Example sentences of "i have had [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better .
2 If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em .
3 I 'd had a couple of drinks , lapped up some fast food , and jumped into a cab .
4 As he nodded she went on , ‘ I 'd had a bit of a knock in — in a relationship with a man in London , and I was very miserable over Elise 's death .
5 But I 'd had a bellyful of your family and I just wanted to stay out of the whole rotten business .
6 But at least I 'd had a chance by then to check out the bit of her which Catherine likes least .
7 Anyway , I 'd had a drink in the Club , that 's where I heard .
8 Last time I let you talk me into having a go , I felt as if I 'd had a session in a tumble dryer . ’
9 It would have been me pencil if I 'd had a pencil in me hand .
10 Somewhere there , but off the would n't it be but erm it was an event erm when I had a rise in wages my mother being a dressmaker she used to have a machine under the little front window and when I got a , I had a , they 'd put my wages up to ten shillings , and when I got in mum came over and said what 's the matter with you she said you seem as if you 're walking on air I said I 'd had a rise in wages and it was up from eight and four pence up to ten shillings I do n't know what that seems but still .
11 I 'd had a call from the Leisure Centre , ’ he says .
12 I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction .
13 ‘ I explained that I was 31 , I 'd had a history of infertility , and that this was my second pregnancy and I really wanted a child .
14 On the way back from moving the sheep , I felt as if I 'd had a night in the pub , started feeling very wheezy and , Oh this is good .
15 ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’
16 I would n't have minded if I 'd had a bump on my head , a cross on it or a bullet through it .
17 I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’
18 I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] .
19 ‘ If I 'd had the sense to be frank with her last March , maybe I could have done that .
20 ROBBIE It was after I 'd had the row with my father .
21 Then I 'd had the impression of a pleasant face , but no crowd-raiser .
22 ‘ If I 'd had an op on my knee that summer it might have been all right .
23 He and I had had a heart to heart in the hotel following some comments supposedly made by him about me in the press , more particularly in the Sun .
24 That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately .
25 I told her that I had had a sort of a breakdown , and that I was appalled by what I had done .
26 Much taken aback , not least because Amy and I had had a number of conversations about her low opinion of the Church and what it stood for , I asked how she knew it was Jesus .
27 If I had had a car of my own I would have offered her a lift , however far out of my way it might have taken me .
28 Recalling a time when I had had a staff of seventeen under me , and knowing how not so long ago a staff of twenty-eight had been employed here at Darlington Hall , the idea of devising a staff plan by which the same house would be run on a staff of four seemed , to say the least , daunting .
29 I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed .
30 I had had no intention of seeking to intervene in the strike and would not have done so but for the ubiquitous activity of George Wigg .
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