Keşke bir zamanlar sahip olduğum tonu ve atikliği geri alabilsem.
- I wish I could get back the tone and nimbleness I once had.
Ben hiç bu kadar büyük bir paraya sahip olmadım.
- I've never had such a large sum of money.
Amerika'ya gideceksen, İngilizce konuşmayı öğrensen iyi olur.
- If you are to go to America, you had better learn English conversation.
Elinden geldiğince açık konuşsan iyi olur.
- You had better talk as clearly as you can.
yasal bir kuralı olmayan fakat must/have to kadar güçlü bir anlamı olan kalıptır.
Oraya gitmeseydin iyi olurdu.
- You had better not have gone there.
Gemiyle gitseydin iyi olurdu.
- You had better have gone by ship.
I had better go. - Gitsem iyi olur.
Will we get it finished? / We had better..
I had it with your antics!.
Conventional wisdom once had it that bloodletting cures many diseases.
I had to work, if well I was very tired.
If I had've known, I would have told you.
I have had it up to here with your nonsense!.
He must have had his chips, she thought, and our children will be born fatherless.
You've been had!.
The substance you describe can't be had at any price.
We would have won the match if we'd had a decent goalkeeper.And if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle!.
What he did was so hilarious, the way he was dancing... well, you had to be there.
hâd.
... We think Abraham Lincoln had acromegaly. ...
... I had them meet my kids. ...