Example sentences of "[pers pn] had had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much taken aback , not least because Amy and I had had a number of conversations about her low opinion of the Church and what it stood for , I asked how she knew it was Jesus . |
| 2 | For some years I had had a similar experience in the teaching of literature , amazed to see colleagues attempting to hound students , in the context of a two- or three-year course , through complex texts in a single session : today we read King Lear , tomorrow we discuss it , and next day you write your essays on it . |
| 3 | The dread excitement of D-Day came , and I longed to be at Bletchley where I felt I had had a rôle . |
| 4 | Recalling a time when I had had a staff of seventeen under me , and knowing how not so long ago a staff of twenty-eight had been employed here at Darlington Hall , the idea of devising a staff plan by which the same house would be run on a staff of four seemed , to say the least , daunting . |
| 5 | At one point , the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her , began helping herself to some port from my tray . |
| 6 | After nine months of tests , I was told that there was ‘ probably ’ nothing wrong with my kidneys and that I had had a bladder infection . |
| 7 | I had had a whole afternoon spent upon me , been the centre of attention , cost the State a fortune and my wife had given up a whole day of precious work to be with me . |
| 8 | Since then I had had a healing , been taking massive doses of vitamin C , regular doses of vitamin A and B and supplements of zinc and selenium , eating my ‘ stay-well ’ diet and doing my visualization . |
| 9 | My personal life had been a disaster : I had had a lousy relationship with my mother ; been frightened of my father ; from time to time my marriage had been close to the rocks and I had been an uncaring father . |
| 10 | I considered I had had a sheltered upbringing — perhaps ‘ genteel ’ is nearer the mark — but she came from the world of country weekends , day and night nurseries , nannies , and never having to worry about where next week 's housekeeping money was coming from , or having to do the washing up . |
| 11 | I had been at Bourn for two years and had seen many people come and go , but if I had had a choice I would not have chosen to go to Group Headquarters . |
| 12 | In my grandmother 's house I had had a big bedroom ; here I had to share . |
| 13 | I had had a very successful indoor season , set a British indoor record at 200 metres and a personal best at 60 metres , and gained my first individual international selection . |
| 14 | He and I had had a heart to heart in the hotel following some comments supposedly made by him about me in the press , more particularly in the Sun . |
| 15 | They were all very heartened that someone was at last taking an interest : I only wish I had had a tape recorder ! |
| 16 | My letter was published in full , and I was pleased with myself , for two good reasons : my first literary effort had been accepted ; and I had had a good swipe at the evils of fascism , judging by the stream of supporting letters which followed . |
| 17 | From the mid-sixties I had had a homosexual identity and I did say to people that I was homosexual ; but in the early seventies that had a completely different meaning . |
| 18 | After the hearing Dennett said : ‘ I had had a drink . |
| 19 | If I had not had a sensation which resembles my present sensation I could not assert , ‘ My sensation is a sensation of white ’ with the same meaning as it would have if I had had a sensation resembling it . |
| 20 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ … as an in-patient in hospitals on several occasions myself I had had a more appetising variation of diet . |
| 22 | Over the years , in my role as home tutor to his mother , I had had a privileged relationship with Balbinder and his family . |
| 23 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 24 | Although I had had a substantial measure of success , it was a back-breaking activity : it involved the pouring of oceans of hypocritical praise on the undeserving ; attributing powers of discernment and discrimination to the ignorant and myopic ; and only occasionally striking gold in the form of sufficient understanding to make the toil of persuasion unnecessary . |
| 25 | I told her that I had had a sort of a breakdown , and that I was appalled by what I had done . |
| 26 | I reckon if I had had a flat and everything I could have given it a try . |
| 27 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 28 | I could see the room beginning to spin as though I had had a dreadful shock or a moment of unbearable fear . |
| 29 | Just before breakfast I had had a phone call from Ken Billings , one of our best farmers , and his words were still echoing in my head . |
| 30 | That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately . |