Example sentences of "his [noun sg] have have [art] " in BNC.

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1 He 's had a very long and trying ordeal , and apart from his physical injuries he 's had the cold and damp to deal with too , so his body 's had a pretty severe challenge .
2 Last December an appeal court ordered the retrial of a convicted murderer when it was revealed that his wife had had an affair with his lawyer .
3 Since that time , his career had had no more problems .
4 It had shocked him to discover , while a student , that at least half the men in his year had had no love or emotional experience at all .
5 His mother had had no time for him , and his father disapproved of him .
6 Worse still , he was ungrateful : everyone told him that his mother had had a hard life , that she worked her fingers to the bone , but it meant nothing to him .
7 As always his mother had had the upper hand .
8 Tonight , John Taylor revealed that his mother has had a stroke and he says the strain of the whole affair is to blame .
9 Keith Rankin , representing Michael Lowther said his client had had a childhood of abuse and was of limited intelligence .
10 Mike Monro , defending , said his client had had a strict upbringing , having to do what she was ordered to do by her parents .
11 And it was apparently during that hospital visit that Ross and his brother had had a long serious talk about what would be best for the children .
12 His jockey has had a solid season too , 18 wins from 142 rides , busier than ever before .
13 When he 'd left London his face had had the pinched , strained look , the hollow eyes that long illness seem to give .
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