Example sentences of "[noun prp] had have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was absurd ; if Parkes had had a gun it would n't have been a .22 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Mesrine had had a room by the tube station .
5 Miss Martindale had had a school , but her rigid ideas and stern manner had frightened the children , and their parents had taken them away .
6 Nigel had had a brain haemorrhage .
7 I presumed that Prentice had had a word in somebody 's shell-like , or maybe nobody was very interested .
8 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 .
9 She preferred to be left alone to handle her problem with Silvia — at least until Silvia had had a chance to keep her word .
10 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 .
11 It appeared that once , and once only , Mr Donovan had had a success .
12 Sylvia had to have a background story , and she enjoyed making up tall tales to tell anybody she was unlikely to meet again .
13 He said he and his wife , Tracie , and their sons Michael , ten , and Dale had had a lie down .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 It was a long time since Adam had had a dream about Zosie .
17 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 .
18 The membership showed no interest in doing business that way , but would have talked if SCO had had a product .
19 He would wait another couple of years , he told himself , until Grégoire had had a chance to catch up , and was more confident .
20 Sara had to have a car .
21 Jack had had a good to middling season and with pro-ams and the occasional exhibition match I had earned nearly £8000 .
22 Anne had had a poem published in a magazine , and one day I heard a conversation between Charlotte and Emily .
23 Benjamin Ryan had had a skinful , that much was evident .
24 When Mary came in from work the day after the row she told Mum that she and Albert had had a talk and that she was going to stay with his parents for a bit while Albert sorted out a house and furniture and the paraphernalia of married life .
25 If she and Lowell had had a child it would have been a strange hybrid , perhaps difficult to love .
26 Some said Durham had had a nightmare or been under the influence of drink .
27 But would it have been different if Mrs Thatcher had had a spell on income support ? or if she had ever lugged a buggy , baby , toddler and bags of shopping on and off her infrequent , deregulated buses ?
28 Aggression or no aggression , Leith had had a surfeit of him and his calling the shots .
29 • As The Bookseller went to press , it was reported that Mr Rushdie had had a meeting on Tuesday with John Smith , the Leader of the Opposition — the first at this level in the Labour Party since the fatwa was issued .
30 But a few months before , Céline had had a baby girl , Adèle , and she claimed that Adèle was my child .
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