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 .
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