Example sentences of "he had had [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had grown to admire the broader-minded industrial statesmen with whom he had had contacts in his trade union career : men like Lord Melchett and Lord McGowan of ICI or Lord Hirst of GEC , who had created large-scale industrial organisations and represented a progressive capitalism with which the Labour movement could work . |
| 2 | He had had Bernard Jones on the telephone muttering about a ‘ neighbourhood ’ crime and he had found the idea disquieting . |
| 3 | The second tough was aiming his little pistol at me , using both hands to steady his aim — he had had sense enough not to fire when running and waste his one shot . |
| 4 | He later revealed that he had had fevers for at least six weeks before arriving in Britain and was HIV positive . |
| 5 | With a handsome face and flowing silver hair , his appearance was eminently statesmanlike ; he was a former Governor of Texas and , unlike Reagan , he had had experience of national politics , as Nixon 's Secretary of the Treasury . |
| 6 | As the man responsible for operations throughout the UK , he had had difficulty in understanding exactly what the CIOR meant , he said . |
| 7 | He felt responsible for their separation and he knew that when he had had problems in the past , his parents had stopped arguing so much and pulled together to help him . |
| 8 | He told me how he had had problems when young and had assumed that upon his marriage , he would break the habit . |
| 9 | She did not see that if he had had rabbit for dinner it would be a case of ‘ Poor Flopsy Bunnies ’ ’ ( White , 1954 , p.35 ) . |
| 10 | This was because he had had TB at the end of the Great War , ( the First World War ) and any cold was liable to turn to pleurisy . |
| 11 | All three denied the allegations , although Viehweger resigned on Sept. 28 , maintaining that this did not imply his guilt but admitting that he had had contact with the Stasi . |
| 12 | AFTER he had had breakfast with Marjorie , Oliver felt very comfortable . |
| 13 | Whether he had had plans laid for me at the time , or whether at the back of his mind , hidden from consciousness , he knew that in taking me to live with him he would be enrolling someone to deal with the business side of his life , I was never sure . |
| 14 | We ate piroshky and bouillon and fragolli told us what sort of morning he had had negotiating the sale of girdles . |
| 15 | He had had dysentery . |
| 16 | as if he had had sight of publishers ' replies to the Sunday Telegraph questionnaire , Tim Waterstone warned readers that the book trade had ‘ an astonishing capacity for self-pity and self-destruction — ignore publishers ’ gloom … |
| 17 | Lloyd George received a hero 's welcome wherever he went , but then so did Churchill in 1945 , and it is impossible to tell now whether Lloyd George would have fared so well if he had had Liberals rather than Unionists at his back . |
| 18 | He had considered what he would say long and hard , he had had discussions with a wide variety of architects , planners and journalists , eighteen of whom had attended a meeting at Highgrove in September . |
| 19 | In reply to the main question , my right hon. Friend said that he had had discussions with motor vehicle manufacturers . |
| 20 | He had had Havvie Blaine investigated when he had heard of Sally-Anne 's engagement to him , and her rejection of him had saved him , and her , a deal of pain and trouble . |
| 21 | Although Warwick had not held Skipton itself , he had had connections with some of the local families ( perhaps through his possession of the Clifford estates elsewhere ) and these Gloucester seems to have taken over . |
| 22 | Although Warwick had not held Skipton itself , he had had connections with some of the local families ( perhaps through his possession of the Clifford estates elsewhere ) and these Gloucester seems to have taken over . |
| 23 | He had had dealings with the police in many countries . |
| 24 | He had had dealings with Eddie 's family , and as Eddie says : ‘ My father always said you was a smart man . ’ |
| 25 | From that moment he had had respect for Blanche : he knew it took a rare combination of self-confidence and courage to admit she had been wrong . |
| 26 | From the very first , as soon as he had held her , he had had eyes only for her . |
| 27 | When Hugo returned home dinner was served as soon as he had had time to change . |
| 28 | When he had had time to scan it , Hayman spoke again . |
| 29 | He had had time enough : Newton was right . |
| 30 | That seemed obvious now he had had time to think . |