Example sentences of "had [verb] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he thought I had developed a very strong activity programme , and that my rapport with the guests was incredible . |
| 2 | As it happened I had heard a very similar point being put to a group of Belfast managers from top insurance companies a few days previously . |
| 3 | All the same , when he had finished stubbing the cigarette out he had given a very shrewd and pertinent answer … |
| 4 | And the next fortnight I would be on the afternoon shift , which meant getting the same distance , to half past two to work till They were eight hour shifts you see and the night shift likewise had to come a very er a tremendous number from working at the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham ev even in those days , travel from various places . |
| 5 | ‘ Because , ’ said Henry , ‘ she had caught a very serious disease . ’ |
| 6 | He had come a very long way in the decade since his wife had failed to win a Belfast Corporation seat ! |
| 7 | She would be falsely modest not to acknowledge the fact that she had come a very long way since those days when she had been a thin , gawky adolescent . |
| 8 | Malcolm had designed a very nice women 's mac . |
| 9 | However , she had met a very nice lady from Pinner who said why did n't she come along with the Lionisers ' visit to Fort House that afternoon . |
| 10 | There were plenty of excuses ( she had endured a very bad journey to Paris , the going was appallingly heavy , and her regular jockey William Lane was injured and could not take the ride ) , and she resumed her winning ways later that month with an easy stroll in the Free Handicap at Newmarket . |
| 11 | The Pretender nearly gave the game away by holding his skirts too high crossing a stream : ‘ some women whom they met reported that they had seen a very big woman , who looked like a man in woman 's clothes . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Hopkin expressed his opinion that we had done a very good job in our efforts , he then gave his professional advice |
| 13 | The therapist judged that Margaret had made a very serious attempt to kill herself , that she was severely depressed and a continuing suicide risk , Although Margaret felt that nothing could be done to help her she agreed to be admitted to a psychiatric unit . |
| 14 | Because the bang had made a very loud nossy ! |
| 15 | Eve had written a very neat correct letter saying that she accepted the invitation with pleasure . |
| 16 | Philip had written a very conciliatory letter to her father , hoping they 'd accept him as a son-in-law . |
| 17 | He had trod a very narrow path , fraught with danger ; had he been wrong on any detail , it would have spelt disaster . |
| 18 | But being steeped , like them , in the philosophy that if one did a job at all one might as well do it splendidly — or at least a good deal better than the Braithwaites — he had built a very decent stone school with a walled yard and a tiny house attached for the use of the teacher , where anyone who paid him rent for his mill-cottages or any of his other employees who resided elsewhere might send their children — to suit the convenience of the teacher — free of charge . |
| 19 | Few people paid much attention to Easy Rider until the previews , and slowly word got around that Fonda and Hopper had produced a very good film . |
| 20 | Her mother had died a very short time ago , in reality , and Jenna had been more than capable of dealing with her own well-being . |
| 21 | From the first , he had been selflessly understanding about my own war , and we had had a very happy marriage . |
| 22 | On the whole , her father had had a very easy life of it , too easy . |
| 23 | The National Deaf and Dumb Society , the first ever national organisation for deaf people in Britain , had had a very short-lived existence — a mere 6 years — before it dissolved in internal strife in 1885 . |
| 24 | I had had a very successful indoor season , set a British indoor record at 200 metres and a personal best at 60 metres , and gained my first individual international selection . |
| 25 | She agreed , but pointed out that she had had a very happy childhood , being the youngest of eight children in Ireland . |
| 26 | The visit intended to boost her morale had had a very different effect . |
| 27 | The glass used up to that time had had a very poor ‘ memory ’ . |
| 28 | I wanted Duke Michael to think that I was still very ill , so we told the newspapers that the King had had a very serious accident . |
| 29 | By the time Corrie 's wedding took place Philippa was over the worst of her sadness and in a good position to enjoy it to the full — ; the closest to the centre of the ceremonies , yet fancy free ; and she had had a very good time — much affectionate sympathy from aunts and cousins , and husbands of aunts and cousins , and admiration and flirtation and kissing enough . |
| 30 | The artist had had a very quiet day , mainly lying in bed . |