Example sentences of "[noun] had had an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been obvious to the jury that these witnesses were in a special position , one as the husband of a woman with whom the defendant had had an intimate relationship and the other as the sister of the deceased , whom the defendant had shot , according to himself , accidentally . |
| 2 | It had been claimed that Mrs McWilliams had had an allergic reaction to the drugs and she had alleged negligence by the anaesthetist . |
| 3 | Diana 's parents had had an unhappy marriage . |
| 4 | He was an only child whose parents had had an unhappy marriage , with rows and infidelities . |
| 5 | Two-thirds of current carers in McLaughlin 's ( 1991 ) study reported that caring had had an adverse effect on their living standards , regardless of their household income level . |
| 6 | It was as if the magic house in the wood had had an invisible fence set around it or — what did they call it ? — a shutting spell . |
| 7 | The event might not have any obvious long-term adverse significance and may in fact have seemingly positive rather than negative features , such as the reappearance and request to renew contact with a lover with whom a person had had an intense relationship a few years earlier . |
| 8 | If Adam had had an equal amount they would have managed . |
| 9 | She told Vanity Fair that it was well known in Washington that President Bush had had an extra-marital affair . |
| 10 | The movement had had an enormous impact on Christian leaders throughout England in the previous years — few churches have not benefited from the faith and New Testament life of the movement . |
| 11 | Terry 's family , unlike he himself , had n't had a great deal of experience of the world outside the States , so Peg had had an awful lot to learn . |
| 12 | Baker-Finch had had an unlucky start by spinning back into the burn at the 1st , and when I checked the leaderboard we were a stroke behind Watson with Langer , so there was all to play for . |
| 13 | If the dahabeeyah had had an engine-room Owen could have imagined him poking around happily in it . |