Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] 'd have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’
2 I thought I 'd a had a , I thought I 'd had a problem but I , I injured myself as well .
3 ‘ I knew you 'd had a son , but I did n't realise he was in the house , ’ Vitor said .
4 ‘ I thought she 'd had a cocktail waitress , dear , ’ said Francis .
5 When I spoke to Travis the other day I understood he 'd had a change of heart . ’
6 Thus , when Dennis offered him exactly half what he had been making , Lauda thought he 'd had a touch of sun .
7 Somewhere there , but off the would n't it be but erm it was an event erm when I had a rise in wages my mother being a dressmaker she used to have a machine under the little front window and when I got a , I had a , they 'd put my wages up to ten shillings , and when I got in mum came over and said what 's the matter with you she said you seem as if you 're walking on air I said I 'd had a rise in wages and it was up from eight and four pence up to ten shillings I do n't know what that seems but still .
8 I wished I 'd had a poke round when we were up by the cliff — he probably had a little cave in there behind the brambles .
9 and she said no she 'd been to pay her poll tax over there , she said she 'd had a rest in one of the shops over there on the way
10 He decided to speak : ‘ She said she 'd had a letter from the lawyer . ’
11 Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex
12 And he said he 'd had a whiskies and he was down by the station and he said he jumped on the train and he landed up in De Detroit , and then the South African War broke out
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