Example sentences of "have had a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many a trout angler has had a red-letter day on Loch Awe , suddenly encountering a sea-liced silver salmon whilst trout fishing ; then having the thrill and excitement of playing the fish on light tackle . |
| 2 | School Social Worker is here and has had a bad day . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , goodbye , ’ he finished conventionally ; ‘ I wish you 'd had a better day . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Well not too early because he 'd had a hard day . |
| 7 | Anyway , he disappeared soon after you left — told Stella he 'd had a heavy day and was off to bed with a book . |
| 8 | With puffins still zooming around the landing bay , we left for the mainland having had a marvellous day . |
| 9 | All reported having had a wonderful day and causing much comment and amusement wherever they went . |
| 10 | Val will have had a whole day on the numbers . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We had had a superb day 's climbing , and to say his death was tragic is an understatement . |
| 13 | The glass must have held nearly half a pint and I thought I too had had a splendid day out . |
| 14 | It was St Patrick 's Night , 1912 , and Sergeant O'Neil had had a long day , what with the parade and all . |
| 15 | Miss Lodsworth had had a long day . |
| 16 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 17 | She had had a gruelling day on top of a gruelling six months . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | Her ankle had had a full day 's rest , and it should n't take long for her to be on her feet again . |
| 20 | Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not sold enough crummy second-hand cars . |
| 21 | Gwendolen had had a distressing day and was making up for it with several glasses of this delightfully spicy lemonade . |
| 22 | You 've had a good day out today |
| 23 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
| 24 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , we 've had a nice day and no one can take it away from us , ’ he would remark contentedly . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've had a long day , Nora . |
| 27 | I 'm used to being on my own and you 've had a long day . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 've had a long day . ’ |
| 29 | You 've had a terrible day . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've had a wonderful day , ’ she said . |