Example sentences of "[vb past] had the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever it was , the moment I saw the Parsons I knew them for British as surely as though they 'd had the word stamped on their hides like bacon . |
| 2 | ‘ They take young grandpas , ’ said Linda , amazed and overjoyed he 'd had the idea for himself and still not able to get over her daughter 's news . |
| 3 | If only your parents 'd had the sense to let you to go in for it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If I 'd had the sense to be frank with her last March , maybe I could have done that . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't like the dark , ’ she managed , then wished she 'd had the sense to keep her mouth shut . |
| 6 | When she got a little closer she saw he was talking to the -man she 'd had the brush with when she first came in , and she hesitated in her progress . |
| 7 | The twins , both 22 , though Kevin is 11 minutes older , pulled no punches in the welterweight bout and Steve tells Associated Press : ‘ If I 'd had the chance , I 'd have knocked him out . ’ |
| 8 | Not once had he tried to take advantage of her and he 'd had the chance . |
| 9 | She was reported as seeing it as a serious matter and thought the fine by the court was not enough : ‘ I 'd have chopped his hand off if I 'd had the chance ’ . |
| 10 | Would we not have heard again a hubbub of outrage , complaints that the Coalition ought to have flattened Baghdad when they 'd had the chance , a chorus of demands that Saddam be taken out now … |
| 11 | I enjoy the more wishy-washy concepts — I wish perhaps I 'd had the chance to do a physics and philosophy option — and it seems to me that when we do things like quantum physics nobody bothers very much with the concepts that that presents — they just tend to give you all the theory . |
| 12 | If I 'd had the chance , I would have finished what I 'd begun . ’ |
| 13 | If only she 'd had the chance to ask him why he 'd had the affair . |
| 14 | It was the sort of thing I 'd have done I suppose if I 'd had the chance . |
| 15 | And she could have done it again if only she 'd had the chance . |
| 16 | Leading the way up to Terry 's room , fervently wishing she 'd left this madhouse when she 'd had the chance , Ellie stood back for Terry to enter first . |
| 17 | ‘ I sure would have , if I 'd had the chance . |
| 18 | Afterwards I could n't believe I had managed to say this ; I could n't believe that I 'd had the intelligence , the wit , the inspiration to come up with this perfect reply . |
| 19 | And then he 'd had the thrill of actually seeing ( ‘ a life-time 's ambition ’ ) the Flying Scotsman ! |
| 20 | She was immediately recognisable , though she 'd had the scarf on as she sped past me the only other time I 'd seen her . |
| 21 | Mr Justice garland said he 'd had the advantage of seeing the material gathered during this further enquiry into the pub bombings . |
| 22 | Bob had had the Bulgarian State Non-Ferrous Metals Trust jamboree the previous month , and he 'd had the Cosmosair inaugural to Saarbrucken himself . |
| 23 | This meant that she was in the clinic , she 'd had the scan , she was ovulating , her feet were up in stirrups — they needed my sample there and then . ’ |
| 24 | For a decade till then I 'd had the adrenalin flowing . |
| 25 | She had n't been a patient for over twenty years , since she 'd had the barrage of undignified tests and minor operations that had led to nothing but disappointment . |
| 26 | The Chinese lunch they 'd had the secretary phone out for lay on the coffee table like a child 's experiments with putty and paint and designer ooze . |
| 27 | Of course she was glad she 'd had the opportunity to savour this experience , but it was also curiously frightening , because it was stirring something deep inside her that she had n't realised existed . |
| 28 | and his wife , it was her second marriage , her first one had been to the doctor and he had actually examined paedophilia backed off , basically said well she did n't , she could n't get a conviction but it was quite clear that he had the motive and he 'd had the opportunity because Connie died from the fire which Harvey Jones had set cos he found out |
| 29 | But I 'd had the foresight to build up a formidable stockpile and there 's no imminent danger of running out of my favourite footwear . |
| 30 | If only she 'd had the chance to ask him why he 'd had the affair . |