Example sentences of "[verb] had a chequered history " in BNC.

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1 The corporation has had a chequered history since then .
2 But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history .
3 The shop has had a chequered history : it opened as a Sherratt & Hughes , and was an early incursion by a chain retailer into an area dominated by , and largely reserved for , independents .
4 It has had a chequered history , including use as a powder magazine .
5 But the block , like most of its kind , had had a chequered history .
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