Example sentences of "[vb past] had [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 2 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 3 | " All right then ? " he said , smiling again , his head a little on one side , a gesture he 'd had as a small boy . |
| 4 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 5 | So he had answered his own son , that time when Yuan had come to him with his dream — that awful nightmare he had had of the great mountain of bones filling the plain where the City had been . |
| 6 | However , even after several years , his paces never regained the natural , easy , long-stepping flow they had had as a paddocked youngster ; and his personality could be kindly described as awkward , and certainly was n't to be trusted . |
| 7 | He had watched the effect that team spirit had had on the young people who had been on Operation Drake . |
| 8 | Remembering the struggles she had had in the early days of her married life to avoid putting weight on her waist and hips , she laughed . |
| 9 | Half-a-dozen old retainers acted as anchor-men in the positions they had had in the previous cabinet . |