Example sentences of "[noun prp] had have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | Since this meeting , Richard had had a further debate with his conscience . |
| 4 | I heard this morning on Sky that DOL had had a successful comeback in the reserves . |
| 5 | Since then Albania had had a non-party administration pending elections . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Just because Sunil had had a nasty experience did n't mean that his sleeping pattern would have changed . |
| 8 | He was right , a fire watcher came in saying that there was a stick of small unexploded bombs right down the Palace Road but that the junction of Munster and Dawes Road had had a hundred pounder and houses had gone . |
| 9 | JC : Eric Crozier had had a great success producing The Bartered Bride . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Miss Lodsworth had had a long day . |
| 12 | He must have been a very attractive man once , I thought , and then wondered , suddenly , if Adam had had a similar thought about me . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Since that fraught evening over a month ago , Celia had had a certain change of heart . |
| 15 | It was St Patrick 's Night , 1912 , and Sergeant O'Neil had had a long day , what with the parade and all . |
| 16 | At other times she would refuse to let Rosengarten in the house , especially if Leonard had had a late night out . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | My dear Mary had had a truer idea when she called Victor ‘ The Modern Prometheus ’ . |
| 19 | Perhaps Steve had had a narrow escape . |
| 20 | Alfred had had a dark night of the soul . |
| 21 | Once Barbara had had a good look at her new style in the mirror , she was very pleased with the change . |
| 22 | Lawrence thought Slaven had had a remarkable game bearing his seven-week lay-off from first team football . |
| 23 | Since Rosie 's return to the Watermen , Patrick had had a new lease of life . |
| 24 | Hobbes had had a considerable influence on Spinoza . |
| 25 | The first British administrator of Tanganyika Masailand was Colonel E.D. Browne , who had been Assistant District Commissioner at Laikipia at the time of the second Masai move in 1911–13 , and who came down to Tanganyika convinced that the Kenya Masai had had a rotten deal and determined to see that the Tanganyika Masai got a better one . |
| 26 | Then when Evans went in to a selection committee meeting , the reason for Connon 's presence that night , Dalziel had had a long talk with Gwen . |
| 27 | Gwendolen had had a distressing day and was making up for it with several glasses of this delightfully spicy lemonade . |
| 28 | Tony had had a bad start , 2 over after 5 , and Jack had brought it back to 1 again . |
| 29 | He and Charlie had had a good laugh over that particular house , but there had been something serious in Charlie 's laughter and Jack had guessed he aimed high . |
| 30 | Their local women 's group had met the day after the public meeting , and Sheila and Annie had had a fierce argument ; Sheila had been enthusiastic , Annie icy and antagonistic to the idea of wages for housework . |