Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Charles Caldecott , who owned the Whetstone Park Stud , was an odd character whom Kelly had met a couple of times and had never really taken to . |
2 | And yet the best form of relief for this boy whom grief had made a man would be in action . |
3 | Sometimes this obstinacy was the refuge of the poor man who can not afford change and to whom stagnation has become a habit of mind necessary for survival ; at other times it represented a sound rejection of improper techniques culled by ‘ philosophical ’ amateurs from the journals of French and English agricultural societies . |
4 | There are lines round my eyes and my hair has become a hag 's rope . |
5 | I want to give it to Angela to put away now so I know my money 's put a way . |
6 | Well as I say I went out and erm I thought , well Jill phoned and she said at the time my mum had got a boy that was sleeping rough down the sandpits . |
7 | And my Mum 's had a letter . |
8 | My Mum 's had a letter . ’ |
9 | My kids have got a paddock , where they play . |
10 | My car 's got a bidet in it . |
11 | My parents had rented a cottage on a farm at Backakeldy , ten miles south from Kirkwall overlooking the sea on the eastern shores of Scapa Flow . |
12 | Both I and my officials have had a number of such discussions with a variety of people . |
13 | ‘ My husband has put a lot of work into Maastricht and the last six months have been awful for him , ’ she said . |
14 | But he has , we we 've only got , my husband 's got a computer at work , we just got one of the Segas , the master systems you know that you you got th the games that you put in those but he wants to get another one next year but that 's a good idea something like that ! |
15 | The lump on my head had lost a lot of weight during the night and after five minutes under a tepid shower I was n't feeling too bad . |
16 | But none of my predecessors has found a way of introducing it here , ’ Mr Lamont said . |
17 | My wife 's got a degree in mathematics , but she loves her kids ! ’ |
18 | Oh I 've seen there in fact my wife 's got a set of Howsons so |
19 | My father had become a Spiritualist almost by accident . |
20 | Perhaps if my father had built a formica cocktail bar in the corner of our lounge my mother would still be living with us . |
21 | From when I was very young , my father had nurtured a love of art in me ; I shared a great deal with him ( he took me nearly every Sunday to the Louvre ) and was close to him until his death . |
22 | I wish my father had left a description of his encounter with Balcha but I can find none in his letters or despatches . |
23 | My father had purchased a box of Maltesers , the chocolates with the less fattening centre , to sustain him through this no holds barred erotic horror film . |
24 | And was there was a hint of desperation when he told TODAY 'S Bill Blighton last April : ‘ My life has become a soap opera , a long-running saga but I 'm not going to be the clone the US Tour want . |
25 | Throughout my life my tummy has been , as it were , my Achilles heel ; and around this same time the condition of my colon , which for the latter part of my life has had a habit of tying itself in knots , became particularly acute . |
26 | As she pulled the dress over my head she said that she thought it would still fit her , that she could see the hole at the neckline where my grandmother had pinned a pearl brooch as something old , that the classic line never dated . |
27 | And Bassett , indignant that Wednesday manager Trevor Francis had appealed before the match for good behaviour by both sides , said : ‘ I wonder what would have happened if one of my players had committed a foul like that . ’ |
28 | My tears have washed a lot of the make-up from that eye and there 's a black streak running down my cheek . |
29 | So far my enquiries have drawn a blank , your tracks are so well covered . |
30 | My Mum 's gone to see my Uncle Walter in hospital and my Dad 's got a coaching session at the swimming baths . ’ |