Example sentences of "[noun sg] have had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the decade since then , the club has had a brief taste of the glory days but now is immersed in the worst crisis in its hundred year history . |
| 32 | This recognition has had a major impact , not only in the ecological field but also in that of Earth Mysteries . |
| 33 | Among the lands earlier ceded to the abbey of St Denis was the Vexin français , that natural bulwark between the French royal demesne and the now hostile Norman duchy , which had been held as a Norman fief , had formed part of Simon de Crépy 's state ( see p. 216 ) , and finally was reclaimed for the French crown by Philip I. The Vexin had had a comital family , in origin probably the advocates for the abbey ; but Philip had bypassed their claims , granting the territory to the young prince Louis , who met with such opposition in the area that it was not until 1119 that his possession was secured . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new . |
| 36 | Although the royalists later alleged that the rebels had that morning received ‘ a double portion of oatmeal and whisky for incouragement ’ and that a ‘ graite many … that we took prisoners were drunk ’ , these must have been a fortunate minority , but everyone agrees that the prospect of action had had a reviving effect on even the hungriest and weariest . |
| 37 | He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church . |
| 38 | She held on tight to him , murmuring , ‘ Oh , my darling , hug Mummy , hold on to poor Mummy , poor Mummy 's had a terrible shock . ’ |
| 39 | The rest of the Peachtree side have had a mixed time . |
| 40 | My mouth 's had a new life since that day . |
| 41 | There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place . |
| 42 | In the past 15 years Denison 's work has had a direct influence on the conservation movement in the North of England . |
| 43 | Whatever the causes , the rise in part-time work has had a profound effect on the employment conditions and prospects of a growing number of workers . |
| 44 | Re-mapping of economically important areas was carried out during and after the War , and much of the subsequent work has had an economic focus , restricted in the main to the highly populated Midland Valley of Scotland , which , perhaps not surprisingly , contains the country 's major economic mineral deposits — coal , oil-shale , fireclay , and bulk minerals , such as roadstone , building stone , limestone for cement and agriculture . |
| 45 | And although many architects still find it hard to say Charles 's name without curling their lips , most of them do admit that by bringing the whole subject into the public domain , architecture has had a much-needed shot in the arm . |
| 46 | I believe that our membership of the ERM has had a major influence on the recession in the United Kingdom . |
| 47 | ‘ The child has had a mild fit , ’ said the apothecary , turning Anna on to her stomach . |
| 48 | Toilet phobia developing when the child has had an unpleasant experience in the toilet and has become frightened to use it ( Ashkenazi 1975 ) . |
| 49 | The former Charlton youngster has had a harrowing time at Wednesday since his £250,000 move in January last year — but is aiming to finally win over the Hillsborough boo-boys . |
| 50 | For the manual working class the pattern of mobility has had a double-edged effect , on the one hand increasing the possibility of ‘ social advancement ’ ( although this remains slim for men who have passed their mid-20s ) , while on the other reducing the influx of people from other backgrounds . |
| 51 | Nonetheless , implementation independence has had a powerful effect on AI thinking about metaphysical problems , and has been behind McCarthy 's insistence that AI must be defined as the study of intelligent mechanisms independent of their implementation in machines or brains , and hence to a general denial that AI is , in any strong sense , about machines . |
| 52 | Although the national gallery has had a limited grant , it has , by various means available to it , acquired not only a marvellous new building , but many great works of art . |
| 53 | With puffins still zooming around the landing bay , we left for the mainland having had a marvellous day . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | Strawberry had had a bad time . |
| 57 | Angel had had a magical childhood , bucking the system at the smart Buenos Aires boys ' school of Champagnat and living during the term time in a large house in the Avenidad del Libertador . |
| 58 | Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time . |
| 59 | It 's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor . |
| 60 | A family which was torn apart during the Second World War has had an emotional reunion . |