Example sentences of "[pron] had had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had had endless hospitality in Moscow , and it was only natural Surkov would want to celebrate . |
| 2 | ‘ I was definitely not in my best shape because I had had major surgery in May for an ovarian cyst . |
| 3 | I was tired of all the conversations I had had that day and wanted to glamorise my life . |
| 4 | I also made documentaries on the battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz , with both of which , as the reader may recall , I had had distant brushes , and the battlecruiser or fast battleship Scharnhorst which had sunk my father 's Rawalpindi . |
| 5 | Little did the other helpers know that I had had real experience in the world of commerce outside . |
| 6 | At that time I was turning it out with some facility , and I had had two poems published in The Isis in my first year . |
| 7 | I had had many tests . |
| 8 | If either Karen or I had had any idea that it was possible for someone to drown so quickly , we would no doubt have thrown caution to the wind and dived in . |
| 9 | They could not even think of washing my hair until I had had this operation to put the two rods in my back . ’ |
| 10 | Mark : I never fantasized about particular sexual activities until after I had had sexual activities . |
| 11 | ‘ I had had those moments myself , so I could appreciate them , ’ says Ray . |
| 12 | If I was lucky , Gav would be so shocked at the very idea I had had carnal knowledge of an aunt — even one of the not-really-an-aunt variety — that he would just pretend it had n't happened . |
| 13 | ‘ I would have put a torch to their damned house yesterday , if I had had some tinder . |
| 14 | The most admirable part of the whole affair was the undeviating loyalty of his wife , Valerie Hobson , with whom I had had some encounters previously , when she was married to Anthony Havelock-Allan . |
| 15 | I was just six then , and while Blyth knew that I had had some sort of little accident when I was much younger I certainly seemed to him to be a lot more able-bodied that he was . |
| 16 | 3 S + V ( conditional perfect ) + if + S + V ( past perfect tense ) : I would have bought a new car if I had had enough money . |
| 17 | I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home . |
| 18 | My grades were excellent and I had had hands-on work experience with marketing agencies in the West End . |
| 19 | The government , which had had good relations with Iraq , stressed its desire for a peaceful Arab solution to the conflict . |
| 20 | Fortunately Mercer himself had had this conversation with Emil , which meant he felt no need to ask me also , so I escaped having to speak too much in my English accent at his table . |
| 21 | On taking her history , it was discovered that when she was twelve or thirteen she had had frequent nose bleeds and had lost a great deal of blood . |
| 22 | She had had real coffee once or twice on the ‘ pomps ’ raids down into Mexico , but it had n't seemed special . |
| 23 | The old peasant woman whom I visited told me how bad things had been before the Liberation — that she had had 8 children , of whom all but three had died . |
| 24 | She had had many boyfriends before meeting Mr Smith and lived with him for about one year before they married , five months before Keith was born . |
| 25 | She had had many boyfriends before meeting Mr Smith and lived with him for about one year before they married , five months before Keith was born . |
| 26 | She had had many colds during the last few years , but this one seemed much the worst . |
| 27 | In other circumstances she would have been more than willing to engage in this conversation herself , for it was one she had frequently enjoyed ; she liked Otto , she had always mildly fancied that he liked her , she was amused by the offhand continental gallantries with which he interspersed , absent-mindedly , the rigour of his argument ; but tonight she was tired , her eyes were closing , she had had four hours of party already , had not enjoyed the Hargreaves drama , had not enjoyed her talks with Ivan Warner and Teddy Lazenby , had been polite enough for long enough , and wanted to go home ; so stood at Brian 's elbow , dully , a reproachful wife , slightly annoyed that neither of them took much notice of her , as Otto invoked the name of Max Weber , a name which meant nothing to her at all , a name which excluded her , exhausted her , and provoked her into prodding , yet again , but this time successfully , Brian 's arm , and murmuring of baby-sitter Sharon , who was only sixteen . |
| 28 | She had had eight children , only four of whom survived , and had done hard physical work all her life because my grandfather had poor health . |
| 29 | She had had two stepfathers , but the new one , Russell , was the worst . |
| 30 | In forty years , she had had two men . |