Example sentences of "[noun] have had [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This factor … should make the court the more cautious before holding that the defendant had had both a factual possession and animus possidendi sufficient to confer on him a possessory title … |
| 2 | Leonora 's had rather a disturbing adventure . |
| 3 | In attempting to weight the relative importance of these individual variables some observers , despite the countervailing evidence , would maintain that on a world-wide basis economic forces have had only a limited influence in shaping bargaining structures ( Beaumont et al . , |
| 4 | Thanks to the vagaries of international politics , Ethiopia has had only a tiny slice of this aid cake . |
| 5 | Most people discharged from hospital psychiatric care have had only a short period as in patients and do not need long-term help after leaving . |
| 6 | Hayling 's dummy had been a marathon performance over months , whilst Sutton had had only a short time and few people . |
| 7 | For Anna , pregnant at eighteen ) her stretch marks had had quite a devastating effect on her by the time she was eight months pregnant . |
| 8 | After his death Margaret had had only a widowed mother 's pension to support Dickie and herself . |