Example sentences of "[noun pl] had have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Deborah 's parents had had a tumultuous relationship in which frequent violent arguments would be followed by tender love scenes . |
| 4 | Diana 's parents had had an unhappy marriage . |
| 5 | He was an only child whose parents had had an unhappy marriage , with rows and infidelities . |
| 6 | The Marshal had called back a number of times and each time the woman 's sobs had had a note of triumph in them . |
| 7 | 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 … ‘ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Delighted , Benn told a refusenik rally that if the striking miners had had a paper like the Wapping Post they would have won . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was not possible to vary this , because playback machines had to have a similar gearing mechanism . |
| 13 | Almost certainly one or two scars had had a little extra sliver of wood removed . |
| 14 | Though I still felt drunk , my stomach ached and my throat felt like a couple of hedgehogs had had a fight in it , I did feel a lot better . |
| 15 | The hazard of this diet was that patients had to have an alternative source of energy so they turned to fat . |
| 16 | Five patients had had a postmortem examination but only one showed evidence of asthma . |
| 17 | Approximately a third of these patients had had a previous myocardial infarction . |
| 18 | De Gaulle and his disciples had had a view on Europe since the 1940s . |
| 19 | Well I think if I M R O I think if I M R O members had had a compen a compensation responsibility or er then I feel that the members would have would have would have allowed certain things to happen . |
| 20 | Before Punjab came under British rule in 1849 the peasants had had a right to farm the land but had not owned it , in the sense of being able to sell it off . |
| 21 | The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that . |
| 22 | Churchill summed it up to Keynes after the two men had had a particularly difficult conversation about the matter : ‘ This is n't entirely an economic decision ; it 's a political decision . ’ |
| 23 | Joan asked if the police had had a warrant and she replied , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 24 | Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted . |
| 25 | The local police had had a busy evening with an exceptional number of hoax calls that led them to non-existent road accidents drunken brawls and even — a touch that showed a nice appreciation of British susceptibilities — a rabid dog on the loose . |
| 26 | The children had had a bad spell with that , but she thought it was over now . |
| 27 | A mother and her two children had to have a hospital check up after their car crashed into the central reservation on the A19 . |
| 28 | It was found that even existing shareholders had had a very limited knowledge of the savings schemes that investment trusts offer . |
| 29 | However , back in 1938 the Club 's survival was uppermost and up to that date and beyond , bondholders had had a poor deal , especially those on 3% interest . |
| 30 | Approximately one third of patients in both groups had had a previous myocardial infarction . |