Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Erm I mean I I have some concerns , like Cynthia , about the number of careers officers who suddenly appear when you say there 's a visit to , Hull University , and we 've got people coming from all over the county and it 's costing us a fortune .
2 Someone who wishes to obtain some food in return for some clothes , not only has to find someone who has some food , but who is also seeking some clothes .
3 and so sometimes the , the calls do seem unreasonable but you should n't get cross , and when you go and see them sometimes you realize why they 're anxious because something that might seem quite trivial to you they might know somebody who had similar symptoms and it actually turned out to be meningitis or something so you 're then able to put their minds at rest .
4 Ever since we met , my dear , so gently and subtly you 've been teaching me , you and Miguelito , and instead of thanking you I had this attack of childish pique and blamed you for hurting my feelings !
5 When the midwife interrupted the prayers to inform him he had another daughter he replied tersely , " I 'll attend to it all when I 've finished here . "
6 When I have to answer them I have some difficulty defending Members of the House , for whom I have a high regard and affection , if they behave badly , but such bad behaviour does not always come from the same side of the House .
7 I told them I had some wine and we all came back .
8 The doctors told me they had high hopes that in a year you 'd have made a full recovery .
9 ‘ You told me you had another date — what was the point in my hanging around ? ’
10 ( She seemed to me to be about eighteen years old , although as we walked along she told me she had five children , all happily married . )
11 She says that the bailiffs came very early and told everyone they had 10 minutes to get out .
12 Remember I told you he had that job checking street-lamps ?
13 He picked her up in his car after Mrs Dean told him she had some news from his ex-wife Debbie , Geoffrey Dean 's sister and a former beauty queen .
14 I told him I had twenty-two men with me , armed with fourteen rifles , as well as my own three rifles and shotgun .
15 She did n't catch what he said — his words too soft and indistinct — but his half-grin told her it had smutty connotations .
16 He said : ‘ She even shook my hand a second time after I told her I had full-blown AIDS . ’
17 A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty .
18 It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser .
19 Something about Adam Burns told her he had great powers of perception — she 'd do her own case no good at all by letting him know how deeply unsettling she found his questions .
20 She had never met anyone who had such ability to make anger surge and fire within .
21 Apparently no specific policy but managers told us they had some problems in the past with dogs messing in the store .
22 He took one look at him , ran a battery of tests and told us he had cystic fibrosis . ’
23 Because when I joined them they had eight branches
24 What can family members and others do to help someone who has addictive diseases ?
25 Where gamma equals one we have naive expectations so , d' you think that what that implies in the top equation , right the revision to expectations and gamma equals one is the whole of the difference between actual predicted last year okay .
26 To help anyone who has sensory loss a nurse should try to imagine maintaining a safe environment with no awareness of heat , cold , pain and pressure .
27 Erm I mean we we have some left but I mean they 're mainly empty which does n't matter a lot I mean I 'll them for next year .
28 I remember we I had this sort of enamel brown enamel jug , ooh it was mm must have been somewhere about four .
29 You know what I had this morning for my breakfast ?
30 We have 75 tubs of Neck Gel to be won ; just tell us which has more vertebrae in its neck , a giraffe or a horse .
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