Example sentences of "had have [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It had been very hot all day ; they had had exams in the morning and she had done badly because she felt so tired .
2 Already I had had presentiments of the satisfaction I would feel when I eventually got the bag home — the huge relief as I unpacked my treasures .
3 He acknowledged that his marriage had had difficulties in the past , and conceded " wrongdoing " and " causing pain " within it , but insisted that it was now stable and strong .
4 We had had intimations from the case studies that , despite its fame nationally within the ‘ school self-evaluation movement ’ , the booklet was not universally well known amongst the LEA 's teaching force .
5 He felt responsible for their separation and he knew that when he had had problems in the past , his parents had stopped arguing so much and pulled together to help him .
6 Ronald had had problems in the past but he was not the villain he was made out to be during the court case .
7 His main aim in these months was to reconcile and renew the nation : hence no revolution , but most of the reforms that the CNR had wanted ; hence a purge , but not the wholesale purge of all who had had dealings with the Germans or with Vichy ; hence a referendum and free elections , but no plebiscite ( whatever his opponents alleged , the referendum of October 1945 was not a true plebiscite ) ; hence the presidency but no Gaullist party .
8 He had had dealings with the police in many countries .
9 It turned out that she had had palpitations in the past but had forgotten about them .
10 It was apparent from elsewhere in the responses that four Polytechnics and five Colleges had had cuts in the area of Language in Education , and that one College and one Polytechnic had had increases in provisions within the previous five years .
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