Example sentences of "'d had an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd had an addled idea that he wanted to stand there all night , so that first thing in the morning he could approach the kids and explain to them what it was he was after . |
| 2 | Looking tired and drawn as she paid a visit to the homes in Wirral and Warrington , she was quick to point out to photographers that she 'd had an early start . |
| 3 | ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus . |
| 4 | Hope fed her nosiness and kept her plodding beside Midnight , who 'd had an awkward job swinging the box on to his shoulder . |
| 5 | He 'd had an intense affair at Oxford which had drifted through almost a dozen years of indeterminate life and ended in a brutal rejection . |
| 6 | He 'd had an irrational feeling that something must have happened in his absence , simply because he had n't been there , but he was wrong . |
| 7 | Some of them were in a terrible state because they 'd had an electric shock from the lightning . |