Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] had [det] " in BNC.

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1 When I gave it away I believe I was still playing well enough to continue for a few more years , but I had had enough , and it was time to consider the family .
2 There was no need for this last nervous remark to the controller , but I 'd had enough !
3 But I 'd had enough .
4 But she had had enough .
5 Somewhere … he said , but we 'd had enough , began
6 But they had had this conversation so often and to such little purpose that he had long ago abandoned his part of the dialogue .
7 She tried to tell Maud and Enid , but they had had enough of frog stories , particularly as Mildred had actually admitted to them , at the time , that the story she had told Sybil was not true .
8 One MPG teacher thought that , in theory , job satisfaction would increase if there was greater involvement in making decision , but he had had little experience of this !
9 But he had had some valuable help .
10 he was like being shy but he 'd had all the side of his fur like shaved , and I thought urgh !
11 But he 'd had that last night — or rather , in the small hours of the morning .
12 But he 'd had more lately .
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