Example sentences of "[noun] had have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1870 , Banks insisted , the association had had an office in the town devoted exclusively to the rescue of women and children . |
| 2 | Among the lands earlier ceded to the abbey of St Denis was the Vexin français , that natural bulwark between the French royal demesne and the now hostile Norman duchy , which had been held as a Norman fief , had formed part of Simon de Crépy 's state ( see p. 216 ) , and finally was reclaimed for the French crown by Philip I. The Vexin had had a comital family , in origin probably the advocates for the abbey ; but Philip had bypassed their claims , granting the territory to the young prince Louis , who met with such opposition in the area that it was not until 1119 that his possession was secured . |
| 3 | Commissioners were accordingly appointed to make perambulations in the forests of Devon and Surrey : they were to be returned into the Chancery before Christmas , but were not to be put into effect until the officers of the central administration had had an opportunity of comparing them with the earlier perambulations of Edward I 's time . |
| 4 | It must have been obvious to the jury that these witnesses were in a special position , one as the husband of a woman with whom the defendant had had an intimate relationship and the other as the sister of the deceased , whom the defendant had shot , according to himself , accidentally . |
| 5 | On the way home , the car had had a tendency to wander from one lane to another on the road . |
| 6 | You know , because er you know when Jean had had a few |
| 7 | It was absurd ; if Parkes had had a gun it would n't have been a .22 . |
| 8 | The year before , 1820 , Joss had had an accident with gunpowder , which , although his eyes escaped injury , disfigured his face , so that he looked ‘ like an old man of 60 . ’ |
| 9 | It had been claimed that Mrs McWilliams had had an allergic reaction to the drugs and she had alleged negligence by the anaesthetist . |
| 10 | For a minute I thought my luck had changed and something good had happened , like Malpass had had a heart attack and I had a corpse in the back . |
| 11 | Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener . |
| 12 | If the heat could not be sufficiently localised to avoid this , then the first solders had to have a higher melting point than the subsequent ones . |
| 13 | Environmental quality appraisals over the past 30 years showed that the nuclear industry had had an " inconsiderable " effect on the country 's environment , he said . |
| 14 | Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new . |
| 15 | Although the royalists later alleged that the rebels had that morning received ‘ a double portion of oatmeal and whisky for incouragement ’ and that a ‘ graite many … that we took prisoners were drunk ’ , these must have been a fortunate minority , but everyone agrees that the prospect of action had had a reviving effect on even the hungriest and weariest . |
| 16 | Andre Moga , the president of Beglès and one of the so-called ‘ barons ’ of French rugby , made the following comment : ‘ If Rodez had had a good president at the time this would not have reached court ’ . |
| 17 | Since this meeting , Richard had had a further debate with his conscience . |
| 18 | He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church . |
| 19 | I heard this morning on Sky that DOL had had a successful comeback in the reserves . |
| 20 | Ludens knew that Marcus had spent part of his childhood in London but could elicit no information about this interesting period , except that his parents had had a flat in Knightsbridge . |
| 21 | Deborah 's parents had had a tumultuous relationship in which frequent violent arguments would be followed by tender love scenes . |
| 22 | Diana 's parents had had an unhappy marriage . |
| 23 | He was an only child whose parents had had an unhappy marriage , with rows and infidelities . |
| 24 | Two-thirds of current carers in McLaughlin 's ( 1991 ) study reported that caring had had an adverse effect on their living standards , regardless of their household income level . |
| 25 | And yet Ivy had had a far more prosperous early life . |
| 26 | The reason Jake had had a change of heart was because he had finally realised for himself that Janice would not make a good mother for Kirsty , and that Shiona , on the other hand , would . |
| 27 | Since then Albania had had a non-party administration pending elections . |
| 28 | It was apparent to Cassie that the discovery that she wore very little beneath her outer clothing had had a powerfully erotic effect upon him , and now he pushed aside the bodice and gazed at her breast , at the same time remarking appreciatively : ‘ You 're an astonishing girl , Cassie . |
| 29 | The Marshal had called back a number of times and each time the woman 's sobs had had a note of triumph in them . |
| 30 | A week later it seemed as if Evelyn 's plan had had a miraculously swift outcome . |