Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 that they had had insufficient feedback ;
2 as if it had happened a few years ago , Mr Donal John MacLennan , leaning on his metal gate as his sheep thronged the pens of today 's farm at Corry , knew that Johnson and Boswell had been guests in this place , and that they had had good times here .
3 When Henry VIII dismissed three of these gentlemen and various other household officials in 1519 , the Venetian ambassador commented that they had had great authority and had been the ‘ very soul ’ of the King .
4 Examples of these have been sent to employers , and it is hoped that they have had wide distribution .
5 The creations are totally different and have some dissimilar effects but both creations have not been controlled by their creators so they have had disastrous consequences .
6 Their chemical and isotopic compositions are meteoritic and they have had long histories of flight through space .
7 You say that I need to discuss copy when I 've got there if you 've got copy if they 've had full colour before then they will have bromides and separations and things like
8 A large number of dogs who end up in the rescue homes would be on the vet 's euthanasia list if they 'd had different owners .
9 What would Wales have achieved 20 years ago if they had had endless squad sessions , trips to Lanzarote , 2–3 days a week off to train , personal fitness plans , etc. ?
10 They were excluded if they had been treated with steroids , cytotoxic drugs , antibiotics , anti-ulcer drugs , or if they had had gastroduodenal surgery .
11 A person , or their partner , is at increased risk if they have had high risk sex in regions of the world where the prevalence of HIV infection is greater than that in the UK .
12 Indeed , it now seemed to be the case that men did not marry women unless they had had sexual relations with them beforehand .
13 Their views are balanced , their visions diverse , but they have had interesting lives both here and abroad , and have each , in different measure contributed to society over and beyond their work ( one of my yardsticks of measuring people because of the effort involved ) .
14 All the previously unbeaten sides lost , leaving only SCUM unbeaten ( but they ve had easy games except for the home game to newcastle which was 1–1 ) .
15 These managers did not come across as having expert power , because they had had minimal training and appeared to be unorganised and therefore unprofessional in their conduct .
16 Some people are very mistrustful of machines , perhaps because they have had bad experiences with them and are therefore nervous about using them .
17 Reviewing women at between 22–28 years after the index pregnancy ( when they had had abnormal glucose tolerance , but reverted to normal tolerance afterwards ) , he found a 50% prevalence of diabetes and 25% of abnormal glucose tolerance , whereas the controls had rates of 7% and 3% .
18 Wednesday , third last season , are next to Leeds in the bottom half , though they have had major injury problems all season .
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