Example sentences of "'d had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He told me you 'd had a serious tiff , but he hopes to persuade you to return to LA . ’
2 He 'd had a serious liaison before the war with a young girl whom he 'd got pregnant .
3 I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section .
4 She 'd had a terrible time at the birth .
5 That 's what I said first , I said ooh they 'd had a terrible job !
6 He 'd had a blazing row with a ‘ Foreign Office Johnnie ’ , and was on the point of bursting when a third voice had come onto the line .
7 But I I thought then he 'd had a slight stroke so to make him
8 ‘ I believe they behaved as if he 'd had a fortunate escape — condemned Isabelle as an aventurière , and worse .
9 Quite right ; but I 'd had a vague recollection , and looked it up , and although the shirt of the centaur Nessus , saturated as it was in his poisoned blood , had caused Hercules no end of pain …
10 Second , on any other night Hilda might have dozed off in the chair , but not after she 'd had a flaming row with Viola . ’
11 But they 'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance .
12 ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything .
13 Lucinda came home from her first riding lesson and told her dad that she 'd had a great time .
14 When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ?
15 Jessica probably knew ten times more about these things than she did , she 'd had a million times more experience , at any rate .
16 I 'd had a stable home at the price of her martyrdom and this was how I 'd repaid her .
17 ‘ If only I 'd had a stable childhood , maybe none of this would have happened … . ’
18 With Romy he 'd had a real romance but it had flourished only on the Continent and withered in the cold climate of England .
19 Surely , after the wonderful night of passion she had experienced with Ross , they 'd had a real chance of mending their relationship ?
20 He 'd had a real pimple when he arrived , but during the time he took to find and bribe an official to provide the documents , the blemish had healed , .
21 well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up
22 Diane had n't been a stunner , but she 'd had a pleasant face and a more than tolerably decent body .
23 Poor old thing — but she 'd had a good life by all accounts . ’
24 I was optimistic , because I 'd had a good turnout two years earlier for a smaller project , the clean-up of an old railway path .
25 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 .
26 Tomorrow , when she 'd had a good night 's sleep , she 'd be much better capable of dealing with him .
27 He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ?
28 that 's what I mean if they 'd had a good whistler he kept instead of her , could n't he ?
29 If I was a less trusting soul I 'd have said he 'd had a good lunch .
30 I was very pleased that you 'd had a good go at that
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