Example sentences of "had have [art] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | They had had a good run for their money and there were still thousands of reels of tape to be analysed and matched against other intelligence sources . |
2 | He had had a good idea for a story the previous lesson and spent much time preparing a detailed picture to start it off . |
3 | From his earliest childhood , when to draw meant to think ‘ and draw a line round my think ’ , Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( 1869–1944 ) had had a phenomenal memory for detail . |
4 | He went on at some length , complete with the appropriate gestures and noises , on his experiences as a car jockey in a parking garage : other people 's cars were part of his early training as a driver and , like every Italian kid his age , he had had a burning admiration for grand prix racing and the great heroes of his day , especially Alberto Ascari . |
5 | The Northern Ireland government had had a bad press for years as have had all weak and well-meaning governments in a classical revolutionary situation whether they were Stuart , Bourbon , Romanov or more modern . |
6 | It had been destined for the pinacotheca but the dealer had had a soft spot for Charlotte . … |
7 | She had had no previous treatment for any emotional difficulties . |
8 | The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that . |
9 | He had to have a new battery for it , and two of the tyres were n't legal . |
10 | If you were asked which club it was , you just had to have a good reason for choosing it . |