Example sentences of "have had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 2 | However , undoubtedly the night air would have had a sobering effect , especially as the walk was some 2¾ miles long . |
| 3 | These intra-uterine devices would have had a contraceptive effect and were relied on by some women for that purpose . |
| 4 | I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Cologne may have had a poor start to the season , but they are typically disciplined like all German sides and will play as they are told to play by their coach . |
| 6 | Dinosaurs may have had a four-chambered heart ; if so they were probably warm-blooded . |
| 7 | For all I know they may have been part-time MPs , or they may have had a limited electorate to represent . |
| 8 | Tonson would have had a strong incentive to make the effort to accommodate this particular late arrival : unlike ‘ Ye gentle spirits of the air ’ , which is a virtuoso show-piece full of semiquaver pyrotechnics ( and therefore unsuitable for the amateur market ) , it was included in the Select Songs volume — so to omit it from the word-book might have led to complaints . |
| 9 | If we did n't do what was done at Castlewellan we would have had a complete sell out . ’ |
| 10 | It is not perhaps surprising that Sir Walter Scott , with his antiquarian interest , should have had a sharp eye for architectural difference , or even for interior detail , provided it could claim to be antique . |
| 11 | I might have had a splendid pad , |
| 12 | Some of Bach 's melodies , however , are so freely formed that it is impossible to decide whether , like the above Sarabande , they could have had a simple outline as their origin , or whether Bach followed a free vein of inspiration , ignoring a well-defined construction . |
| 13 | The Aquino government had resisted the return of the body on the grounds that it would have had a destabilizing effect on the country . |
| 14 | He could have had a radiographic picture within two minutes , but that was far too long . |
| 15 | The recriminations and angst of an unhappy marriage that reverberated through my head could well have had a self-destructive influence in that lonely , haunting valley and finished me off for good , no doubt . |
| 16 | We should have had a general election last Thursday , rather than three by-elections . |
| 17 | We fill grocery cartons with shoes that have the shape of living feet , a bulge on the left where she must have had a swollen joint ; I did not notice it while she was alive . |
| 18 | On the basis that it had continued thus , the blade would have had a total length of about five inches . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Is there anybody who might have had a serious grudge against your father ? ’ |
| 20 | If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying . |
| 21 | The plaintiff must have had a genuine freedom of choice before the defence can be successfully raised against him . |
| 22 | If this had happened the rogue could not have conferred title upon the innocent purchaser ( unless under some other exception to the nemo dat principle ) for the rogue would no longer have had a voidable title . |
| 23 | The removal of a large section of the landed and business sections of the community would have had a devastating effect on the province as a whole , and especially its economy . |
| 24 | One of them was two metres long and must have had a devastating effect on the plants as it browsed its way through the wet green bogs . |
| 25 | If he approaches the fun level achieved by Gary , they he will have had a great year . |
| 26 | [ 5 ] So the dream vision must have had a tremendous impact on his perception of the world . |
| 27 | Opponents said the plan would have had a variable impact , because of differences in the charges of landfill operators across the country . |
| 28 | ‘ No idea — but I gather she must have had a wonky heart . ’ |
| 29 | The firearm in an angel 's hands must have had a powerful impact on Indian converts . |
| 30 | You might have thought these further disclosures would have had a powerful effect on me but , of course , I was inured to surprise where this man was concerned . |