Example sentences of "had have [art] [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ She had had a criminal abortion somewhere . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | At the same time he declared that the government 's economic polices had had a sufficient impact particularly on consumer spending and imports , to allow " a sustainable fall in interest rates " . |
| 5 | Her mother had had a beautiful voice both when she sang and when she talked . |
| 6 | One patient had had a positive test before repeat fundoplication , but was now reflux free , and the test was positive in only two patients . |
| 7 | Although Britain had long had trading connections with these areas , hitherto she had had no territorial ambitions there . |
| 8 | Where the editor rattled her half dozen strings of large beads and remarked with a toothy grin : ‘ They say it 's the fashion — ’ Where Gerald , the art editor — who was reputed to have a fabulous house on the Chelsea Embankment full of priceless works of art — was so sensitive that he had to have a soundproof office specially built for him , while his assistant Jeremy padded along like his superior 's spaniel , and if Gerald wore a shirt of subtle pink on Monday , his minion would appear in the same shade on Tuesday . |