Example sentences of "he had have a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poor Ryan , he had had a heart of gold . |
| 2 | After some months of working with him it gradually emerged that although he had indeed identified his wife 's body he had had a member of the hospital staff with him at all times . |
| 3 | He discovered that Bob was twenty-five , four years his junior , and realised that it was the first time since his brother Joe 's marriage , when they were seventeen and twenty , that he had had a companion of roughly his own age . |
| 4 | And then she read , in a copy of The Stage that happened to be turned in her direction , a paragraph about him which made it clear that the wife whom he was talking about in this present tense had died a year ago , and that he had had a row of flops in London . |
| 5 | He had had a number of mistresses and felt affection for some of them . |
| 6 | The department 's ‘ O ’ Level results had been very good the previous year and he had had a letter of congratulation from the Assistant Education Officer responsible for the school . |
| 7 | He had had a lot of practice in persuading bullies not to thump him , and now he recognized in Simon , only too well , all the signs of a violent , bullying , and unpredictable nature . |
| 8 | He had had a lot of trouble with builders last year . |
| 9 | He smiled , his eyes twinkling as he told Iain how he had had a glimpse of the lower decks , which had all been cut away in the centre and some sort of plastic covering installed . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , because he had had a source of comfort , the moment Ellie left to go back to the house his mournful howls increased in volume . |
| 11 | He had had a succession of good hands and won the kitty twice . |
| 12 | He had had a series of injuries , he did not have reasonable employment , and a plainly lucrative offer from Japan had appeal . |
| 13 | On the romantic front he had had a string of engaging and pretty girlfriends , not least of all the vivacious flame-haired Lady Sarah Spencer . |