Example sentences of "[noun prp] had have [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It had been claimed that Mrs McWilliams had had an allergic reaction to the drugs and she had alleged negligence by the anaesthetist .
2 Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener .
3 Paul Fisher exclaimed as she went quickly past him , but his ‘ wow ’ meant nothing to her other than that , unfortunately , his carpeting of a week last Friday had had no lasting effect .
4 Andre Moga , the president of Beglès and one of the so-called ‘ barons ’ of French rugby , made the following comment : ‘ If Rodez had had a good president at the time this would not have reached court ’ .
5 I heard this morning on Sky that DOL had had a successful comeback in the reserves .
6 Jake had had no real friends except Ben ; he had often been at the house in those old days , never saying much , but good at mending broken toys and constructing dolls out of handkerchiefs and folded paper .
7 Since then Albania had had a non-party administration pending elections .
8 The file hat shown that Miss Tuckey had had no official connection with the Intelligence Service since turning town a bedroom job there in 1946 , the year Marriage himself had joined them .
9 A few months earlier , Sammy Woods of Australia and Harry Wood of England had had a near miss in this particular department , but it took a brace of Smiths to achieve a Test first .
10 Just because Sunil had had a nasty experience did n't mean that his sleeping pattern would have changed .
11 Donald had had a good innings .
12 At least the Rabiers had had the good sense to leave the inside of the château as it had been , at any rate on this floor .
13 JC : Eric Crozier had had a great success producing The Bartered Bride .
14 Although conventional , Crossman 's technique , dazzling for the time , shines through many of Stone 's records , notably ‘ Tiger Rag ’ from 1934 , where it is obvious that the American clarinettist Jimmy Dorsey had had a strong influence on him .
15 Miss Lodsworth had had a long day .
16 He must have been a very attractive man once , I thought , and then wondered , suddenly , if Adam had had a similar thought about me .
17 If Adam had had an equal amount they would have managed .
18 Big John McCormick had had a distinguished career in Scotland , where he had been on the verge of international honours while playing with now defunct Third Lanark and at Aberdeen , but it was , amazingly , as a makeweight that he came south to Crystal Palace .
19 She told Vanity Fair that it was well known in Washington that President Bush had had an extra-marital affair .
20 Since that fraught evening over a month ago , Celia had had a certain change of heart .
21 It was St Patrick 's Night , 1912 , and Sergeant O'Neil had had a long day , what with the parade and all .
22 At other times she would refuse to let Rosengarten in the house , especially if Leonard had had a late night out .
23 Simon had n't inherited yet ; the house was entailed of course and as there was no direct male heir ( my being what I am ) it looked as if it were going to some cousin overseas , only later it became known that Mary had had a posthumous son : he 's still a minor — here 's another member of my family whom I have n't met , I seem to have an assortment .
24 Terry 's family , unlike he himself , had n't had a great deal of experience of the world outside the States , so Peg had had an awful lot to learn .
25 Bob had had the Bulgarian State Non-Ferrous Metals Trust jamboree the previous month , and he 'd had the Cosmosair inaugural to Saarbrucken himself .
26 He would have liked to talk to Richie , but Richie had had the in-car phone removed .
27 Perhaps Steve had had a narrow escape .
28 Alfred had had a dark night of the soul .
29 Once Barbara had had a good look at her new style in the mirror , she was very pleased with the change .
30 Lawrence thought Slaven had had a remarkable game bearing his seven-week lay-off from first team football .
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