Example sentences of "they had had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had had a banquet in the middle of the fast . |
| 2 | They had had a bitter , sniping quarrel in the hall , because Sara had said that she needed her car . |
| 3 | And they had had a discussion about it , speculating as to whether he actually lived there or was there to kill something , rats , moles , any sort of infestation . |
| 4 | It was frequently said of great men in the ancient world , for example of Plato , that they had had a god for a father and a human mother . |
| 5 | Then , quickly she opened the door and went out and left them standing in a half circle , silent , no laughter on their faces now , just memories of what might have been if they had had a child like the little girl who used to run into them , and a daughter as she was now . |
| 6 | They had had a message from Windsor , and were on their way to arrest Joseph Shill . |
| 7 | They might not dare to admit it , but they did n't like the changes they saw around them ; they enjoyed television 's recreations of more confident times , when they had had a country to be proud of , when people had reached maturity at forty and had not pandered to youth . |
| 8 | Well — what if there were , they had had a lot of him and would find through loss , perhaps , all sorts of qualities in themselves and others they would otherwise have missed . |
| 9 | They had had a farewell drink together , two women who had worked well together without ever abandoning their professional personae , Maria because she had been afraid of inadvertently giving away something that might alert Cavell 's suspicions where Luke was concerned . |
| 10 | In the spring , they had had a vase of bluebells in the kitchen ; he had run up the stem of one full , blue flower and it had barely bent under his weight . |
| 11 | She knew they had had a visitor last night , but no one had told her who it was or why they 'd come . |