Example sentences of "[noun sg] had have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1870 , Banks insisted , the association had had an office in the town devoted exclusively to the rescue of women and children . |
| 2 | Commissioners were accordingly appointed to make perambulations in the forests of Devon and Surrey : they were to be returned into the Chancery before Christmas , but were not to be put into effect until the officers of the central administration had had an opportunity of comparing them with the earlier perambulations of Edward I 's time . |
| 3 | On the way home , the car had had a tendency to wander from one lane to another on the road . |
| 4 | All Léonie managed to discover from the postman 's hints was that the priest had had the bones taken away for a quick burial in the cemetery with as few people present as possible , and that people were still visiting the site of the apparitions , waiting to see whether Thérèse would go back . |
| 5 | Commentators suggested that the attempt had had the support of wealthy former politicians , whose ambitions had been foiled by Babangida 's refusal to allow the " old guard " of politicians to stand for office on the return to party politics . |
| 6 | The boat had had no luck on the West coast . |
| 7 | Modernism had had no truck with narrative momentum ; and Eliot 's Post-war plays , which began with The Cocktail Party ( 1950 ) , were always more compelling as moral analysis than as plot . |
| 8 | They had met just three months ago , yet now it seemed that the whole of her life had been crammed into those few fleeting weeks ; as if her living had had no meaning before they met and her future would have no substance if ever he left her . |
| 9 | In In re X ( A Student ) , 11 November 1991 , Brooke J. explained why that Act had had no effect on the jurisdiction of the Inns , subject to the supervision of the judges , to decide who were fit and proper persons to be admitted to the Inns for training . |
| 10 | For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed , to protect them from the cats ; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack , the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester . |
| 11 | A funeral procession from the workhouse had had the temerity to pass through his Lordship 's private grounds , thereby producing feelings of outrage . |
| 12 | ‘ I did notice the changes , of course , but I just thought the old lady had had the house done over for them — the parents . |
| 13 | He said the Chancellor had had no choice but to put interest rates up last week . |
| 14 | Mr Portillo said the Chancellor had had no option but to increase taxes to curb ballooning Government borrowing . |
| 15 | Would to God the dear girl had had the smallpox in a mortifying manner , then she 'd be lovely in the excellencies of her mind only and out of dangers of suffering from the transient beauties of countenance . |
| 16 | On the facts of the case the rules of natural justice had been broken because the constable had had no opportunity to comment upon the allegations made against him . |
| 17 | One policeman had suffered a detached retina from the blast and one onlooker had had a heart attack . |
| 18 | Shortly thereafter cracks began to appear in the house both internally and externally and the purchaser had to have the house underpinned at a cost of £1,444 and had obtained estimates of between £1,500 and 12,000 for repairs to the superstructure . |
| 19 | But the town had to have a gaol to justify its claim . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | By the spring of 1949 , the Boards were triumphantly arguing that they had been proved right in that the differential charge had had no effect on consumption and merely provoked public discontent . |
| 22 | Held , ( 1 ) allowing the cross-appeals ( Lord Mustill and Lord Slynn of Hadley dissenting ) , that , where a visitor 's decision was made within his jurisdiction in that he had power under the relevant regulating documents to enter into the adjudication of the dispute in question , his decision was not amenable to challenge by judicial review on the ground of error in fact or law contained in that decision ; and that , accordingly , the Divisional Court had had no jurisdiction to entertain the applicant 's motion for judicial review ( post , pp. 1114F–G , G–H , 1121G–H , 1124H — 1125B , H ) . |
| 23 | Appeal judge Sir Stephen Brown said the High Court had had no power to make a residence order and blamed Nottinghamshire for an ‘ unhappy catalogue of errors ’ . |
| 24 | The archer had to have a face . |
| 25 | Last December an appeal court ordered the retrial of a convicted murderer when it was revealed that his wife had had an affair with his lawyer . |
| 26 | In February 1942 , Captain Oswald Benton , a welfare officer , Royal Artillery , wrote to the county treasurer on behalf of one of his soldiers whose wife had had an operation at St. Peter 's , and who had received a bill for £1.4s.0d. ( which included £1.1s.0d. for the anaesthetic fee ) : |
| 27 | She got into the back of the car , and was glad to see her unconscious had had the foresight to include a bar . |
| 28 | The long night had had a result ; he was back in control again . |
| 29 | Assistant manager Gerry Collins suggested that a couple of sessions with leading psychologist Cathy Smith last week had had an effect . |
| 30 | It was clear that the debtor had had no communication with his accountant . |