Example sentences of "had had [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1880 he had had a political fling and stood as a Liberal candidate for the City of London in favour of disestablishment , temperance legislation , social and political reform . |
| 2 | Since Rosie 's return to the Watermen , Patrick had had a new lease of life . |
| 3 | He and Charlie had had a good laugh over that particular house , but there had been something serious in Charlie 's laughter and Jack had guessed he aimed high . |
| 4 | Once Barbara had had a good look at her new style in the mirror , she was very pleased with the change . |
| 5 | Of the players , Gooch in particular had had a good tour and was really beginning to fulfil his potential , but the difference between the two bowling attacks seemed just to be increasing . |
| 6 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
| 7 | Gatting in particular had had a good series , batting well and leading the team excellently ; with the first Test then drawn under his leadership , how different the rest of the summer might have been had he not invited the famous barmaid to his room . |
| 8 | I quickly talked him out of that , telling him that he must find out the truth before passing judgment , and reminding him that he had had a good marriage . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He was a contented man for he had a good wife , a prosperous farm in Upper Caversham some four miles from Reading market , had had a good season and a financially successful day . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , since everyone 's giving speeches , I may as well take a turn , ’ he said , and it was at once apparent from his voice that he had had a good deal to drink . |
| 12 | Donald had had a good innings . |
| 13 | The objectives of Rolls Royce had been met — a group of highly intelligent , well-motivated students had had a good experience of the engineering industry , and their interest in an engineering career had , by their own account , been greatly increased as a result . |
| 14 | Thanks to the Dares and the Rossitters , it had had a good start , but all innovations are eyed askance in small villages — and Overclyst was very small indeed . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Like the generals , the Colonial Office had had a good war . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As he tackled his cold meat loaf and salad , Hank thought he had better show some interest in his father , so he asked the back page of the newspaper if it had had a good trip . |
| 19 | The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes . |
| 20 | Andre Moga , the president of Beglès and one of the so-called ‘ barons ’ of French rugby , made the following comment : ‘ If Rodez had had a good president at the time this would not have reached court ’ . |
| 21 | Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted . |
| 22 | But now that he had had a good sleep , he could see that Strawberry was really a harmless , decent sort of fellow . |
| 23 | He had had a good idea for a story the previous lesson and spent much time preparing a detailed picture to start it off . |
| 24 | He had had a good deal of experience of the deliberate malice of political adversaries , who felt for him a genuine fear that was replaced by contempt only for his lesser colleagues . |
| 25 | When we got home my mother asked if we had had a good time and Syl said with great enthusiasm that we had . |
| 26 | Fortunately he had had a good deal of practice in this . |
| 27 | He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church . |
| 28 | She had had a good time in her twenties : a good job as a doctor 's receptionist ( she had gone against the general rule for the species by being warm and sympathetic , though she stood no more nonsense than was inescapable ) . |
| 29 | We had had a good dinner , and we were all in the mood for fun and games — all , that is , except Jackson . |
| 30 | What made it all so difficult was that , though practically no one had had a good word to say for Hereward , no one could or would pin down that dislike into a form which could prime a hatred violent enough to kill him . |