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 .
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