Example sentences of "[noun sg] had a history " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alex Household had a history of mental instability and paranoia . |
| 2 | The boy had a history of fits . |
| 3 | But the inquest was told that lifts at Hamilton Hall had a history of breakdowns and students often attempted ‘ self-rescues ’ . |
| 4 | This means that he asked his questions from an existing problematic ; each question had a history of answers on which he was able to draw and contextualize his own . |
| 5 | BELOW : Lodgemore Mill had a history of fires , the one in 1871 destroying virtually all the stone-built mill . |
| 6 | The offer had a history behind it . |
| 7 | The man had a history of chronic bronchitis . |
| 8 | Dead man had a history of anxiety |
| 9 | Many of the medical supporters of the legislation had a history of involvement in hospital and sanitary work among the poor , as local medical officers and poor law doctors — work which reinforced their commitment to the acts as part of the wider politics of public health . |
| 10 | Nearly two thirds of the total had a history of smoking . |
| 11 | Moreover , 11% of 151 women presenting with obsessive-compulsive disorder had a history of anorexia nervosa . |
| 12 | The gravity of the offence was sufficient to justify a sentence of imprisonment in the case of an adult , and the appellant had a history of failure to respond to non-custodial penalties and was unable or unwilling to respond to them . |
| 13 | No patient had a history of taking ulcerogenic drugs , such as aspirin , indomethacin , and steroids . |
| 14 | This patient had a history of chest pain , although a negative exercise test had been recorded 7.5 months before the episode . |
| 15 | The family had a history of cot deaths , and the baby had a heart condition . |