Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] have had a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Robert seems to have had a special affection for the Orynthia ; whereas many mariners came and went as the whim took them , he stuck to his old ship .
2 Behind the desk , the receptionist appears to have had a late night .
3 Experience of the complexities of government in a society such as that of the new Soviet Union appears to have had a dramatic effect on his earlier Utopian vision of the conduct of governmental affairs ( Medvedev 1981 , p. 39 ) .
4 Although there are some irregularities , Smart seems to have had a fixed task allocated for each day and to have kept to it .
5 Early in his career Thornton appears to have had a clear idea of the disposition of his circuit .
6 The Bishop seems to have had a wide discretion , which was not always well exercised .
7 The death seems to have had a distressing effect on Christabel , who returned eventually to her family , living with her sister Sophie for the rest of her quiet and uneventful life .
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