Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm only sorry I had a prior engagement , otherwise I 'd have been here much earlier . ’ |
| 2 | But despite all this I had a successful Championship , winning the 100 metres and tying , in an exciting race , with John Regis in the 200 . |
| 3 | I 'd a proper I had a proper drill , oh you 're talking about the new ones ? |
| 4 | ‘ When you had them fresh you had a concrete floor . |
| 5 | He explained why he sent on Platt : ‘ In the first half we had a great deal of possession but we needed to move the Brazilians about , we needed to hurt them a bit more . |
| 6 | If it was stormy people were too busy looking after the farm and the animals to bother much , but when it was clear we had a nice meal . |
| 7 | Despite this they had a wonderful tranquillity in such a foreign place , so far from home . |
| 8 | They had been geared up to use so much physical energy that even when they were very old they had a dynamic force within their bodies for which they had no outlet . |
| 9 | Over this he had a black mackintosh ; there were five belts strapped around his waist and a sort of grey linen nappy attached to the back of his trousers . |
| 10 | By the age of twenty-one he had a managerial post in charge of fifteen people . |
| 11 | When I found some it had a strange smell — of sweet and sour sauce — and it seemed to be very moist . |
| 12 | Congress has always been better staffed than its counterparts elsewhere in the world and by 1979 it had a total staff of 23,056 . |
| 13 | Mm apart from that you had a great time |
| 14 | On the twenty eight of September nineteen eighty eight she had a major operation on her left wrist . |
| 15 | There had been a few times , with my accent , I 'd been called names , but as soon as they knew I was Jewish I had a hundred mothers and brothers and fathers to take care of me . |
| 16 | I do n't know what I did to disturb things , but it was soon obvious I had a blue-green algae problem . |
| 17 | ‘ Glad you had a good time , but did you do the experiment ? ’ |
| 18 | She was glad she had a busy weekend in front of her , and little time to brood . |
| 19 | Naomi , she was arriving back penniless she had a foreign daughter-in-law , that in itself was proof enough that she had strayed from God 's will . |
| 20 | I got home eventually through the snow , sorry we had a bad night maybe better next time . |
| 21 | We then re-examined our whole hand , studied in more detail than before the costs and revenues from individual products and found , hey presto ! that we had a mixed bag between the good profit earners and a few large loss leaders and so on and so on . |
| 22 | Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going : |
| 23 | I 'm I 'm every day people , before I met you my life was standing still , it was standing still I had a one way ticket |
| 24 | still , it was standing still I had a one way ticket |
| 25 | Oh that 's better I had a bad back . |
| 26 | 4 I had a terrible dream — I was being chased round the Tower of London by a gyre frabjous. 5 Seventeen whiffling Jabberwocks burbled at the vorpal dagger brandished under the Tumtum tree by our brave hero . |
| 27 | She never missed writing to her parents though , and the family made sure she had a regular supply of correspondence and gifts . |
| 28 | Good God , she was only fourteen she had a deeper voice than |
| 29 | In 1902 she had a much-publicized exchange of views with Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree [ q.v. ] on the extent and causes of primary poverty . |
| 30 | For instance , on cinema nights we were always assured of good seats as one of his armourers was regularly on the door collecting tickets , and he made sure we had a good view . |