Example sentences of "'d [adv] had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite having been in touch with many agencies , they 'd only had five applicants so far — four of whom had been absolutely hopeless . |
| 2 | Women currently aged 45 to 59 said they 'd only had 2.6 lovers , while men the same age boasted of 13.6 girlfriends . |
| 3 | She 'd only had those few hours at The Haven . |
| 4 | And then , when I know what I 'm doing , I thought that they 'd just had that . |
| 5 | I 'd just had enough of them so I was gon na do them when we got the shafts , like then I see what you do . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'd just had some done for our engagement . |
| 7 | She 'd soon had enough of this and yelled out , ‘ I am She-Ra and I will break your balls ! ’ |
| 8 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 9 | Well she 'd not had much of a life had she ? |
| 10 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 11 | No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went . |
| 12 | Anyway , I 'd already had one moment of glory with Peter when he won two years before in the 1958 British Open . |
| 13 | Ronni was suddenly grateful that just a moment ago she 'd already had this conversation . |
| 14 | Actually , I 'd already had some in the Western Isles the previous day at the excellent An Lanntair gallery . |
| 15 | you 'd already had some at least some former knowledge of all the other aspects of the railway in any case . |
| 16 | He 'd always had such courtesy , could make a frump feel like a star , so Gillian used to say , a little ruefully . |
| 17 | She 'd always had good food and warm clothes and a comfortable house to live in . |
| 18 | Pamela stopped , possibly the most outrageous idea she 'd ever had popping fully-fledged into her head . |
| 19 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 20 | Later in the interview , people were asked whether they 'd ever had any kind of problem or difficulty over any credit arrangements . |
| 21 | The fellow continued his work replying coolly , " If I 'd ever had any brains Captain , I should n't have been here now ! " |
| 22 | They 'd both had little enough the previous night . |
| 23 | Maybe a coincidence , maybe the two girls talked on the phone , decided they 'd both had enough . |
| 24 | ( He 'd also had each one stencilled TORA across the back door so that in formation on the three-lane motorway they read : Tora ! |
| 25 | And I 'd also had some suspicions . ’ |
| 26 | Of course , if I 'd really had any sense I would n't have been there in the first place . |
| 27 | I tell you something I wish I 'd never had that cat round my back door . |
| 28 | Well no we 'd never had that happ . |
| 29 | I was impressed by her self-confidence ; I 'd never had one boyfriend , let alone as many as she 'd had . |
| 30 | I 'd never had other children of my own and somehow she seemed very precious just then , but I never expected to see her . |