Example sentences of "[vb past] had [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family .
2 But if I 'd had eight months of thinking , I do n't think I could have taken it .
3 Did I tell me when we got up to erm Newcastle we turned on the local news , they 'd had five inches of rain which is a winter 's rain in four days .
4 ‘ We 'd had six months of worrying whether everything was going to be all right — what Joseph would look like , or whether he would be all there , ’ says Leslie , her relief still evident .
5 She 'd had two helpings .
6 she loved children and I think she would of had more because she 'd had two miscarriages and she 's
7 I mean really I er it shook me because I was extremely naive , I 'd had two children but I was very very naive in those days .
8 Just before the men were shot — they 'd had two weeks inside so their beards had taken on something of the authentic rag-tag FAKINTIL glory , as opposed to the clean-shaven image they had presented in their neat malai-issue camos — one shouted out the name of Osvaldo .
9 and the two court orders , they , they 'd had one court one cheque and one for the other
10 ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all .
11 She 'd had one experience of lesbianism , and had hated it .
12 I 'd had one week after another when my wages were light , what with fines and that .
13 I 'm supposed to be resting , but after I 'd had forty winks , I felt a lot better , so I toddled over here .
14 He 'd had ten hours in Spits .
15 ‘ If I 'd had three boys I could have fitted them into the same bedrooms . ’
16 Three girls , see you 're lucky really cos if they 'd had three boys an i , in a few times , you know , ten years time like , they 'd have all , the boys would of been growing up and they 'd have had cars stuck everywhere , you know what I mean ?
17 She was thirty-six when she cleared out and she 'd had three kids , but she still made younger women look and feel like there was no contest . ’
18 It was obvious from the moment she came into the house that Dawn , as I 'd immediately christened her ( after all , I 'd had three weeks to dream up the name ) , was a real character .
19 By this time , however , she 'd had three weeks in which to move from bitter , aching despair , to bitter , aching fury .
20 She 'd had three children and it showed .
21 If you 'd had three pound sixty to spend then fifty would be fifty degrees .
22 John Lee Hooker : ‘ Woke up this mornin' , found I 'd had 43 years of chart activity … ’
23 I 'd had twenty-five years of booze and using other recreational substances .
24 The old peasant woman whom I visited told me how bad things had been before the Liberation — that she had had 8 children , of whom all but three had died .
25 He had had 11 exhibitions in Jerusalem and some of his creations lined the walls of his little home , of David Damiani 's home .
26 I thought of Angela Brickell 's death and of the attacks on Harry and me and it seemed that all three had had one purpose , which was to keep things as they were .
27 Kate had had one glass of wine with dinner and was now enjoying an armagnac .
28 This Teddy , so the tale went , had had one paw removed and a small flail with leather tails sewn on .
29 However , the Colorados ' Batllismo Radical faction , which hitherto had had one representative in the Cabinet pulled out of the coalition .
30 Faye had had two miscarriages and now a threat hung over this pregnancy as well .
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