , at all , because my mother had died and my father , we said to my father you leave if you want to we should be alright we 'll find somewhere to go and we did n't and we had to have a Nissan hut for about a year , supplied by the Council |
| 34 | It would have been better if we had had a valuation number from the outset which may well have proved more satisfactory with regards to initial enquiries . |
| 35 | The interesting question is whether , if we had had a lot of tremendous tycoons who were interested in the arts , the story would be a different one ; we just have n't bred those sort of people in the last twenty or thirty years . |
| 36 | And they had had a discussion about it , speculating as to whether he actually lived there or was there to kill something , rats , moles , any sort of infestation . |
| 37 | Then , quickly she opened the door and went out and left them standing in a half circle , silent , no laughter on their faces now , just memories of what might have been if they had had a child like the little girl who used to run into them , and a daughter as she was now . |
| 38 | The department 's ‘ O ’ Level results had been very good the previous year and he had had a letter of congratulation from the Assistant Education Officer responsible for the school . |
| 39 | He had known where the coal was kept , and the Calor gas poker , and he had had a key — which , now that I thought about it , I should certainly have asked him to hand over to me … |
| 40 | He relapsed into silence then , and because my mind was still trying to grapple with the politics of a country I knew very little about , I failed to ask him whether Gómez had made that flight on his own or if he had had a crew with him . |
| 41 | She looked up at his face , unattractively blotched by the morning chill , at the grubby stubble , at the two brittle hairs at the corners of his mouth , at the trace of blackened blood in the left nostril , as if he had had a nose bleed , at the eyes , still gummy with sleep . |
| 42 | Cameron could sense James Menzies fidgeting and breathing beside him and he wondered if he had had a dram . |
| 43 | He could have wandered unchecked all over north London if he had had a mind to it , but this was supposed to be Bienvida 's party and he and Bienvida were supposed to be there . |
| 44 | That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately . |
| 45 | The torrent of weeping afterwards left her feeling as weak as any new-born , but it had had a cleansing and calming effect . |
| 46 | Unfortunately , because he had had a source of comfort , the moment Ellie left to go back to the house his mournful howls increased in volume . |
| 47 | About one hour later we sat on the sands staring at the cool sea in front of us , thinking how long it was since we had had a bath . |
| 48 | At one point , the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her , began helping herself to some port from my tray . |
| 49 | Whether she had had a warning or what . |
| 50 | After he had had a spell at Southern League Bedford Town , Palace awarded Roy a Benefit match on 15 March 1961 in token of his services to our club . |
| 51 | Internal NRA correspondence leaked to the Independent newspaper showed that the chief executive , John Bowman , had tried to stop the prosecution from going ahead after he had had a meeting with a senior official from the DoE pollution inspectorate . |
| 52 | After he had had a sandwich m the Market Burger House , he loaded the van with small stuff to be returned and went out delivering . |
| 53 | The words had leapt out of Tom 's mouth before he had had a chance to stop them . |