Example sentences of "they [verb] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar to erm the accreditation that is er up at , with the help they 've had from er er interested er people there . |
| 2 | But you see they 've had computers in hospitals now for years |
| 3 | No you do n't , no see they 've had er mums and tots down at the centre today |
| 4 | They 'd had their one hit with ‘ Guns Of Navarone ’ and he was the toaster by the time they were doing the small-time club circuit . |
| 5 | They 'd had a row . |
| 6 | It would have been a different story if they 'd had to find the key money for the flat themselves . |
| 7 | The last meal they 'd had together was perhaps on holiday , or was it Eleanor 's cake ? |
| 8 | When Gloria complained , there 'd been a tiff and they 'd had to leave . |
| 9 | Once or twice they 'd had to sleep down there , though not often because Gloria said it was n't nice to be all pressed up against people you did n't know . |
| 10 | Nathan had recovered enough to tell Ari what Zambia had said to him and also something of the conversation they 'd had before . |
| 11 | The range , similar to that they 'd had in Heymouth , was black-leaded , the brass parts gleaming . |
| 12 | ‘ Wow , I 'm glad you called , man , ’ said Hopper who thought his friend had telephoned to patch up a quarrel they 'd had before Fonda left for Canada . |
| 13 | Even the drainpipes , clinging half-heartedly to cracked walls and rusty gutters , looked as if they 'd had enough . |
| 14 | A large number of dogs who end up in the rescue homes would be on the vet 's euthanasia list if they 'd had different owners . |
| 15 | ‘ A lot of women would n't have the nerve to wear this , possum ( how they wish they 'd had my recipe for stretch-mark ointment ) but I feel I have to thrust ahead at the forefront of fashion . |
| 16 | That was the fourth time they 'd had Michael and Helen to dinner . |
| 17 | That was the fourth time they 'd had Helen and Michael to dinner . |
| 18 | They 'd had a fright when they ran into the tramp . |
| 19 | ‘ My ancestors in the Scottish islands used to farm seaweed and if they 'd had our technology they could have made a dish like you 're eating now . |
| 20 | Whatever it was , the moment I saw the Parsons I knew them for British as surely as though they 'd had the word stamped on their hides like bacon . |
| 21 | For a while they just stood there , staring down at the boar , satisfying their curiosity after the brief and distant glimpses that they 'd had on the hunt . |
| 22 | He 'd scarcely set eyes on him since the night they 'd had dinner together at the house in Westwood . |
| 23 | The last time he 'd seen her she 'd been drunk , they 'd had a fight , he 'd left her sprawling on the carpet . |
| 24 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
| 25 | They 'd had a skinful so were n't in a particularly noticing mood but they saw and heard nothing , nothing except what they described as a kind of mournful whistling coming from deep in the wood . ’ |
| 26 | I put them back into the tank , still amazed they 'd had the strength to move the glass . |
| 27 | They 'd had ‘ bad experiences as children ’ . |
| 28 | By the end , of course , they were thoroughly enjoying themselves because they 'd had a bit to drink and it was a jolly convivial evening . ’ |
| 29 | They used to do some outrageous things together when they 'd had a couple of beers . |
| 30 | No mother to fuss over her , no aunties and cousins to come visiting and swapping stories about the terrible births they 'd had . |