Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] had have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A difficult birth was soon linked to a disputed paternity , for it was said that Hortense had had a lover — several names were suggested — and that Louis-Napoleon was the result of an illicit union . |
| 2 | I presumed that Prentice had had a word in somebody 's shell-like , or maybe nobody was very interested . |
| 3 | A bystander at his creation , or rather arriving a few moments after it , would feel justified in assuming that Adam had had a mother , been born and brought up in the usual way , and was in every way like us ; but he would be wrong . |
| 4 | There was always a rumour that Noreen had had a baby to an Italian , but they had never heard the truth of it in Ireland . |
| 5 | The coroner heard it revealed for the first time — none of the family knew it — that Charlie had had a stroke a few months before , which explained the strange behaviour . |
| 6 | It was absurd ; if Parkes had had a gun it would n't have been a .22 . |
| 7 | He and Rory had had a drink the night before , and Rory confessed he 'd driven up from Belleeks early to cruise around Cultra and reconnoitre . |
| 8 | She preferred to be left alone to handle her problem with Silvia — at least until Silvia had had a chance to keep her word . |
| 9 | and I said I said to Bob I said well , you know said well had n't you better get cos Shirley had had a go at Bob first off , before when , when I went in there first thing . |
| 10 | The membership showed no interest in doing business that way , but would have talked if SCO had had a product . |
| 11 | He said he and his wife , Tracie , and their sons Michael , ten , and Dale had had a lie down . |
| 12 | He would wait another couple of years , he told himself , until Grégoire had had a chance to catch up , and was more confident . |
| 13 | If she and Lowell had had a child it would have been a strange hybrid , perhaps difficult to love . |
| 14 | When Mary came in from work the day after the row she told Mum that she and Albert had had a talk and that she was going to stay with his parents for a bit while Albert sorted out a house and furniture and the paraphernalia of married life . |
| 15 | ‘ If Leopold had had a son , would it be the heir ? ’ |
| 16 | It was a long time since Adam had had a dream about Zosie . |
| 17 | A prominent man , Friends — Russians in other words — and so skilled men , wallpaper , paint , gold leaf — and fine linen instantly available ; she smiled as she wondered whether Bodo had had a hand in it . |
| 18 | Menelik was her fifth husband ; they had no children , though Menelik had had a son and two daughters by previous marriages . |