Example sentences of "[vb past] have [noun sg] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd had trouble over a dock strike in France , and had some perishable cargoes which he could n't deliver . |
| 2 | In fact he was subjected to a very stiff , puritanical and doctrinal regime , only mitigated by the fact that he was educated by a long sequence of tutors , and seemed to have access to a lot of books . |
| 3 | Twice he needed to have attention from a doctor on the course but battled on to record a four under par 66 which was good enough to leave him in a tie for 9th place , nine shots behind the winner , Eduardo Romero from the Argentine . |
| 4 | In that case it was held that a journalist lacked standing for an order ( of mandamus ) that the chair of the justices should reveal the names of the magistrates who had heard a particular case , but that he did have standing for a declaration that a policy of not disclosing the names of justices who heard certain types of cases was contrary to the public interest and unlawful . |
| 5 | Just over a third , 35 per cent , of those who had lived in an old people 's home for a year or more had had help from a nurse who visited the home in the year before they died . |
| 6 | Rose had had fun with a boy of her own age . |
| 7 | He had been through school and university , he had travelled the world , he had completed five years in the armed forces , he had flown fighter planes and helicopters — and for nine months had had command of a mine hunter in the North Sea . |
| 8 | For the Collector knew that he had to have earth as a cushion against the enemy cannons ; brickwork or masonry splinters or cracks , wood is useless ; only earth is capable of gulping down cannon balls without distress . |