The phrase "had a friend staying" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means that at some point in the past, the speaker had a friend who was staying with them for a period of time. Example: Last summer, I had a friend staying with me for a week. We had a great time exploring the city together.
One night, Sarah had a friend staying from overseas.
Mayor of Central Saanich, Ryan Windsor, did not respond to multiple requests for comment from VICE (it should be mentioned in December the Central Saanich council had a question and answer period regarding Woodwynn. Mayor Windsor "recused" himself just prior to the meeting after it was revealed the he had a friend staying in a van, on his property, which, ironically, is within the ALR).
I recently had a friend stay with me for a few days and she thanked me with a physical card — sent in the mail, with stamps!
Among the rules: "No one can have a friend stay here without staying here herself," said Virginia H. Cohen, who has her own company in Redding, Conn.
This is our house, and while you are welcome to have a friend stay the night, we expect you to consider sex to be a private, two-person activity.
Have a friend stay over for the first few days.
If you can't be with her all day long, have a friend stay with her.
To make it to the skull easier, try having a friend stay in a safe spot and help navigate you to the skull.
She had her locks changed and a friend stayed over that night.
Now, in a development that not even the most imaginative scriptwriter could have foreseen, tenants in parts of London are being asked to pay £10 to have a friend to stay over, while others claim they are being charged to cook or to wash clothes in their own home.
She told the court she was suffering from a panic disorder and had to have friends stay with her "because I'm so afraid he's going to do something".
