Example sentences of "[pron] had [verb] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price . |
| 2 | She had had a gruelling day on top of a gruelling six months . |
| 3 | We had had a superb day 's climbing , and to say his death was tragic is an understatement . |
| 4 | There was no proper funeral , as there had been no proper wedding ceremony ; they simply hauled the waterlogged body onto a bonfire of driftwood , and even though the sea wind at dawn had made the fire hot enough to break the stones of the beach , it was six hours before the body was gone , and then they had to wait a whole day before they could rake the ashes for his bones and send them to her . |
| 5 | They had enjoyed a happy day and it seemed to Carrie that Seb had noticed her , really noticed her , as a young woman for the very first time . |
| 6 | By limiting itself to cautious probing on the 21st ( all except for the disobedient von Zwehl who had registered the day 's only success ) , it had lost a valuable day . |
| 7 | It had taken a full day for Merymose to obtain permission for Huy to visit the embalmer . |
| 8 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 9 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
| 10 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
| 11 | Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not sold enough crummy second-hand cars . |
| 12 | During dinner Sir Henry told us that he had spent a dull day and evening on his own . |