Example sentences of "[noun pl] had have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And more often than not , out of the sun would come the yellow-nosed Messerschmitts , long before our fighters had had sufficient time in which to gain their best operational height . |
2 | Before their initial gall stone dissolution treatment , 15 of 82 patients followed up for more than six months had had solitary stones , compared with 67 who had had multiple stones . |
3 | This controversy could in principle have been resolved if the Electricity Boards had had effective knowledge of their own costs in meeting specific loads , but they conspicuously failed to develop and use the research necessary to establish this . |
4 | Once again , fewer Asians had had unpleasant experiences . |
5 | Moreover , the large city or freight terminals had to have massive capacity to cope with intense seasonal pressures . |
6 | I had a distinct impression that many of the organisers had had professional theatre experience and that , naturally , their point of view was coloured by this , while the teachers had arrived at the point of realising the potential of drama as a tool of education . |
7 | All of these 7 patients had had cerebral birth injuries which might have induced a shift of dominance to the right hemisphere . |
8 | None of the patients had had abdominal surgery previously . |
9 | Six patients had had previous infections and each of these was drinking heavily . |
10 | Five patients had had previous surgery of the pancreas ( 3 lateral pancreaticojejunostomies , 2 tail pancreatectomies and 1 cyst-jejunostomy ) . |
11 | Before primary gall stone dissolution , 16 patients had had solitary stones : the remaining 77 had had multiple stones . |
12 | Many locals had had good reason to be grateful to him when times had been hard . |
13 | The last three archdeacons had had sizeable families so that the Vicarage , though impractical to run , had at least been filled . |
14 | D. When ships became larger , the merchants had to have new docks for them . |
15 | If the parasitized snails had had extra-thin shells , we 'd happily explain this as an obvious debilitating effect on the snail 's constitution . |
16 | The International Herald Tribune of Oct. 30 reported that documents supplied to the court handling the case of the murdered Jesuits showed that Maj. Eric Buckland , a US military adviser , and others had had prior knowledge of the proposed attack on the Jesuits . |
17 | Both women had had severe constipation for over 25 years . |