Examples of 'he had had' in a sentence

Meaning of "he had had"

This phrase is used to indicate the past perfect tense, expressing an action that had happened before another past action. For example, 'He had had dinner before the guests arrived.'

How to use "he had had" in a sentence

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he had had
I never thought he had had the time.
He had had too much nose candy.
I remember he said he had had a long day.
He had had a stroke and was very feeble.
I could tell he had had a few drinks.
He had had another woman for months.
It was the first time he had had anything to do.
In fact he had had no practical training whatsoever.
It was up to him to decide when he had had enough.
He had had a distinguished career in the army.
He assumed that he had had a slip of memory.
He had had a fight with his wife.
It was clear he had had too much to drink.
He had had at least three girlfriends before.
He forgot that he had had the schooling.

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He had had it specially made for her.
I wondered if he had had a point after all.
He had had his nose broken twice.
He also said he had had a few beers.
He had had the priviledge of driving one.
He told me that he had had a fabulous childhood.
He had had six years of this happiness.
Univision said he had had a heart attack.
He had had a conference with the emperor.
Even as a child he had had no close friends.
He had had a falling out with a priest in.
I heard that he had had a heart attack.
He had had no trouble finding the exit.
One day he decided he had had enough.
Maybe he had had an altercation with someone.
Sometimes i wonder if he had had the choice.
And he had had a few warnings already.
It was not the first nightmare he had had.
But then he had had the benefit.
And it almost worked if he had had.
Apparently he had had enough of the meeting.
This was the closest person that he had had.
I think he had had enough of the day.
He kept thinking about the nightmare he had had.
He had had enough experience to smell success.
He was not sure whether he had had a heart attack.
He had had fighting enough in his day.
Tom decided he had had enough.
He had had his one moment of humanity.
He also informed he had had unmeasured fever episodes.
He had had no previous experience of that kind.
He told them that he had had a wonderful time.
So he had had this experience of living among.
By his nineteenth execution he had had a lot of experience.
He had had a phone call before we went to sleep.

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