Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the lands earlier ceded to the abbey of St Denis was the Vexin français , that natural bulwark between the French royal demesne and the now hostile Norman duchy , which had been held as a Norman fief , had formed part of Simon de Crépy 's state ( see p. 216 ) , and finally was reclaimed for the French crown by Philip I. The Vexin had had a comital family , in origin probably the advocates for the abbey ; but Philip had bypassed their claims , granting the territory to the young prince Louis , who met with such opposition in the area that it was not until 1119 that his possession was secured . |
| 2 | Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener . |
| 3 | Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new . |
| 4 | Although the royalists later alleged that the rebels had that morning received ‘ a double portion of oatmeal and whisky for incouragement ’ and that a ‘ graite many … that we took prisoners were drunk ’ , these must have been a fortunate minority , but everyone agrees that the prospect of action had had a reviving effect on even the hungriest and weariest . |
| 5 | Andre Moga , the president of Beglès and one of the so-called ‘ barons ’ of French rugby , made the following comment : ‘ If Rodez had had a good president at the time this would not have reached court ’ . |
| 6 | Since this meeting , Richard had had a further debate with his conscience . |
| 7 | He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church . |
| 8 | I heard this morning on Sky that DOL had had a successful comeback in the reserves . |
| 9 | Deborah 's parents had had a tumultuous relationship in which frequent violent arguments would be followed by tender love scenes . |
| 10 | Since then Albania had had a non-party administration pending elections . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Strawberry had had a bad time . |
| 14 | A few months earlier , Sammy Woods of Australia and Harry Wood of England had had a near miss in this particular department , but it took a brace of Smiths to achieve a Test first . |
| 15 | Angel had had a magical childhood , bucking the system at the smart Buenos Aires boys ' school of Champagnat and living during the term time in a large house in the Avenidad del Libertador . |
| 16 | But perhaps the joke had had a serious point to it too , or at any rate a serious side-effect : it had enabled Hilda to get her side of the story over to posterity . |
| 17 | Soon after Presley died , local coroner Dr Jerry Francisco went on television to tell a grieving world that the singer had had a massive heart attack , which was supposedly confirmed by the post-mortem examination . |
| 18 | Just because Sunil had had a nasty experience did n't mean that his sleeping pattern would have changed . |
| 19 | Donald had had a good innings . |
| 20 | They had not ill-treated him in prison , but the fact that his future had been so very much in danger had had a tremendous influence on his morale . |
| 21 | He was right , a fire watcher came in saying that there was a stick of small unexploded bombs right down the Palace Road but that the junction of Munster and Dawes Road had had a hundred pounder and houses had gone . |
| 22 | In London , the combination of exceptionally low community charge levels and big swings to the Conservatives in Wandsworth and Westminster and , conversely , an almost equally poor Labour performance in charge-capped Brent and Hammersmith and Fulham , seemed to provide prima facie evidence that the poll tax had had a significant impact on behaviour . |
| 23 | The war had had a differential impact on the economies , with Belgium much less adversely affected than the Netherlands . |
| 24 | In Mr Bullins 's opinion , the war had had a regrettable effect upon Oxford , and even upon Magdalen . |
| 25 | JC : Eric Crozier had had a great success producing The Bartered Bride . |
| 26 | Although conventional , Crossman 's technique , dazzling for the time , shines through many of Stone 's records , notably ‘ Tiger Rag ’ from 1934 , where it is obvious that the American clarinettist Jimmy Dorsey had had a strong influence on him . |
| 27 | Miss Lodsworth had had a long day . |
| 28 | He must have been a very attractive man once , I thought , and then wondered , suddenly , if Adam had had a similar thought about me . |
| 29 | Big John McCormick had had a distinguished career in Scotland , where he had been on the verge of international honours while playing with now defunct Third Lanark and at Aberdeen , but it was , amazingly , as a makeweight that he came south to Crystal Palace . |
| 30 | I apologised for slamming the car boot down upon it and commenting churlishly upon its perkiness and assumed that since ferns grew in the wild and my great aunt had had a whole conservatory of them , they were not difficult to rear . |