Example sentences of "have have a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that the growth and authority of employers ' associations has had a major influence both upon the development and the direction of collective bargaining in many countries . |
| 3 | His jockey has had a solid season too , 18 wins from 142 rides , busier than ever before . |
| 4 | He obtained the next job for which he applied and , as far as I know , has had a successful career subsequently . |
| 5 | Erm , somebody tells me that Sarah is erm doing very well but has had a foul cold ever since she 's been over there , is she very well now ? |
| 6 | Lloyd 's has had a difficult time recently but it remains vital if London is to retain its pre-eminent position in the world insurance market . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If the law has to have a proper effect then landlords and breweries should know that to serve young people like this , they are in danger of losing their licences . ’ |
| 8 | When Minton painted alongside students in the life class ( ‘ That was a marvellous adrenalin shot , ’ recalled Greaves ) he taught by example that a picture has to have a lively activity right up to the four edges of the canvas , and that if the background is treated merely as a secondary constituent to the model , areas of the canvas will become inert . |
| 9 | Jessica probably knew ten times more about these things than she did , she 'd had a million times more experience , at any rate . |
| 10 | So anyway we 'd had a good look round and this ch church warden said hey you 'd better go and get some seats cos it 's going to get . |
| 11 | ‘ After we 'd had a nice dinner together , we 'd go into Richard 's studio and we 'd put on music . |
| 12 | In the days when it was briefly fashionable to be seen around with black people she had also been known as ‘ Missy ’ , and she 'd had a black lover then . |
| 13 | That 's right and they 'd do into the wheat and they 'd on they 'd smoothed off , one man 'd had a big sack there , they hold her in , they had this one they build one in , he 'd go one in , he 'd go one and he 'd go one , four , four bushels of the corn and they used to tow it up , heave it out on the scale and they used to have a little old hand basin like that , with a handle on , take a little out or put a little in , and then them men down the hold , them ones , then he 'd do so many on the left and they 'd change over , he 'd do that way . |
| 14 | She did literally now , ever since that turn she 'd had a few months ago ; frightened of the stairs , the climb when the lifts did n't work , she rarely went out , but stayed surrounded and walled-in by belongings , old letters , cards , souvenirs scattered over the furniture . |
| 15 | I 'd had a soft erection before , but as our mouths collided — we had n't even been able to kiss all week ! — it hardened up painfully . |
| 16 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 17 | The footings and parts of the walls of around 300 chambers have survived on the ground floor ; the presence of several staircases implies the existence of upper storeys and , taking into account the destroyed upper floors as well , the original temple may have had a thousand chambers altogether . |
| 18 | And we only wanted the melted chocolate , we could have had a sticky finger then could n't we ? |
| 19 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 20 | A Titford family photograph taken in the early 1890s shows husband and wife with five daughters and young Marwood , the girls in neat smocks or severe black dresses , the son in an Eton collar , and every one of the group looking his or her most miserable Sunday best Those photographers who made a speciality of enticing young ladies to say ‘ prunes ’ and ‘ prisms ’ to bring out their charming dimples , called ‘ watch the birdie ! ’ with much gusto or tried ‘ cheese ! ’ in the hope of a smile would have had a rough time indeed with severe-looking Benjamin James and his wife and children . |
| 21 | ‘ Harriet must have had a real skinful yesterday . |
| 22 | She might have had a brief illness best treated outside the home , or it is possible that the balance of her mind was disturbed in some way . |
| 23 | My worry about the half is that we should have had a few goals in , rather than just the one . |
| 24 | The door of the back kitchen went down two steps and then there was a chimney corner with shaped stonework , which I think would have had a wooden seat long ago . |
| 25 | There 'll have to have a ruddy cut down , over this staff over this community charge , there 've been trouble here next . |
| 26 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
| 27 | ‘ She had had a criminal abortion somewhere . |
| 28 | At other times she would refuse to let Rosengarten in the house , especially if Leonard had had a late night out . |
| 29 | The glass must have held nearly half a pint and I thought I too had had a splendid day out . |
| 30 | He had toyed with the idea of taking her to Dublin anyway , but they had had a rocky road enough already and perhaps she would be better at home . |