Example sentences of "[pron] had had a lot " in BNC.
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1 | That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately . |
2 | The interesting question is whether , if we had had a lot of tremendous tycoons who were interested in the arts , the story would be a different one ; we just have n't bred those sort of people in the last twenty or thirty years . |
3 | Inspector Dave Jenkinson , said : ’ We had had a lot of complaints about drivers with no lane discipline . |
4 | Well — what if there were , they had had a lot of him and would find through loss , perhaps , all sorts of qualities in themselves and others they would otherwise have missed . |
5 | He had had a lot of practice in persuading bullies not to thump him , and now he recognized in Simon , only too well , all the signs of a violent , bullying , and unpredictable nature . |
6 | He had had a lot of trouble with builders last year . |