Example sentences of "have have [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The decline is not directly attributable to the structure of trade : in broad terms , at least , Britain has had as large a share in the growth sectors of world trade as her competitors [ Batchelor et al. , 1980 ; Prest and Coppock , various edns ] . |
2 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
3 | Anyway he must have had about half a bottle of whisky . ’ |
4 | Firing visually into the dense grey packs moving across their front on the slopes opposite , only a few thousand yards off , gunners can seldom have had so superb a target . |
5 | For we 're the girls , girls , girls , And we would charm you With our curls , curls , curls — We would n't harm you To quote Davidson Ketchum — who with the magazines ‘ In Ruhleben Camp ’ is the principal source of this account — ‘ Few small towns since the Middle Ages can have had so productive a group of artists . ’ |
6 | He received no reply ; seldom can a mislaid letter have had so costly a sequel . |