Example sentences of "'d have the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later . |
| 2 | ‘ She 'd had the odd little — well , not affair , exactly , but romance . |
| 3 | We 'd had the odd fling even while she was supposed to be engaged to him — the night of the fire was when we started it . |
| 4 | ‘ From now on , that charge will be mine , ’ he 'd had the utter nerve to tell her . |
| 5 | With the hassle , I somehow missed out on the pudding , but G assured me he 'd had the usual number of five . |
| 6 | True , I 'd had the occasional setback , like proposing to Tony Kessler when I was four . |
| 7 | Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point-blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . |
| 8 | They were descendants of Iapyx , a son of the great Daedalus 's , who 'd had the good sense not to fly . |
| 9 | Because I 'd had the grand advice from my grandma . |
| 10 | I 'd had the big three — fag , belt , Aspro — and was feeling much better inside the Bible-bunk . |
| 11 | Sally confesses : ‘ We realized , after we 'd had the dividing wall rebuilt between the front room and the back parlour , that it was impossible to get in or out of the back parlour , since we 'd also had the doorway closed off and made into a display case for the tortoiseshell medical implements Peter collects . |
| 12 | You know mother 'd used to come back so thrilled with all these slides they 'd had and they 'd had the local doctor as well . |