Example sentences of "have have [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dennis was thrashing about so vigorously that even a trained lifeguard would have had difficulty in retrieving him . |
| 2 | This was partly because its proposals would have put an end to the prospect of the very benefits that securitisation should bring ( because the Bank of England would have had difficulty in applying its own regulations for securitisation ) , and partly because the accounting treatment proposed seemed to us inconsistent . |
| 3 | In the state it was , the landlord would have had difficulty in finding respectable tenants and was happy to let it out — at a fairly stiff rent — to youngsters . |
| 4 | Hearing people may have had difficulty in access , but we have argued that this arises in the unequal status of the learner ( hearing ) and teacher ( deaf ) . |
| 5 | This prospect was seen as likely to destabilize the Alliance , because Arab members might well have had difficulty in explaining to their constituencies what amounted to an alliance with Israel against a fellow Arab state , Iraq . |
| 6 | Nevertheless even a stronger British economy might have had difficulty in satisfying American expectations . |
| 7 | Mr Justice Laws , said in the High Court if she had known there was a risk of pregnancy she would never have had sex with her lover . |
| 8 | Lothar 's supporter Angelbert who wrote a lament over the fallen , may have had Bernard in mind when he attributed his own side 's defeat to the last-minute defection of certain " commanders " . |
| 9 | She treated coldly all attempts to dab the scent on her own sleeve , rejected any suggestion that it could suitably be tried out on Owen and Mahmoud , and insisted that it be tested on a woman , an assistant , perhaps , or , preferably , the shopkeeper 's wife , a suggestion which , with its hint of superiority , would have had shopkeepers in the more Westernized parts of the city grovelling but was treated simply commercially in the bazaar . |
| 10 | They must have known and must have had present to their minds all that . |
| 11 | Britain , he could n't have had tennis on his mind . |
| 12 | Several commentators theorize that dinosaurs may have had hearts like crocodilians , perhaps because they are the closest living relatives to the archosaur . |
| 13 | Some teachers may specialize in certain sports , while others may have had experience of a particular instrument , such as the flute or violin , and therefore may have had similar problems as yourself . |
| 14 | Many catalogue users will by now have had experience of word-processing systems with instant spelling verification . |
| 15 | They might well have had experience at second hand of Russian trade goods , and thus have resolved to pay tribute to obtain these benefits . |
| 16 | Similarly , if the gravitational mass of the proton were significantly different , one would not have had stars in which these nucleides could have been built up , and if the initial expansion of the universe had been slightly smaller or slightly greater , the universe would either have collapsed before such stars could have evolved or would have expanded so rapidly that stars would never have been formed by gravitational condensation . |
| 17 | By that time , another 70,000 of us will have had accidents at work we could have avoided . |
| 18 | There is no reason to believe that the incomers brought any large amount of capital with them , although some may have had help at the start from their families . |
| 19 | She 's had help now , but what a pity , you know , then I guess people were n't so aware of what could be done , but what a pity she could n't have had help at the time . |
| 20 | The Indians , it is surmised , must have had help from the Chinese . |
| 21 | The goldfish is deservedly the most popular species of fish kept in garden ponds and few , if any , ponds in this country will not have had goldfish in them at some time . |
| 22 | He might have had thoughts of destiny but it is unlikely that even he could conceive that troupes of girls bearing his name would still be dancing nearly a hundred years later . |
| 23 | Defendants who ‘ could n't care less ’ may have had thoughts about consent which through indifference to the matter , they fail to pursue . |
| 24 | She should have stayed with Fernando , she should have had faith in her own feelings at the time — and his . |
| 25 | Apart from the traffic implications in grid-locking the roads of Caerphilly , up Manor way , it might even have had repercussions for the hon. Gentleman 's constituents . |
| 26 | Since they were in bed the query was ambiguous , and might have had reference to what had gone before . |
| 27 | A key figure for this last task was the archbishop of Canterbury , but not all were as reliable or as effective on the king 's behalf as Sudbury proved to be : Islip ( 1349–66 ) had not secured the sexennial grant requested in 1356 , although probably even Sudbury would have had problems with such an extreme proposal ; and after Sudbury , Courtenay ( 1381–96 ) was not always obliging . |
| 28 | She may have had problems over a similar product , or one from the same manufacturer , before . |
| 29 | A number of firms may also have had problems in achieving the synergies expected of newly formed structures . |
| 30 | Teachers will have had experiences of both kinds of testing and , like myself , have concluded that the formative sort enables the vast majority in their care to make excellent progress and know that they are doing so . |