Example sentences of "[conj] had [adv] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The employment profile of this group parallels that of the known sector but emphasises the fact that most had never worked or had only had a ‘ work experience ’ employment rather than lost their job because of heroin use . |
| 2 | In spite of Amritsar , he announced himself willing to co-operate with the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms which were unveiled at the end of the year , and only changed his mind as the degree of Dyer 's support in British public opinion was borne in upon him , and as he began to find himself isolated by the more radical elements in Congress , who had either already lost their faith in the British , or had never had any . |
| 3 | I gave up trying to resuscitate that fern that had once had such shiny green leaves and perky look , declared it dead , threw it out of the house and went to see my surgeon . |
| 4 | Whoever wrote that had never had unpleasant memories to drown , thought Huy , or been confronted with truths too horrible to face . |
| 5 | It forms a bypass around Crowmarsh Gifford and had previously had a good safety record . |
| 6 | She thought she could in the end be legitimized , be more than just the girl who had married the first man who came along in order to get away from home : daughter of a mother who 'd shacked up with her own mother 's boyfriend at that own mother 's unconscious behest — and had thereby had her life negated forever . |
| 7 | She was Manisha , a Muslim girl of twenty from Sylhet , and had just had her second child . |
| 8 | As they drove off , the LRDG boys said that they had heard and seen everything and had just had to stay to the end . |
| 9 | Ivy looked well and had just had a holiday in a private hotel [ Broome Park , once the property of Lord Kitchener ] in Kent . |
| 10 | Many , of course , had brothers or older friends in the Rowdies group and had already had some experience of ‘ hanging around ’ with them in other social arenas away from the terraces . |
| 11 | Group 2 consisted of 24 patients ; each had an abnormal naevus pattern as defined above and had already had 1 invasive primary melanoma ( Kraemer et al 's category C ) . |
| 12 | I am convinced she had never lived in a house before , and had never had any real relationship with people . |
| 13 | I was twenty-two years old , and had never had any industrial experience of any sort . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal held that the buyer dealt as a consumer , so that the clause was inapplicable ; however , Dillon LJ , obiter , suggested that had the buyer not been dealing as a consumer , the clause would have been reasonable because the buyer ( 1 ) was " ex hypothesi dealing in the course of business and [ the managing director ] was not devoid of commercial experience " and ( 2 ) the supplier was a hire purchase company , not a dealer , and had never had possession of or inspected the car . |
| 15 | The Swansea and Neath Society was founded in December 1822 but made no appeal through a public meeting until January 1826 ; the Manchester Society , although becoming active at the beginning of 1824 , issued no report to the public until March 1827 and had only had its first public meeting on 22 March 1826 . |
| 16 | Within a mere fifteen minutes , the new rental car with 1500 miles on the clock — and had only had in my possession for under an hour — was a burnt out shell . |
| 17 | Later while being dragged through the house she had noted the dark hair , the strongly built body , but had hardly had time to consider the possible age and attractiveness of her irate and unwilling host . |
| 18 | Small dedicated games units had been available for some time but had always had only crude multimedia capabilities . |
| 19 | Ms Gallacher said that Ms McCarthy had tried ecstasy once or twice before but had never had a fit . |
| 20 | Her sister was fond of animals too , but had never had very much to do with them and had moved away from home just after her eighteenth birthday . |