Example sentences of "'d had a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessica probably knew ten times more about these things than she did , she 'd had a million times more experience , at any rate . |
| 2 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 3 | She did n't correct enough or she lost control or maybe she 'd had a few bevvies . |
| 4 | Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided . |
| 5 | Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’ |
| 6 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
| 7 | Harry Andrews , who knew him for years , said , ‘ When he 'd had a few drinks he could be noisy . |
| 8 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 9 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 10 | Every time he 'd had a few drinks , they took starring roles in the fantasies that played themselves out in his head . |
| 11 | She did literally now , ever since that turn she 'd had a few months ago ; frightened of the stairs , the climb when the lifts did n't work , she rarely went out , but stayed surrounded and walled-in by belongings , old letters , cards , souvenirs scattered over the furniture . |
| 12 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 13 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
| 14 | Our own particular case is our case went to the High Court some three hundred thousand pounds , when perhaps if we 'd had a dedicated pensions act setting out what could and could not be done , that would never have happened . |