Example sentences of "'d had [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And since , unlike many wives of city moguls , she 'd had recent experience at the sharp end of business in the City of London , she understood , only too clearly , the problems he was facing at the present time . |
| 2 | If we had started on week one , where if we 'd had complete programme information up to week thirteen when , that 'd be more complete would n't it ? |
| 3 | He 'd had little luck with the embassy . |
| 4 | Her sister would blame Claudia for tracking her down ; she would n't believe she 'd had little choice in the matter . |
| 5 | She had always suspected that he 'd had little time for any brain power that she might possess — just as she had always known that her chief value for him had been the almost instantaneous sexual desire they had felt for each other . |
| 6 | ‘ He should have been the best horse I ever had , if only he 'd had decent health ! ’ from owner David Broome , this was quite some testimonial to the abilities of the brilliant grey show-jumper , Phoenix Park . |
| 7 | Well now , at the end of that six months I 'd had varied success , sometimes I had poor periods when I was n't detecting much , then I would have a little break , do better , but at the end of the six months nobody told me whether I was stopping there , but twenty years later I did go back to uniform as an inspector . |
| 8 | No doubt she 'd had ample proof of it . |
| 9 | Not that she 'd had much time to explore it , of course . |
| 10 | Ever since the journey to this place seventeen months ago I 'd had occasional panic attacks at the thought of being ‘ mummified ’ and stuck in the base of a truck again . |
| 11 | He 'd had that spin-out in practice and he did n't like the way the car was handling . |
| 12 | He 'd be on his back if he 'd had that amount of drink . |
| 13 | and the two court orders , they , they 'd had one court one cheque and one for the other |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 15 | She 'd had one experience of lesbianism , and had hated it . |
| 16 | I 'd had one week after another when my wages were light , what with fines and that . |
| 17 | It would have taken him all day even if they 'd had enough tarmac in the back of the pickup ! |
| 18 | They were telling him he 'd had enough drink and stop |
| 19 | So he made a cup of coffee ( realising , sensibly for once , that he 'd had enough alcohol ) , and sat down in the low upholstered chair with wooden arms that was one of the room 's few comforts . |
| 20 | But we had to go and take it into his culler I had one day at that , I thought I thought I 'd had enough coal . |
| 21 | If it was her destiny to suffer in life , well , she 'd had enough practice , had n't she ? |
| 22 | I had no intention of taking the Transit up West — I 'd had enough trouble round the launderette , which doubles as a common room for the junior branch of the Hackney National Front — so I left it parked outside the front door in exactly the spot where Frank and Salome usually plug in the nightlight for their VW Golf . |
| 23 | He noted that she 'd had numerous stomach pumps as a result of such accidents in the past , and someone should have cared . |
| 24 | She 'd had severe hearing impairment since birth and had become profoundly deaf in her mid-twenties , at a time when welfare services were mainly restricted to those provided by charities and phrases like ‘ deaf and dumb ’ were still common public currency . |
| 25 | It would n't have been , if they 'd had any furniture in when we , when we first got in I would n't have been surprised to see it painted round there as well . |
| 26 | It rang again almost immediately — Alan again , asking if I 'd had any luck . |
| 27 | Frankly , if I 'd had any forewarning of this then I 'd have made certain that our paths would never cross again ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If I 'd had any sense at all I would have signed them up for ten years or fifteen per cent … ! ’ |
| 29 | That was the first time I 'd had any money out of gigging in a year . |
| 30 | The way things were , she was going to have to watch what she said to Aunt Sarah — and that was not something she 'd had any practice in . |