Example sentences of "[pers pn] had had [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was tired of all the conversations I had had that day and wanted to glamorise my life . |
| 2 | I had had many tests . |
| 3 | If either Karen or I had had any idea that it was possible for someone to drown so quickly , we would no doubt have thrown caution to the wind and dived in . |
| 4 | They could not even think of washing my hair until I had had this operation to put the two rods in my back . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I had had those moments myself , so I could appreciate them , ’ says Ray . |
| 6 | ‘ I would have put a torch to their damned house yesterday , if I had had some tinder . |
| 7 | The most admirable part of the whole affair was the undeviating loyalty of his wife , Valerie Hobson , with whom I had had some encounters previously , when she was married to Anthony Havelock-Allan . |
| 8 | I was just six then , and while Blyth knew that I had had some sort of little accident when I was much younger I certainly seemed to him to be a lot more able-bodied that he was . |
| 9 | 3 S + V ( conditional perfect ) + if + S + V ( past perfect tense ) : I would have bought a new car if I had had enough money . |
| 10 | I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home . |
| 11 | She had had many boyfriends before meeting Mr Smith and lived with him for about one year before they married , five months before Keith was born . |
| 12 | She had had many boyfriends before meeting Mr Smith and lived with him for about one year before they married , five months before Keith was born . |
| 13 | She had had many colds during the last few years , but this one seemed much the worst . |
| 14 | It was the first bit of luck she had had all afternoon . |
| 15 | She had had more responsibility that she 'd expected , but she had enjoyed it and welcomed the stability it had brought to her erratic life . |
| 16 | She had had more help and affection from her dear old Agnes than ever Ray and Kathleen had shown her . |
| 17 | After all , she had had more practice at manufacturing realities than Daine . |
| 18 | God knew she had had enough practice in ten years of policing . |
| 19 | She had had enough shocks for one day , and her nerves threatened to become more raw every time she looked into those familiar dark brown eyes . |
| 20 | If she had had any sense she would still be in London , planning her next social function with her friends , instead of slinking off to the south of France because she had felt claustrophobic , because she needed to formulate a way of telling her fiancé that their engagement was off . |
| 21 | If she had had any talent , if she had been born in another period and perhaps if her spirit had been lodged in the body of a man , she might just have been heroic . |
| 22 | When Annunziata came to collect the tray , Julia asked her tentatively whether she had had some news . |
| 23 | Also , Simon wondered if you had had any thoughts on the questionnaire we need to put together for customers of the 3/e ? |
| 24 | ‘ We would not , I believe , if we had had that situation , have had the strength to deal with the Falklands , with Iraq and with the economic difficulties that we had in the early 1980s , ’ he said . |
| 25 | It did n't seem to me the way to behave towards someone with whom you had shared a good many midnight hours , swopping confidences and generally letting your hair down , not to mention the many other evenings when we had had such fun with Henry and Jimmy , and I felt rather aggrieved at being treated this way . |
| 26 | His words were ringing in her ears now although they had had little impact before . |
| 27 | They had had little time to socialise and some had lost contacts with friends and neighbours as a direct result of being in full-time employment . |
| 28 | In passing she had mentioned once that she missed the fox terrier , Rex , they had had many years ago as children . |
| 29 | They had had many rows like this , and it was a measure of how far their relationship had come that Edward , while sometimes scorched by the depth of Erica 's cynicism , fought his corner without descending into rage and came back for more . |
| 30 | Although they had had several centuries to grow into the landscape , they still represented a foreign intrusion for many increasingly xenophobic Englishmen , and the growing attack on their position made little real attempt to differentiate between ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ houses . |