Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] have a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I liked to have a few days out in Middlesbrough , Sunderland or Newcastle but now I ca n't do this anymore and I 'm stuck in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , goodbye , ’ he finished conventionally ; ‘ I wish you 'd had a better day . ’ |
| 3 | She had had a gruelling day on top of a gruelling six months . |
| 4 | We had had a superb day 's climbing , and to say his death was tragic is an understatement . |
| 5 | The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence . |
| 6 | The CO sat in another rain-washed tent to receive Charles 's fairly smart salute and ask him if he 'd had a good day . |
| 7 | Well not too early because he 'd had a hard day . |
| 8 | Anyway , he disappeared soon after you left — told Stella he 'd had a heavy day and was off to bed with a book . |
| 9 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not sold enough crummy second-hand cars . |