Example sentences of "but [pron] had have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had to have an excuse to see you , so I 'm not complaining . |
| 2 | That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately . |
| 3 | She had told him something good would come out of that missing jewellery , but she had had no idea of just how wonderful it was going to be . |
| 4 | The boys were big time , but we had to have the sound system , the lighting , the stage — everything had to move at the pace of David 's imagination . |
| 5 | But they had had no indication . |
| 6 | It was ridiculous to have let the tank get so low but they had had an argument only three days earlier on whose turn it was to call at the garage and pay for the petrol . |
| 7 | If he d had a paper and a pencil he might have continued his epic composition , or drawn sketches , but he had had no opportunity in this strange land . |
| 8 | The brother-in-law , the girl 's uncle , did not contest the father 's authority but he had had the girl 's company long enough for him to feel he could n't bear his house without her . |
| 9 | The torrent of weeping afterwards left her feeling as weak as any new-born , but it had had a cleansing and calming effect . |