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Example sentences for "had such"

  • He conveyed it to them with so much meaning, and he had such a diabolical persistency in him, that at length, Mrs Gowan rose to depart.

  • Why, we ain't had such a thing happen here, my dear, not for I couldn't name the time when.

  • The British Consul hadn't had such a marriage in the whole of his Consularity.

  • I had such a number it was difficult to know which one to open first.

  • Ellen and I had such an evening yesterday.

  • This morning we had such a delightful bathe.

  • Nor did I neglect the grape season, but cured them as usual, though I had such a quantity now as would have filled eighty barrels with raisins.

  • And, indeed, this proved just as I imagined; for no sooner did they all take boat and paddle away, but the tide made N.

  • I think I was now in the twenty-third year of my reign, and my thoughts much easier than formerly, having contrived several pretty amusements and diversions to pass away the time in a pleasant manner.

  • But it is strange that he had neither sight nor sense of sin now, when he had such a sight and sense of his evil before; I mean when he was sick before.

  • Then he had such a weakness in the back sinews of his neck, that ofttimes he could not look up before him, unless he clapped his hand hard upon his forehead, and held up his head that way, by strength of hand.

  • This time she towed them back to Sahwah's house, where they drank hot cocoa to warm themselves up, and all declared they had never had such fun in their lives.

  • I never used to have the slightest anxiety when you were on the water, I had such a perfect trust in your common sense, but now I can never feel quite sure of you again.

  • These would, perhaps, have fascinated any boy, but I had such a fanaticism for methodical verse that any variation from the octosyllabic and decasyllabic couplets was painful to me.

  • The next morning I thought he'd be different, somehow, because we'd had such a lovely time together the night before.

  • Then she talked very stern and solemn to me, and said that I must not think just because my poor dear father's married life had ended in such a wretched tragedy that every other home had such a skeleton in the closet.

  • And it was just as if he'd opened the door to another room, he had such a whole lot of questions to ask after that.

  • Then he had such a weakness in the back sinews of his Neck, that oft times he could not look up before him, unless he clapped his hand hard upon his forehead, and held up his head that way, by strength of hand.

  • But 'tis strange that he had neither sight nor sence of sin now, when he had such a sight and sence of his evil before: I mean when he was sick before.

  • If you and I had such ears as that, maybe we could hear the grasses growing.

  • The calf, always hungry, because he had such a lot of growing to do and was in such a hurry to do it, fell at once to nursing again, while the mother lay basking half asleep.

  • I don't think it would be fun if we had such noses as that.

  • I've had such a privilege, Mrs. Blunt, seeing the baby!

  • But White, as we have seen, had such confidence in Providence that he left his dear relatives to its care, and made no attempt to visit Croatan.

  • Probably she was no more evil-eyed than any old woman who had such a hard struggle for existence as she had.

  • But her marriage could in no way have entitled him by any right to the kingdom, nor was it ever suspected he had such a thought, or more regarded her or any of them than in honest reason and discretion he might.

  • And that you may not think that I lied when I told you that he had such a big affair, by God, I said nothing but what is true.

  • We had such fun, but Nelson was rather pale and silent, I don't know why.

  • He had such a quizzical entertaining look in his keen eye--he was being stiffly deferential to one of the ladies, a Mrs. Welsh, who was talking to him so brightly.

  • We had such an enchanting evening last night, and stayed up so late I slept like a top.

  • But we had such a lot of things to arrange, hadn't we?

  • I never dreamed that I had such a temper.

  • Oh, Mr. Carleton, we had such a nice time the day before yesterday!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "had such" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bout slavery; had acquired; had already; had anticipated; had begun; had caught; had formerly; had heard; had his; had just; had much; had never; had never heard before; had never seen before; had never seen her; had none; had now; had once; had read; had returned; had spoken; had taken from the; had time; sins should; suit case; the name