Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Nothing about the local connection yet but I 've had a word with the boys at Penzance . |
2 | Very minor on the scale of things but I 've had a car stolen , erm great inconvenience , ca n't believe its going to happen to you , did n't do any thing to have caused this , locked up and took all the precautions , and yet it still happened and some one , some where out there has my car . |
3 | Er , I ca n't say definitely yet , because the meeting comes up after this meeting , but I 've had a lot of positive noises . |
4 | He The gaffer felt I was upset because I was not in the side , but I 've had a virus . |
5 | That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately . |
6 | But I 'd had a bellyful of your family and I just wanted to stay out of the whole rotten business . |
7 | ‘ But I have had a child , and although he 's gone , that love , that joy will stay with me forever . |
8 | I am not claiming it is my doing , but I have had a hand in the fact that four years ago and two years ago and again this year we have had exhibitions by living sculptors . |
9 | But I have had a letter erm explaining where the billboards are in our area and how much they cost . |
10 | Er that was automatic ninety th er November ninety three but we 've had a problem with them so we 're negotiating . |
11 | ‘ … embarrassing to have to trouble you like this , but we 've had a bit of bother with the sheep hereabouts . |
12 | Sorry to wake you at this hour but we 've had a host of tasks during the night . |
13 | Well I 've had the sniffles at the moment but we 've had a lot of people at work with |
14 | But they 'd had a pre-meeting when they 'd tried to drop it out . |
15 | Yeah I went and got it yesterday but they 'd had a break in and you should 've seen it they 'd smashed the front door , it were all smashed in . |
16 | First race there twelve fifty the going at the moment is good but they have had a quarter of an inch of rain overnight so of course I suppose there 's every chance it could go to good to soft by this afternoon . |
17 | Turner was suspicious of the other man , as he quite rightly should have been ; but he 'd had a whiff of something he especially did n't like , which considering who and what Ray Doyle was , was an amazing mistake to make . |
18 | Erm I asked and she said that his dad sent him off to get it X-rayed and she goes , But he 's had a history with his toe poor blighter . |
19 | It 's not a vocation for him but he 's had a lot of work published including calendars and photographs for the sleeves of telephone books . |
20 | It 's not a vocation for him but he 's had a lot of work published including calendars and photographs for the sleeves of the telephone books . |
21 | But he 's had a lot of space and he 's by and large used it very very well . |
22 | The torrent of weeping afterwards left her feeling as weak as any new-born , but it had had a cleansing and calming effect . |
23 | It 's pretty grimy but it 's had a lot of attention . |