Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where he did have strong personal views , he proved less willing or less able to implement them over the opposition of others . |
| 2 | He became a pariah although he did have an avid following amongst some of the more radical left-wing students who regarded him as something of a guru . ’ |
| 3 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 4 | But if it could be said that he did have a weakness for something , it was for Ireland and the Irish . |
| 5 | And provided that he did have a ‘ residence ’ ( or ‘ abode ’ , the concept used in other contexts ) there , in which he spent a substantial part of the year , it would not be necessary for him to be physically present there for the whole three-month period prior to the qualifying date . |
| 6 | As Hollywood history has shown , Curtis recognized that he did have a drug problem when , in 1984 , he admitted himself into the Betty Ford Alcoholic and Drugs Treatment Center for treatment for his drug abuse and alcoholism . |
| 7 | However inadequate his predictions proved in the twentieth century , Marx 's appeal remains incomprehensible unless it is recognized that he did have an unsurpassed grasp of nineteenth-century capitalism . |
| 8 | In that case it was held that a journalist lacked standing for an order ( of mandamus ) that the chair of the justices should reveal the names of the magistrates who had heard a particular case , but that he did have standing for a declaration that a policy of not disclosing the names of justices who heard certain types of cases was contrary to the public interest and unlawful . |
| 9 | She told herself she did not care about the fact that he was already married but was equally scarred by the knowledge that he did have a wife . |
| 10 | In the UK the death of Freddie Mercury , 45 , of the rock group Queen , was announced in late November shortly after his declaration that he did have AIDS ; he was the latest of a number of celebrated musicians and other artists to die from AIDS . |
| 11 | However that may be , Cnut 's considerable generosity to Canterbury implies that he did have good relations with Æthelnoth , and this possibly made him the more determined to control the selection of his successor . |
| 12 | As recorded by Fredegar , the Byzantine link , with the emperor Maurice , is chronologically impossible , but the presence of vast quantities of Byzantine coin in Childeric 's grave goes some way to supporting the idea that he did have support from the eastern Empire . |
| 13 | Oh , André was always a hit with the girls , and he did have a certain effeminate appeal and a wonderful way with words , but he lacked Piers 's vitality , the vibrant sexuality that seemed to smoulder away inside him . |
| 14 | On no account should he be allowed simply to get in his car and drive around before he has been pronounced competent to drive , and has organized his driving licence and insurance accordingly , if for no other reason than that his insurance would be invalid if he did have an accident . |
| 15 | Even if he did have a provincial practice ( as his likely African origin may suggest ) , he also held office in Rome , probably had connections with Gaul , and is attested in the consilium of Marcus Aurelius . |
| 16 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 17 | If he did have designs on her , and a plan to marry Mr Eddie Hogan 's daughter and thereby marry into the business , then why was he saying all the things that would irritate and upset her ? |
| 18 | But when he had been speaking of Katherine 's children , her opinion of him had begun to change , it sounded as if he did have a genuine sympathy for them and their plight . |
| 19 | Certainly it was not a vehicle for a programme of socialist reform such as Cipriani had in mind , even if he did have a seat on its Legislative Council . |
| 20 | Ben Braithwaite , who could never stand being told what to do , particularly by the landlord of a common tavern , even if he did have a diamond on his swarthy hand and his name was Goldsborough , had spoken sharply . |
| 21 | How could he , even if he did have what he thought was some pretty overwhelming evidence , think she might be anybody 's easy one-nighter ? |
| 22 | Even if he did have the most compelling eyes she 'd ever seen — and a body to make the gods jealous . |
| 23 | Harold Watkinson had not survived as Secretary of State for Defence long enough to see his counter-reformation completed , but he did have the satisfaction of knowing that , had it not been for his efforts to swing the pendulum of British Defence policy back into the centre of the spectrum of war , Britain 's disengagement from empire would not have been so successful . |
| 24 | Unlike Guillaume , Zborowski was unbusinesslike , and a poor book-keeper , but he did have a wonderful faith in Modigliani 's talent . |
| 25 | . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them … |
| 26 | He did not imagine Randolph Henry Ash , his pen moving rapidly across the paper , but he did have the thought of the pads of the long-dead fingers which had held and folded these half-covered sheets , before preserving them in the book , instead of jettisoning them . |
| 27 | He did not feel the presence of the dead poet in the room , but he did have a vague excited sense that any of these containers — the desk , the trunks , the hat-boxes , might contain some treasure like the faded letters in his own breast-pocket . |
| 28 | The doctor had no idea what might be causing the red blotches , but he did have a suspicion that the other symptoms might have a common cause . |
| 29 | But he did have to endure the ordeal of being photographed between the bride and bridesmaid . |
| 30 | He had n't any sense , I thought , but he did have fear , which was almost as good a life preserver . |