Example sentences of "[noun sg] had have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Among the lands earlier ceded to the abbey of St Denis was the Vexin français , that natural bulwark between the French royal demesne and the now hostile Norman duchy , which had been held as a Norman fief , had formed part of Simon de Crépy 's state ( see p. 216 ) , and finally was reclaimed for the French crown by Philip I. The Vexin had had a comital family , in origin probably the advocates for the abbey ; but Philip had bypassed their claims , granting the territory to the young prince Louis , who met with such opposition in the area that it was not until 1119 that his possession was secured . |
2 | Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new . |
3 | Although the royalists later alleged that the rebels had that morning received ‘ a double portion of oatmeal and whisky for incouragement ’ and that a ‘ graite many … that we took prisoners were drunk ’ , these must have been a fortunate minority , but everyone agrees that the prospect of action had had a reviving effect on even the hungriest and weariest . |
4 | He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church . |
5 | Strawberry had had a bad time . |
6 | Angel had had a magical childhood , bucking the system at the smart Buenos Aires boys ' school of Champagnat and living during the term time in a large house in the Avenidad del Libertador . |
7 | But perhaps the joke had had a serious point to it too , or at any rate a serious side-effect : it had enabled Hilda to get her side of the story over to posterity . |
8 | Soon after Presley died , local coroner Dr Jerry Francisco went on television to tell a grieving world that the singer had had a massive heart attack , which was supposedly confirmed by the post-mortem examination . |
9 | They had not ill-treated him in prison , but the fact that his future had been so very much in danger had had a tremendous influence on his morale . |
10 | Now the point about this measure is how will the Secretary of State for home affairs , respond to this proposal because this is a re-run , this ten minute ruled bill , of the bill that I introduced last year under the private members bill procedure in which the er junior minister that is currently at the despatch box , said that he accepted the principals of seeking to achieve full registration but felt that the measure itself was premature , premature in that the Home Office were investigating er numbers and matters concerned with the electoral registration and electoral provision , arising from experience at the last general election but I think it was beginning to be accepted that the poll tax had had a serious impact upon the electoral register although there were many other er elements that provided great difficulty . |
11 | In London , the combination of exceptionally low community charge levels and big swings to the Conservatives in Wandsworth and Westminster and , conversely , an almost equally poor Labour performance in charge-capped Brent and Hammersmith and Fulham , seemed to provide prima facie evidence that the poll tax had had a significant impact on behaviour . |
12 | The war had had a differential impact on the economies , with Belgium much less adversely affected than the Netherlands . |
13 | In Mr Bullins 's opinion , the war had had a regrettable effect upon Oxford , and even upon Magdalen . |
14 | I apologised for slamming the car boot down upon it and commenting churlishly upon its perkiness and assumed that since ferns grew in the wild and my great aunt had had a whole conservatory of them , they were not difficult to rear . |
15 | The funding money had to be matched pound for pound by other backers ; the people who believed in the paper had to put up £5,000 of their own money between them ; and the paper had to have a controlling group to protect it from an outside takeover which might change the political line . |
16 | My passenger had had a lucky escape that night ; he had used his wits well and survived another fight . |
17 | Matza ( 1969 ) was particularly influential in proposing that the correctionalist stance had had a distorting effect in criminology , and in advocating an alternative . |
18 | The Northern Ireland government had had a bad press for years as have had all weak and well-meaning governments in a classical revolutionary situation whether they were Stuart , Bourbon , Romanov or more modern . |
19 | ‘ I sometimes wonder what it would be like if Stop The World had had a proper director , who did it for a living . |
20 | But , head to head with the world 's No 1 , the strapping Scot had had a four-under- par 66 to his conqueror 's 68 and the satisfaction of having unfurled a draw just when he needed it most . |
21 | To win an award , each restaurant had to have a healthy eating option on the menu , be spotlessly clean and provide a non-smoking area . |
22 | She had stayed at the baths a long time , probably getting a chill , but worst of all no-one would testify that the water in the pool had had a proper dose of chlorine . |
23 | That Dad had had a minor stroke , was that superficial explanation . |
24 | The imprisonment of the appellant had had a depressing effect on the victim of the indecent assault . |
25 | One patient had had a positive test before repeat fundoplication , but was now reflux free , and the test was positive in only two patients . |
26 | Her ankle had had a full day 's rest , and it should n't take long for her to be on her feet again . |
27 | A government committed to the disciplines of the market had had a salutary lesson : the market did not care a damn for the long term , or strategic thinking into the middle of the next century , or , quite possibly , sustainable development . |
28 | The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes . |
29 | Like the generals , the Colonial Office had had a good war . |
30 | Mike Monro , defending , said his client had had a strict upbringing , having to do what she was ordered to do by her parents . |