Example sentences of "[n mass] have have [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These fish have had a special place in my heart ever since I first kept them some years ago , and they are naturally a shoaling fish .
2 ‘ It seemed as if quite a lot of people had had the same dream — or a similar one , at least — there were similar elements in all of them .
3 Talking about him with the others , I did find out that several other people had had the same experience with him as me ; that his lovemaking was done in silence , that he never said a word ( in fact with me he hardly looked me in the eye either , just stared at his own hands as he moved them over my body , not stroking so much as seizing and kneading me , holding me down too ) ; but then later in the night you would wake to hear him talking to himself , lying there fast asleep ( O always asked the men he fucked to stay with him all night long , always ) , fast asleep and talking out loud in the night , talking in a fast , furious , hushed , hollow voice .
4 While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ?
5 He believes that older people have had a raw deal , and through his writing he hopes to show where things have gone wrong and how more positive attitudes could be developed .
6 But when I met her and shook her hand I had a feeling which is hard to explain — other people have had the same experience when meeting this lady .
7 These people have to have an objective understanding of both culture bases and of the professional implications involved .
8 A GROUP of MPs have had a narrow escape from gunfire in Bosnia .
9 The mink has had a chequered relationship with us , but we must remember that the changes are of our own making .
10 If it 's ever proved that the mink has had an unacceptable effect on the environment , then it might be difficult , if not impossible , to redress the balance .
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