Example sentences of "have once have " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd already lost any respect or hope he 'd once had for Changez . |
| 2 | He 'd once had a drink with him in the Shaftesbury — Johnny , not the dentist — and really , he 'd could n't have been sweeter . |
| 3 | He remembered a conversation he 'd once had with his brother , who had teased him about his interest in the works of Elinor Dove . |
| 4 | And people think more of you if you have nice things — as if you 'd once had a ‘ beautiful home ’ , ’ she gave the words a slightly scornful emphasis that made Ianthe feel uncomfortable . |
| 5 | I 'd once had to miss a rendezvous with him after he 'd done his own stripping vicar act for some giggling secretary 's twenty-first birthday and he 'd shot out of the pub stark bollock naked to find me somewhere else . |
| 6 | And he said something about he 'd once they 'd once had to work all one day and all one night a near the Regent Centre because er , something had gone wrong with the gas pipes because erm of flooding . |
| 7 | So far , she had killed no one , but the vicar of St Andrew 's had once had to call in Doctor Bailey as he was in agony with severe stomach pains , and had had to admit that he had taken tea and sandwiches with a peculiar and pungent filling , at Dotty Harmer 's a few hours before . |
| 8 | Perhaps he needed these faraway successes to convince himself that his life had once had value , might yet have value again . |
| 9 | The ASP had once had to pay protection money to prevent disruption to the Triple Crown . |
| 10 | I gave up trying to resuscitate that fern that had once had such shiny green leaves and perky look , declared it dead , threw it out of the house and went to see my surgeon . |
| 11 | But whatever talents she had once had , she had now turned ferociously against them , whereas her husband did still pay a curious self-willed homage to the intellectual virtues ; he possessed an 1895 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica which he would , from time to time , read . |
| 12 | The victims ranged from intellectuals , university professors whose advice had been sought by the government , and distinguished scientists who had once had associations with " left-wing " organizations , to writers , broadcasters and Hollywood actors and directors . |
| 13 | If the benefits of large families were obvious in the Irish peasant society in which we had once had our roots , they had a certain value for us too ; they scored vital points on the council housing list . |
| 14 | I had once had to witness Otto tackling a bundle in Paris and it left a lasting impression : of an elephant stripping bark . |
| 15 | She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established . |
| 16 | There were some rows of books , bright bed-covers and cushions , some reproductions such as she had once had of Italian paintings . |
| 17 | Mrs Rundle had once had varicose veins but they had been cut out . |
| 18 | ‘ There were no sheep in the king 's gardens , ’ explained the bachelor , ‘ because the king 's mother had once had a dream . |
| 19 | Or it might be that she would have to barricade the windows against the revenants , against all the figures from the history books who had once had a lease on life and property and wanted their rights back . |
| 20 | Better than some , in fact , since he had once had West Riding connections and , as young political agitators went , possessed a relatively unblemished reputation , with not so much as a single term of imprisonment , as yet , to be used against him at the hustings . |
| 21 | In an interview with an Austrian newspaper Havel criticized this boycott as " a game " which had once had a moral basis but now consisted of " rather cold-blooded considerations — if one does not go , others will not go " . |
| 22 | The fact that Nonconformists were so prominent in the new financial institutions became a source of deep concern , both for the landed classes , who had by now largely severed any ties they had once had with Dissent , and also for the old Tory financial interests in the City , who saw their former economic ascendancy being eclipsed . |
| 23 | She had convinced herself that the intense impact which Vitor d'Arcos had once had on her had been a much exaggerated memory , the figment of an overheated imagination . |
| 24 | Vitor smiled the slow crooked smile which had once had his female fans attempting to push their telephone numbers — sometimes accompanied by intimate items of underwear — into his hand . |
| 25 | Yes , he reminded her of a stuffy headmaster she had once had , someone who found fault with everyone , however much they tried . |
| 26 | After details of the case emerged , the student movement never regained the broad base and wide influence it had once had on the Japanese political scene . |
| 27 | No I have once have n't I ? |