Example sentences of "they have [adv] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe a coincidence , maybe the two girls talked on the phone , decided they 'd both had enough . |
| 2 | They 'd both had little enough the previous night . |
| 3 | Whenever I saw her and Shadwell together they always looked pretty intense , as if they 'd just had a fight or shared a lot of secrets . |
| 4 | And then , when I know what I 'm doing , I thought that they 'd just had that . |
| 5 | They , they , what they 'd been doing was shooting them over and they 'd just had n't been exploded , they said dud shell or something . |
| 6 | ‘ Look , dottore , they knew I was there before I got out of the car , before they 'd even had a glimpse of me . ’ |
| 7 | Women currently aged 45 to 59 said they 'd only had 2.6 lovers , while men the same age boasted of 13.6 girlfriends . |
| 8 | Despite having been in touch with many agencies , they 'd only had five applicants so far — four of whom had been absolutely hopeless . |
| 9 | They 'd only had the boat 18 months . |
| 10 | This was n't strictly true as they 'd all had a go on the board . |
| 11 | Susan had insisted on doing all the washing up by herself ; they 'd all had too much wine and might break something , she said . |
| 12 | The luminaries he 'd entertained over the decades — the defecting dancers and minor spies , the addicted debutantes , the rock stars with Messianic leanings and the bishops who made idols of barrow-boys — they 'd all had their moments of glory , then fallen . |
| 13 | They 'd all had kids before . |
| 14 | Crushes were all very well , they 'd all had crushes since they were seven , but Sam was nearly seventeen , and Camille could see her childhood slipping away . |
| 15 | Later in the interview , people were asked whether they 'd ever had any kind of problem or difficulty over any credit arrangements . |
| 16 | Some novelty value because he was the first Russian they 'd ever had in the car , but that was all . |
| 17 | I do n't know why they 'd ever had a little place yonder but there was crofts near everywhere , |
| 18 | The first holiday abroad they 'd ever had . ’ |
| 19 | They were guests at a young offenders ' institution … and found the inmates were one of the most appreciative audiences they 'd ever had . |
| 20 | Was n't it the first black they 'd ever had there , dad ? |
| 21 | And he said something about he 'd once they 'd once had to work all one day and all one night a near the Regent Centre because er , something had gone wrong with the gas pipes because erm of flooding . |
| 22 | They 'd almost had to turn her down because all their openings for the summer had already been filled . |
| 23 | They 'd always had secrets , those two . |
| 24 | They 'd always had the power to exhange fines for prison , and it was the police who simply did n't understand the law . |
| 25 | I ate a lot of them , but they 've gone off , they 'd really had |
| 26 | There were thousands of paparazzi and fans because they 'd never had a world premiere in Houston before . |
| 27 | This word was said in such a way , and accompanied by a look , that told the woman behind the counter that she did n't know her business , because they 'd never had a pennorth of tiger nuts . |
| 28 | Heaven knew she was no stranger to men 's admiring glances , but they 'd never had this effect on her before — nor anything remotely like it ! |
| 29 | They 'd never had a Christmas day quite like that before . |
| 30 | HEART op patients often wake thinking they 've just had a baby — even if they 're men , according to American doctors . |