Example sentences of "had [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marina had that fabulous Gauloise and gin thee-ay-tah voice : which is why Jay had got to know her in the first place . |
| 2 | It 's all so easy for him , perhaps that 's why he squandered his talent — he never had that period of garret starvation that seems to foster genius . ’ |
| 3 | Self-pity was absent from her make-up ; she had that indomitable strength of acceptance and total commitment . |
| 4 | I still had his jacket , but he had taken his wallet out at one of the bars and had that with him . |
| 5 | ‘ Had that not happened we would 've had a lot more people at the rally . |
| 6 | Had that principle ruled post-war planning , there would have been no new towns . |
| 7 | Last year 's winner , Quinlan Terry , would not have beaten the second horse , the subsequent Group One race winner Ile De Chypre , had that rival not been drawn on the far side . |
| 8 | They both had that deathly pallor that showed on every soldier who had been wounded . |
| 9 | On that basis the Irish Parliament , whose legislative powers had since the fifteenth century been subject to the sanction of the executive in London , had that limitation removed from it and became a ‘ free Parliament ’ , but a Parliament on which no executive , not even the local Irish executive , was dependent . |
| 10 | Before the cinema opened the men on the staff were given cigars to puff , so that when you came into the foyer it had that smell of luxury . |
| 11 | Had that , she wondered now , been a mistake ? |
| 12 | None of the rest of us had that kind of head . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ These silences were commonplace with us , ’ she said , ‘ especially after a set-to like the one we had that night . |
| 14 | I had that in my hand and I was crying . |
| 15 | This time , Sapper Andrew Wright , a nineteen-year-old trainee accountant from Brighton , had that privilege . |
| 16 | She smiled as Erika entered the room although her smile had that new wistfulness about it . |
| 17 | Kitty had that facility for slipping the knife in , even when on the surface she might only be talking about the weather . |
| 18 | ’ Had that one already , Prime Minister . |
| 19 | Actually , I think it was at the opening of Pork because Andy came to the opening and David had that song on the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album called ‘ Andy Warhol ’ , so we made sure they met . ’ |
| 20 | And that was n't the only eye-opener which Jane had that day . |
| 21 | She had that envelope out again , the one that his Dad had been looking at last night . |
| 22 | Uncle Walter had that . |
| 23 | Alison had that same sweet naivety and the same hard , pursed mouth . |
| 24 | Eleanor 's warm , inviting voice had that effect on him . |
| 25 | She had that kind of gloss that only studio make-up and the last touches by a hairdresser can add . |
| 26 | What had that got to do with anything ? |
| 27 | I suppose one would call him a hypochondriac , because Dorothy had once told me that her earliest memory was of her father standing in front of the looking-glass saying , ‘ I am a dying man ’ ; her mother 's face had that bearing-up look one sees on the faces of those suffering with their feet . |
| 28 | ‘ I know but that feckless lot up at Claro had that grand , old house given an' they 've let it fall to pieces round 'em . ’ |
| 29 | Faith had disposed of the money and belongings as she chose and everyone had that right , at the very least . |
| 30 | I wanted the doll with the hair that grows , too , but I do n't think I had that one . |