Example sentences of "[vb past] had [art] [adj] day " in BNC.
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1 | The CO sat in another rain-washed tent to receive Charles 's fairly smart salute and ask him if he 'd had a good day . |
2 | ‘ Well , goodbye , ’ he finished conventionally ; ‘ I wish you 'd had a better day . ’ |
3 | The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence . |
4 | Well not too early because he 'd had a hard day . |
5 | Anyway , he disappeared soon after you left — told Stella he 'd had a heavy day and was off to bed with a book . |
6 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
7 | We had had a superb day 's climbing , and to say his death was tragic is an understatement . |
8 | The glass must have held nearly half a pint and I thought I too had had a splendid day out . |
9 | It was St Patrick 's Night , 1912 , and Sergeant O'Neil had had a long day , what with the parade and all . |
10 | Miss Lodsworth had had a long day . |
11 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
12 | She had had a gruelling day on top of a gruelling six months . |
13 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
14 | Her ankle had had a full day 's rest , and it should n't take long for her to be on her feet again . |
15 | Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not sold enough crummy second-hand cars . |
16 | Gwendolen had had a distressing day and was making up for it with several glasses of this delightfully spicy lemonade . |