Example sentences of "he had [verb] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not sold enough crummy second-hand cars . |
| 5 | During dinner Sir Henry told us that he had spent a dull day and evening on his own . |