Example sentences of "have had a [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessica probably knew ten times more about these things than she did , she 'd had a million times more experience , at any rate . |
| 2 | The footings and parts of the walls of around 300 chambers have survived on the ground floor ; the presence of several staircases implies the existence of upper storeys and , taking into account the destroyed upper floors as well , the original temple may have had a thousand chambers altogether . |
| 3 | Voluntary organisations like the Rainer Foundation are at last being listened to and boroughs that ten years ago might have had a dozen children 's homes now have only a couple . |
| 4 | The slave trade may be considered , like the fabulous hydra , to have had a hundred heads , every one of which it was necessary to cut off before it could be subdued . |
| 5 | Examples of the latter include the installation of an electric blanket at Murrayfield , which has meant that they are the only home union not to have had a Five Nations match postponed within the last 30 years , whilst they always have a venue for important representative matches available there if the weather tries to sabotage the programme . |
| 6 | It was an exchange they had had a hundred times during childhood at the end of some day 's adventure in remote fields . |
| 7 | When he was killed he had had a hundred pounds on him . |