Example sentences of "he have have [art] [noun] of " in BNC.

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31 He had had a number of mistresses and felt affection for some of them .
32 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 .
33 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 .
34 He had had a lot of trouble with builders last year .
35 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 .
36 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 .
37 He had had a succession of good hands and won the kitty twice .
38 He had had a series of injuries , he did not have reasonable employment , and a plainly lucrative offer from Japan had appeal .
39 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 .
40 The person giving it may not realise the full legal consequences of it as regards the release of a co-debtor ; but that is not , in my opinion , a sufficient ground for reading into the document something that is not expressed in it ; and unless you find in it something qualifying the general words , it appears to me that the legal consequences of the general words of discharge must follow , notwithstanding that those consequences may go beyond what the person giving the document would have intended if they had been pointed out to him at the time , and he had had an opportunity of addressing his mind to them .
41 He had had an opportunity of assessing Miss Havisham 's feelings on the subject , not that these were hard to predict .
42 Owen distrusted castles unless he had had the ordering of them and the garrisoning for a year or more ; there was infinitely more safety in the hills , because the hills were his castle and not another man 's , and could not be betrayed or easily taken by storm .
43 He had had the benefit of meetings with QC and QC , and had made a personal approach to the Lord Chancellor seeking possible improvements in the payment on account scheme , especially a reduction of the waiting period .
44 According to his own testimony , when he was Chef de Cuisine at the Petit Moulin Rouge restaurant in the Champs Elysées in the mid 1870s he had had the idea of preserving tomatoes in such a way that they would replace fresh ones at any season .
45 He had had the fright of his life seeing that woman in the hotel .
46 It turned out he had had the rudiments of classicism flogged into him as a schoolboy .
47 He 's had a change of heart .
48 He 's had a run of bad luck , ’ she said .
49 At least he 's had a bit of time in there .
50 I guess the fans love him because 1 ) he 's a bloody good player — he proved that at Arse ; 2 ) they think he 's had a bit of a raw deal especially last year when he was n't played and the rest of the team wer n't exactly setting the Premiership on fire ! !
51 I 'm sorry about Antonio 's behaviour , but he 's always like this when he 's had a couple of drinks . ’
52 Erm that was a bad time er a critical time , they did n't know if he were gon na live or die then erm he 's had a number of transfusions to keep him alive but er he 's stable at the moment .
53 He 's had a number of operations to remove blood clots from his brain , but staff at Frenchay hospital in Bristol say they 're delighted with his progress .
54 And he 's had a glimpse of hell .
55 He 's had a lot of fuss made of him in Britain , but if he 'd have been an American , his win would probably have rated one line in their papers . ’
56 It 's not a vocation for him but he 's had a lot of work published including calendars and photographs for the sleeves of telephone books .
57 " He 's had a lot of trouble , " breathed Alice , on her face the look of one who compassionately contemplates human misery , absolving it from blame .
58 It 's not a vocation for him but he 's had a lot of work published including calendars and photographs for the sleeves of the telephone books .
59 But he 's had a lot of space and he 's by and large used it very very well .
60 ‘ Oh , ’ I said , ‘ he 's had a lot of heavy conversations with you .
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