Example sentences of "[adv] have had a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all cases , however , Standard English has been present for long enough to have had a substantial impact on the language practices of the communities in question . |
| 2 | Certainly there was every need for a road-widening scheme : four years earlier , in the October of 1793 , poor old Parson Woodforde had nearly come a nasty cropper on Frome Hill , when the chaise he was in had had an unfortunate encounter with a large ‘ heavily loaden ’ London waggon , complete with eight horses : |
| 3 | Over the years , quarrying generally has had a bad record for pay and conditions , and Penrhyn has a particularly infamous past . |
| 4 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
| 5 | Would his wife not have had a better quality of life with fewer children ? |
| 6 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 7 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
| 8 | The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering . |
| 9 | I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They both might be fit for Saturday and , even though they will not have had a reserve team match , they could well come straight back into the squad , ’ he added . |
| 11 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 12 | However , computer simulations using state-of-the-art general atmospheric circulation models undertaken in Britain , Canada , Germany and the United States all suggest the fires will have added only 2–5 per cent to world emissions of carbon dioxide in 1991 and that this increase will not have had a significant influence on world climate change . |
| 13 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
| 14 | There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own . |
| 15 | She could not have had an easy childhood . |
| 16 | Most of us have to admit that although our parents may not have had an ideal marriage , we have learned a lot of valuable lessons from them . |
| 17 | Aldfrith may not have had an obvious heir across the late 680s and early 690s , for Osred was only about 8 years old on his father 's death and not born , therefore , until c . |
| 18 | Portsmouth could not have had an easier preparation than they had against a flimsy Grimsby side . |
| 19 | If this had happened the rogue could not have conferred title upon the innocent purchaser ( unless under some other exception to the nemo dat principle ) for the rogue would no longer have had a voidable title . |
| 20 | Instead , structured gestural sequences , or syntagmata as MacNeill calls them , might already have had a rudimentary grammar before they were overlaid by speech . |
| 21 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 22 | That will no doubt be done by the press , clearly bored at not having had a good scandal to get its teeth into for all of two months . |
| 23 | He appears not to have had a ready answer to this question ! |
| 24 | It started with a piece of foolishness that could have got me into a deal of trouble had I not have had a wise check in time from the inspector . |
| 25 | Course Moira always has had a vivid imagination , you have to take what she says with a pinch of salt . |
| 26 | She could n't imagine he could ever have had a single moment of nervous insecurity in his whole charmed life . |
| 27 | And , if he had moved any farther down the course , would he still have had a clear view of Captain Brown waving his flag to signal a false start ? |
| 28 | We would still have had an extremist council — not Labour , but Labour and Liberal combined . |
| 29 | The brick and stone-built cone is sixty feet high , and was saved from demolition in 1962 by excavations which showed its importance as an industrial monument , this area of Yorkshire once having had a thriving glass industry . |
| 30 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |