Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , well , I had things to think about and some work to finish in the office . |
| 2 | But I had callipers |
| 3 | I have not been kind to my back ; I had accidents when I was a boy , tree-climbing and biking , and I have spent many years skiing . |
| 4 | I had arrows on the brain as well as through the lungs , I thought . |
| 5 | They raved about what they called my ‘ Van Gogh ’ hair ( a naturally pale yellow at the time ) , and Helen welcomed me because , as she said , I had fairies sitting on my shoulder . |
| 6 | But once or twice in a while I would despair of producing the kind of thing that seemed likely to win approval from one whose standards were so high — impossibly high I felt so far as emulation on my part was concerned — and therefore I had moods in which I would feel unworthy of his attention . |
| 7 | Certainly , when a boy , I had fights with juvenile delinquents , some of whom belonged to ‘ gangs ’ . |
| 8 | What 's more , I had memories from many other lifetimes of taking vows of poverty . |
| 9 | For fragrance , in my opinion , there is little to match juniper ; I would stack this wood aside against the days I had visitors . |
| 10 | I had aches in muscles I never knew I owned . |
| 11 | One of the officials with whom I had dealings was John Hampden , who years later was to become a colleague ; but although he did his best to be co-operative , it was the men who held the purse-strings that counted , and , going between the MOI and Faber 's , I could not extract from officialdom any commitment and Eliot naturally needed certain specific undertakings regarding finance before Faber 's could think of commissioning a book , which also needed the Ministry 's imprimatur . |
| 12 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |
| 13 | So I rang the hospital and told them very calmly that we 'd be arriving shortly , then I woke up Tony and — thinking I had loads of time — ran a bath . ’ |
| 14 | I suppose for hours cos I had loads from when I was teaching so wi that , I 've donated those cos our own children would never get to mark them . |
| 15 | I had thousands , I mean I gave a load back cos I had loads of them . |
| 16 | If I had loads of room in house I 'd put them all together . |
| 17 | I had loads but since I ai n't had none . |
| 18 | I had loads of dots in front of me you know , in this machine |
| 19 | Oh I I thought I had loads of |
| 20 | exhibitions in there of Indian art , and I had loads of stuff ! |
| 21 | I had bubbles . |
| 22 | I had bubbles . |
| 23 | ‘ I had periods , ’ though upon reflection , the bleeding does seem mean and scarce , and I can not exactly remember my last period . |
| 24 | I hated to exchange the basic wraparound for a tailored suit , but I had priorities . |
| 25 | Well sent off wi after I 'd been about beginning to be co you know , could e eat something , I had cups of tea , with a egg beat up that 's what I used to get when you got typhoid . |
| 26 | and I 've got clumps of of snowdrops where I 'd and some where I did n't know even know I had snowdrops and |
| 27 | I had chips of brick on the brim of my fedora . |
| 28 | He said I had chips for my dinner . |
| 29 | I had chips |
| 30 | As soon as I had complaints , I asked for detailed statistical material to be provided . |