Example sentences of "have had [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Until recently the all-male tradition of cathedral choirs has continued unaltered , with the exception of St. Mary 's Cathedral in Edinburgh , which has had both girls and boys in its choir .
2 THE news that Peter Cranmer after having long been confined to a wheelchair , has had both legs amputated in Brighton General Hospital will sadden all who recall with admiration that famous sporting figure of the 1930s .
3 3.14 There is a head of damage which is sometimes called the loss of amenities ; the man made blind by the accident will no longer be able to see the familiar things he has seen all his life ; the man who has had both legs removed and will never again go upon his walking excursions — things of that kind — loss of amenities ( per Birkett LJ in Manley v Rugby Portland Cement Co Ltd , a decision of the Court of Appeal in 1951 ) .
4 Because once the vigorous discussion , rarely does anyone sit and accuse us of having had clearly party political discussions , we had a job of work to do and as a result of that job of work is in front of you now in items one and two .
5 They had hoped to have had both Matthew Dobson and Richie Hunter on board for last Friday night 's game with Ulster .
6 Its list of down-under clients is embarrassing : Mr Christopher Skase 's defunct media conglomerate , Qintex ; a bankrupt trans-Tasmanian property developer , Equiticorp ; Rothwell 's , a dud Perth-based merchant bank ; the fraud-ridden National Safety Council of Victoria ; and Mr Alan Bond , to whom the bank is thought to have had almost $1 billion in loans outstanding at the peak , a figure now cut by half .
7 Thirty seven women ( aged 25–68 , mean 47 and median 48 ) had had cholecystectomy and 79 ( aged 29–68 , mean ? ? and median 50 ) had had hysterectomy , seven of whom had had both operations .
8 One patient had suffered grade three frostbite and had had both feet amputated .
9 Towards the end of the war I realised that I had had both friends and enemies at Southern Command .
10 Females can grow to six inches or more , so I do not rule out the fishes being female , but if you had had both sexes , then by the time one was six inches the size differential should have shown up .
11 At the beginning of May he had had nearly £300 in his bank account ; the balance was now down to double figures and falling fast .
12 Nowadays wanting to work on Saturdays and I said right I 've had enough Friday .
13 ‘ We 've had about £1,000 each ’ , he says .
14 So far I have had only hints . ’
15 Pupils who have had perhaps difficulty in studying at home can stay in our school library until quarter to six .
16 I have peeled the potatoes , they 're in the stew pan , and the onions and the carrots and the beef 's all in the stew pan and it 's had about quarter of an hour .
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