Example sentences of "[noun pl] had have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deborah 's parents had had a tumultuous relationship in which frequent violent arguments would be followed by tender love scenes . |
| 2 | Diana 's parents had had an unhappy marriage . |
| 3 | He was an only child whose parents had had an unhappy marriage , with rows and infidelities . |
| 4 | The Conservatives likewise were aroused by the prospect of a weakening of Labour 's hold on Scotland and Wales , as the Conservatives had had a constant majority at every post-1945 general election in England ; it was the Celtic fringe that tilted the balance in favour of Labour . |
| 5 | Interestingly , a majority of companies both on and off the zones considered that if anything the zones had had a beneficial effect on local business , local economic development , environmental improvements and public- and private-sector investment . |
| 6 | It was not possible to vary this , because playback machines had to have a similar gearing mechanism . |
| 7 | The hazard of this diet was that patients had to have an alternative source of energy so they turned to fat . |
| 8 | The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that . |
| 9 | Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted . |
| 10 | The local police had had a busy evening with an exceptional number of hoax calls that led them to non-existent road accidents drunken brawls and even — a touch that showed a nice appreciation of British susceptibilities — a rabid dog on the loose . |
| 11 | The children had had a bad spell with that , but she thought it was over now . |
| 12 | However , back in 1938 the Club 's survival was uppermost and up to that date and beyond , bondholders had had a poor deal , especially those on 3% interest . |
| 13 | Out of the gentlemen who came into farming at that time [ before mechanization ] only about one in twenty could make it go : the others had to have a skilled man to manage the farm for 'em . |
| 14 | There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping . |
| 15 | The objectives of Rolls Royce had been met — a group of highly intelligent , well-motivated students had had a good experience of the engineering industry , and their interest in an engineering career had , by their own account , been greatly increased as a result . |