Example sentences of "[noun] had have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way home , the car had had a tendency to wander from one lane to another on the road . |
| 2 | It was absurd ; if Parkes had had a gun it would n't have been a .22 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | The Tranent folk had had a notion ( but look whit happened to them ) — say to the government , ‘ You can not trust us if ever you make us fight . ’ |
| 9 | Mesrine had had a room by the tube station . |
| 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 | Miss Martindale had had a school , but her rigid ideas and stern manner had frightened the children , and their parents had taken them away . |
| 12 | Nigel had had a brain haemorrhage . |
| 13 | One policeman had suffered a detached retina from the blast and one onlooker had had a heart attack . |
| 14 | But the town had to have a gaol to justify its claim . |
| 15 | Presumably the regret that Flaubert was n't more involved in life is n't just a philanthropic wish for him : if only old Gustave had had a wife and kiddies , he would n't have been so glum about the whole shooting-match ? |
| 16 | I presumed that Prentice had had a word in somebody 's shell-like , or maybe nobody was very interested . |
| 17 | He and Rory had had a drink the night before , and Rory confessed he 'd driven up from Belleeks early to cruise around Cultra and reconnoitre . |
| 18 | She preferred to be left alone to handle her problem with Silvia — at least until Silvia had had a chance to keep her word . |
| 19 | A prominent man , Friends — Russians in other words — and so skilled men , wallpaper , paint , gold leaf — and fine linen instantly available ; she smiled as she wondered whether Bodo had had a hand in it . |
| 20 | It appeared that once , and once only , Mr Donovan had had a success . |
| 21 | Sylvia had to have a background story , and she enjoyed making up tall tales to tell anybody she was unlikely to meet again . |
| 22 | He said he and his wife , Tracie , and their sons Michael , ten , and Dale had had a lie down . |
| 23 | and I said I said to Bob I said well , you know said well had n't you better get cos Shirley had had a go at Bob first off , before when , when I went in there first thing . |
| 24 | The archer had to have a face . |
| 25 | Mr Mobutu said on Thursday he believed he could produce an agreement this month , after Mr Savimbi had had a week of talks with US officials , including 30 minutes with President Bush , and agreed to accept Mr Mobutu as mediator between his Unita guerrilla organisation and the Luanda government . |
| 26 | It was a long time since Adam had had a dream about Zosie . |
| 27 | A bystander at his creation , or rather arriving a few moments after it , would feel justified in assuming that Adam had had a mother , been born and brought up in the usual way , and was in every way like us ; but he would be wrong . |
| 28 | The membership showed no interest in doing business that way , but would have talked if SCO had had a product . |
| 29 | The long night had had a result ; he was back in control again . |
| 30 | He would wait another couple of years , he told himself , until Grégoire had had a chance to catch up , and was more confident . |