Example sentences of "they had had [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and Tom had met because they had had a playful debate about whether and in what sense you could say that coal pre-dated miners . |
| 2 | It was an exchange they had had a hundred times during childhood at the end of some day 's adventure in remote fields . |
| 3 | Similarly , Zuwaya claimed that they had had a Turkish licence — an exclusive licence , no less — to conduct traders and travellers who wished to cross the desert from Benghazi to Black Africa . |
| 4 | Dmitri agreed with her , and they had had a passionate argument last night with Marchak , who drove racing cars , and Frolovna , who had loved a matador for two weeks in Spain . |
| 5 | They had had a good run for their money and there were still thousands of reels of tape to be analysed and matched against other intelligence sources . |
| 6 | They had had a message from Windsor , and were on their way to arrest Joseph Shill . |
| 7 | Then , quickly she opened the door and went out and left them standing in a half circle , silent , no laughter on their faces now , just memories of what might have been if they had had a child like the little girl who used to run into them , and a daughter as she was now . |
| 8 | He had toyed with the idea of taking her to Dublin anyway , but they had had a rocky road enough already and perhaps she would be better at home . |
| 9 | Although they had no single rooms left , they said finally , they had had a late cancellation of a suite . |
| 10 | Three years earlier they had had a brief affair . |
| 11 | And they had had a discussion about it , speculating as to whether he actually lived there or was there to kill something , rats , moles , any sort of infestation . |
| 12 | They had had a bitter , sniping quarrel in the hall , because Sara had said that she needed her car . |
| 13 | For example , the percentage reporting that they had had a cold or flu in the previous month showed little change with age . |
| 14 | They must have been there because people only grew up like Tina when they had had a hard time as children . |
| 15 | It was frequently said of great men in the ancient world , for example of Plato , that they had had a god for a father and a human mother . |
| 16 | Mid-way through the production year Verity Lambert , Mervyn Pinfield and David Whitaker knew they had had a second season approved by delighted BBC Television Controllers . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But first they had had a late tea in the smaller of the drawing-rooms . |
| 19 | This means that they had had a heightened awareness of their own mortality more or less throughout the disability career . |
| 20 | She knew they had had a visitor last night , but no one had told her who it was or why they 'd come . |
| 21 | A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty . |
| 22 | They had had a fine collection : Tombs and Torturers ; Vices and Virgins . |
| 23 | They might not dare to admit it , but they did n't like the changes they saw around them ; they enjoyed television 's recreations of more confident times , when they had had a country to be proud of , when people had reached maturity at forty and had not pandered to youth . |
| 24 | They had had a pleasant walk and an easy supper . |
| 25 | They had had a farewell drink together , two women who had worked well together without ever abandoning their professional personae , Maria because she had been afraid of inadvertently giving away something that might alert Cavell 's suspicions where Luke was concerned . |
| 26 | In the spring , they had had a vase of bluebells in the kitchen ; he had run up the stem of one full , blue flower and it had barely bent under his weight . |
| 27 | They had had a big Sunday lunch , with Mum and Dad being there . |
| 28 | They had had a banquet in the middle of the fast . |
| 29 | The thirteen children who developed schizophrenia could be characterised by the following factors : their birth had been relatively difficult ( longer and more complicated than average ) ; most of them had been separated from both parents and many placed in children 's homes at a young age ; they posed a disciplinary problem to their teachers ; and some years earlier they had had a rapid autonomic nervous system ( ANS ) recovery rate . |
| 30 | The few who maintained they had had no benefit from their training were all apprentices . |