Example sentences of "he [verb] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leeds worked hard to use the sources to provide a chronology of the development of brooch types ( 1933 ) and the extremely dubious assumptions he made have coloured a great deal of thinking to this day . |
| 2 | He did have a red MG . |
| 3 | He did have an alternative , he could have let the pound drop lower . ’ |
| 4 | He did have the advantage , however , of pursuing a single specific goal — that of taking the company through privatisation . |
| 5 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 6 | Harold Watkinson had not survived as Secretary of State for Defence long enough to see his counter-reformation completed , but he did have the satisfaction of knowing that , had it not been for his efforts to swing the pendulum of British Defence policy back into the centre of the spectrum of war , Britain 's disengagement from empire would not have been so successful . |
| 7 | He did have street cunning , most if it aimed to keeping himself a mystery . |
| 8 | He did have white mice . |
| 9 | But if it could be said that he did have a weakness for something , it was for Ireland and the Irish . |
| 10 | He did have something official because the nurses , like , said he had to . |
| 11 | Unlike Guillaume , Zborowski was unbusinesslike , and a poor book-keeper , but he did have a wonderful faith in Modigliani 's talent . |
| 12 | . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them … |
| 13 | He did not imagine Randolph Henry Ash , his pen moving rapidly across the paper , but he did have the thought of the pads of the long-dead fingers which had held and folded these half-covered sheets , before preserving them in the book , instead of jettisoning them . |
| 14 | He did not feel the presence of the dead poet in the room , but he did have a vague excited sense that any of these containers — the desk , the trunks , the hat-boxes , might contain some treasure like the faded letters in his own breast-pocket . |
| 15 | What little money he did have was spent on a record selected with extreme care which became , to his way of thinking , a possession close to his heart . |
| 16 | On no account should he be allowed simply to get in his car and drive around before he has been pronounced competent to drive , and has organized his driving licence and insurance accordingly , if for no other reason than that his insurance would be invalid if he did have an accident . |
| 17 | Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style . |
| 18 | He did have good words to say for its menfolk ; ‘ … sturdy and bold , honest and sagacious ’ . |
| 19 | Even if he did have a provincial practice ( as his likely African origin may suggest ) , he also held office in Rome , probably had connections with Gaul , and is attested in the consilium of Marcus Aurelius . |
| 20 | He did have a sneaking respect for Yanto however . |
| 21 | He did have one last setback , however : as long as he was not reciting he was free from tension in the neck but , as soon as he began to use his voice , all his old habits returned . |
| 22 | The doctor had no idea what might be causing the red blotches , but he did have a suspicion that the other symptoms might have a common cause . |
| 23 | But he did have to endure the ordeal of being photographed between the bride and bridesmaid . |
| 24 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 25 | He was vaguely surprised that what sense of loss he did have seemed to be connected in some way with Cyprus . |
| 26 | He had n't any sense , I thought , but he did have fear , which was almost as good a life preserver . |
| 27 | After all , he did have a pond consisting of Charlie 's last Chinese meal steaming in his crotch . |
| 28 | And provided that he did have a ‘ residence ’ ( or ‘ abode ’ , the concept used in other contexts ) there , in which he spent a substantial part of the year , it would not be necessary for him to be physically present there for the whole three-month period prior to the qualifying date . |
| 29 | He did have a father — I mean , he is n't Jesus Christ . |
| 30 | He did have one valid point , which unfortunately was the basis for his Groove Tubes bashing , and this was the transposition error pertaining to the state of electrons : ie. positively/negatively charged . |