Example sentences of "he 'd have [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He was surprised that he 'd had no word from that gentleman , and even more so to find that Theda had not either .
2 as if he 'd had no choice in the matter . ’
3 Although once he 'd had a wife of his own .
4 ‘ Jeff told me he 'd had a word with you about me and told you I had lots of experience teaching English to foreign students and that you wanted me to come and do the job . ’
5 Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ?
6 He 'd had a couple of sessions with his union rep and had been told not to worry , it was just a way of filling some quota ; if anything , his job was probably more secure now than it had been before .
7 He 'd had a bit of a raw deal .
8 He was having an affair somewhere and he 'd had a child by her .
9 When I spoke to Travis the other day I understood he 'd had a change of heart . ’
10 He 'd had a row with Georgina on the Saturday . ’
11 A friend of mine followed us round and he was starting to panic because he 'd had a bet on the boss .
12 And that made me wonder if you were in it , too , and he 'd had a rendezvous at the cottage .
13 Yes , when I came to think of it , he 'd had a cough for some time .
14 When he went up to Cambridge he met another American who 'd been brought up in England , whose father was a journalist in the London bureau of the Washington Post , and he 'd had a thing about graveyards , too .
15 Scotty was weary , the gigs were far apart , he 'd had a touch of the ‘ flu and , at over 60 , really did n't feel up to it .
16 Thus , when Dennis offered him exactly half what he had been making , Lauda thought he 'd had a touch of sun .
17 Of course he 'd had a lot on his mind .
18 Ed told me he 'd had a lot of bitter arguments about this plan with Hauser . ’
19 Oh , he 'd had a lot of silly nonsense to put up with , but that was only on the surface , he knew that really , and now that the children were off their hands they could be together more and she 'd be less hasty .
20 I think he 'd had a stroke by then , but he came up to me and said very quietly , ‘ How 's your comical friend then ? ’
21 He 'd had a visit from the Brigade Commander , who had criticized quite sharply several things for which the responsibility did not lie with him , but with his officers and particularly with his men .
22 Turner was suspicious of the other man , as he quite rightly should have been ; but he 'd had a whiff of something he especially did n't like , which considering who and what Ray Doyle was , was an amazing mistake to make .
23 And then he 'd had the thrill of actually seeing ( ‘ a life-time 's ambition ’ ) the Flying Scotsman !
24 ‘ They take young grandpas , ’ said Linda , amazed and overjoyed he 'd had the idea for himself and still not able to get over her daughter 's news .
25 Mr Justice garland said he 'd had the advantage of seeing the material gathered during this further enquiry into the pub bombings .
26 His interest had lasted while he 'd had the challenge of disproving her suspicions about his business activities .
27 I mean when he was born they laid him on me , he 'd had the cord round his neck three times and he looked like a tortoise with his long neck and this little tiny head [ laughs ] .
28 That morning he 'd had an hour at a training centre ( ’ not just a fleeting photo opportunity ’ ) ; in the street he was collared by an elderly chap about the price of Guinness and tried in vain to stick a Vote For Me sticker on a recalcitrant toddler .
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