Example sentences of "had have [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Already I had had presentiments of the satisfaction I would feel when I eventually got the bag home — the huge relief as I unpacked my treasures .
2 as if he had had sight of publishers ' replies to the Sunday Telegraph questionnaire , Tim Waterstone warned readers that the book trade had ‘ an astonishing capacity for self-pity and self-destruction — ignore publishers ’ gloom …
3 I realized then just how many times , over the months , I had had evidence of this fear , and how careful I had always been to avoid doing or saying anything that could threaten the bastions he erected to guard his frail defences .
4 It was her dad 's favourite piece that he 'd always refused to sell and which had had pride of place on top of the mantelpiece in the parlour .
5 This scorpion had had prey of an entirely different nature in his sights .
6 People who had had experience of the National Assembly , where much the same procedures were followed , or who had picked up the style from televised broadcasts of it , were at a decided advantage .
7 However , only one in five had had experience of handicapped or difficult children .
8 With a handsome face and flowing silver hair , his appearance was eminently statesmanlike ; he was a former Governor of Texas and , unlike Reagan , he had had experience of national politics , as Nixon 's Secretary of the Treasury .
9 It was reported that among other items under discussion were the questions of US support for the mandatory repatriation of Vietnamese boat people and of US passports for Hong Kong citizens , issues on which the two countries had had differences of opinion during the past year .
10 Between the ages of 2 and 5 she had had episodes of disturbed behaviour during sleep .
11 By now he had had confirmation of the news he had been expecting for some time .
12 Hereward Marr had had charge of the spiritual wellbeing , the cure of souls , of three villages .
13 According to Rahab , the Jericho prostitute , the people of her city had had news of the way the Israelites had come out of Egypt , and their hearts had melted and their courage had evaporated away ( Josh.
14 He had been through school and university , he had travelled the world , he had completed five years in the armed forces , he had flown fighter planes and helicopters — and for nine months had had command of a mine hunter in the North Sea .
15 actually had to have experience of
16 It can be , yeah we had a stop for lunch , we had to have cups of tea , we had to go to ou , out the back and have a fag cos we ca n't smoke in the office .
17 Working in the studio , you had to have buckets of water thrown over the actors to give the impression of being at sea !
18 Indeed Hamilton believed that all 3-dimensional systems had to have divisors of zero and considered the fact that the quaternions had no divisors of zero to be one of its chief merits .
19 And we had had loads of
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