Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | It suggests that your vehicle was once petrol engined or has had the wrong springs fitted at some point . |
| 2 | Looking at it logically , it is not particularly unusual for any man , particularly if he is tired or has had a little too much to drink , to be temporarily unable to achieve an erection on a single occasion . |
| 3 | Now we will suppose that the author has lighted on important new material or has had a significant number of errors in the first edition pointed out to him . |
| 4 | To that extent it does not matter in principle whether the individuals are described in a particular society as ‘ upper class ’ , ‘ middle class ’ or ‘ lower class ’ , or whether the society is rural or urban : it is a universal that all individuals in all societies have contacts with other individuals ( even the exceptional case — say , a hermit — has occasional societal contacts or has had them in the past , and ‘ isolates ’ are special cases ) . |
| 5 | The prisoner has been at his own trial and he already knows , or has had access to , all the evidence and all that was said . |
| 6 | Maybe Julie has … or has had , in the past , a crush on me or something . |
| 7 | Can I ask if everyone sitting around the table has now or has had access to plan policy guidance note number twelve ? |
| 8 | If a woman , she knows her language better than most ladies do , or has had a classical education . |
| 9 | I had or had had cancer — a most serious disease — yet I had been talking as if it was all a joke . |
| 10 | Just as before , I had spent the intervening three months ‘ supporting ’ myself and this time I was so confident I was able to march into the hospital and into the consulting room certain that whatever I had or had had I was now on top of it . |
| 11 | Often , such people never consider that it might be because they are not academically qualified or had had a bad interview ; they automatically blame racism . |
| 12 | Unfortunately Mr. Tee was not the only person who had , or had had , an apparent connection with Winchester and whose activities excited attention . |
| 13 | Mr. Tee was not the only person who had , or had had , an apparent connection with Winchester and whose activities excited attention . |
| 14 | The detective wondered whether Nicola 's husband was deliberately misleading them or had had a genuine slip of memory . |
| 15 | As approved , the bill would give Soviet citizens the automatic right to obtain a passport within one month of application , unless the applicant was involved in criminal proceedings , was liable for military service , or had had access to state secrets in the previous five years . |
| 16 | The popularity of road transport has meant that railways have either had short shrift , as in Britain , where investment per kilometre is about one-third that in France , or have had to be heavily subsidized , as in France and Germany . |
| 17 | If you have never dieted before , or have had just one or two unsuccessful attempts , please do not start on the ‘ yo-yo ’ of losing weight , gaining weight , losing weight that we described earlier . |
| 18 | There is also a system of ‘ networking ’ where women are put in touch with others who are having or have had the same experience . |
| 19 | Of course , to know you have or have had cancer , can mean that thereafter every little ache , every little pain is a secondary on its way to catch you . |
| 20 | ASSURED TENANCIES — residential tenancies in properties that are newly built or have had at least £5000 spent on improving them in the two years before they were first let . |
| 21 | The only side effects worth considering are the consequences for the rest of society , in particular those of us who have had our cars or homes broken into , or have had our hard-earned leisure time wrecked by noise , rubbish and other anti-social behaviour such as illegal ‘ festivals ’ and acid parties . |
| 22 | At birth babies who have been jaundiced , premature or have had certain antibiotic therapies — to list just a few instances — should also be screened for impaired hearing . |
| 23 | It is up to you , if you are having an event , or have had one , to let everyone else know about it . |
| 24 | So unless you have been self-employed or have had other money , not connected with your job , you may never really have needed to give the question very much thought . |
| 25 | Many of the studies that do exist have been small scale or have had some other issue , such as integration , as their key focus , referring to welfare assistance either in passing or as a subsidiary concern . |
| 26 | In on large study , the perinatal mortality risk increased by 20 per cent for the infants of smokers of less than 20 per day and by 35 per cent for smokers of 20 or more per day , compared with that of non-smokers. ( 5 ) The risk is greater in women who are poor , anaemic or have had several children . |
| 27 | Patients who may benefit most include those who have multiple cardiac risk factors , a low exercise capacity , are slow to adjust psychologically to a new lifestyle , or have had recent cardiac surgery . |
| 28 | The committees therefore discriminate in favour of candidates under the age of 35 at the expense of those who have taken longer to reach senior registrar level because they have had to start again after moving from another country , were older when they entered medical school , or have had time off for sick leave or maternity leave . |
| 29 | Girls may be there simply because they are young and things are not working out at home or with their boyfriends , or they may be designated as " ESN " ( educationally sub-normal ) , or have had previous children that they have lost through negligence or ignorance . |
| 30 | He does his readers the service of conveying to them the life and living of a family they might never encounter , or have had occasion to consider . |