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

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31 If only your parents 'd had the sense to let you to go in for it . ’
32 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 .
33 Deborah 's parents had had a tumultuous relationship in which frequent violent arguments would be followed by tender love scenes .
34 It was not fair to say that he– parents had had no time for her or for Joe ; all four of the family had worked together , and , as the settlement grew , they had enjoyed churchgoing and Easters and Christmases with their neighbours .
35 Her parents had had the sense to realise how unhappy she was , and had made alternative arrangements .
36 Diana 's parents had had an unhappy marriage .
37 He was an only child whose parents had had an unhappy marriage , with rows and infidelities .
38 The Marshal had called back a number of times and each time the woman 's sobs had had a note of triumph in them .
39 Novell Inc chief Ray Noorda 's contribution to Bill Gates ephemera is the comment after their two companies had had a disagreement : ‘ To have a heart-to-heart with someone , you 've got to have two hearts … ‘
40 Holford 's planners had to have a broad cultural background and were to be ‘ enablers ’ , building up from research and synthesis to a design end-product .
41 The Conservatives likewise were aroused by the prospect of a weakening of Labour 's hold on Scotland and Wales , as the Conservatives had had a constant majority at every post-1945 general election in England ; it was the Celtic fringe that tilted the balance in favour of Labour .
42 Delighted , Benn told a refusenik rally that if the striking miners had had a paper like the Wapping Post they would have won .
43 Interestingly , a majority of companies both on and off the zones considered that if anything the zones had had a beneficial effect on local business , local economic development , environmental improvements and public- and private-sector investment .
44 Diarrhetic shellfish toxins have had a disastrous effect on the seafood industry in many parts of the world .
45 You may have noticed over the last three slides that several of sites have had a zero er percentage registered and we certainly feel that in a couple of these sites this was probably due to poor note-keeping rather than a percentage .
46 ‘ Apparently Emma and Sophie are fine — bearing up very well — although Mrs Meadows says that she has n't done any more than to tell the children that their parents have had a slight accident .
47 Millions of visitors have had a nice day out and spent a lot of money .
48 Despite the fact that many western European countries have had a core curriculum for some years , prescription through central authority is associated , at least in the public mind , with authoritarianism .
49 The state enterprises in both countries have had a considerable economic weight in terms of contribution to GNP , employment and investment .
50 In the meantime the younger strawberries have had a chance to come through .
51 Despite all that those and others have contributed to Scottish rugby , the exiles have had a tempered love-hate relationship with us back home .
52 As he put it : ‘ The planners and the road engineers have had a good bashing , but they have learnt their lesson .
53 Certainly the scousers have had the better results , Saturdays was no big deal … 2–0 at home to 10 men Sheff Wed who were totally impotent up front .
54 Although based in Cardiff , the Welsh National Opera tours extensively , and for the last twelve years has had a regular season in London too .
55 The economic restructuring of recent years has had a traumatic effect on the estates , with massive job loss and factory closure transforming them into increasingly isolated , state-managed ‘ subsistence communities ’ .
56 This has forced us to look afresh at the regular London days and , with the prompting of a number of the most regular attenders , we have decided to drop the June day , which in recent years has had a low attendance .
57 like well apparently the fella that 's done it , for years , and years , for years , for years has had a
58 In fact , none of the popular British names in the frequency lists in the last 75 years has had an unstressed initial syllable .
59 Since the end of the Second World War , the development of two quite distinct European organisations has had a significant impact upon the constitutional law of the United Kingdom .
60 We all know textiles has had the grind for years and years and years and all our activity , all our activists , the shop stewards and the branch secretaries and conveners in that particular section , they need a lot of support , especially the young people .
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