Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [pers pn] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In my borough we have a lot of odd-shaped kitchens . |
| 2 | Since I lost my husband I have a lot of free time and hospital radio is just one of the many ways in which I fill it . |
| 3 | Erm , well my particular case was cut and dry , no medical miracles , as I say , could help me because I had lost a baby at six months during the labour and erm in order to save to my life I had a hysterectomy so there was no possibility of I V F , etcetera , etcetera . |
| 4 | For the first time in my life I had a weight problem . |
| 5 | For the first time in my life I had a lover who was a companion . |
| 6 | Faldo said : ‘ When you are my height you have a tendency to go down too far on the ball and that is what I was doing . |
| 7 | At the left hand side of my diagram we have a number of other applications existing in your environment which need to either provide information to the accounting system , a simple example might be a payroll application passing payroll costs across on a batch basis , it may be a sales order processing system passing invoice information across in real time interactively and indeed requesting information from the accounting application . |
| 8 | Alone with my mother I had a sense of impropriety . |
| 9 | Novella no longer needs to feel gratitude that in her case she has a father who has allowed her to teach in his place ; she has parted the curtain and is speaking for herself — in as many tongues as she pleases . |
| 10 | Yet Batty noticed that in spite of her reserve she had a way of inspiring people to do things for her . |
| 11 | NatWest paid around £355,000 for the freehold to Pearl Assurance , and for its money it has a building with a ground floor of 1,952 sq ft plus first floor offices of 1,749 sq ft . |
| 12 | Hell , it was n't her fault she had a scoundrel for a grandson . |
| 13 | I did n't fancy my plaice so I give her mine I had a bit of beef . |
| 14 | But when I met her and shook her hand I had a feeling which is hard to explain — other people have had the same experience when meeting this lady . |
| 15 | Shortly after her rescue she had a foal , and her owner decided to put the mare back in foal again . |
| 16 | They 'll give you a fire if it 's cold the other day when Tony was here with his mum they had a fan heater |
| 17 | Ma Smith took in gentlemen paying guests and for his outlay he had a bedroom , a personal sitting room and the dedicated service of the widowed Mrs Smith and her daughters . |
| 18 | In his heyday he had a memory like a clamp . |
| 19 | By his second he had a son who died in infancy , and a daughter born 1641 . |
| 20 | On his desk he had a box full of eyes . |
| 21 | The inspector advised him that in his opinion he had a drink problem and should do something about it . |
| 22 | And in his place we have a murderer fascinated by the Napoleonic idea . |
| 23 | In his cellar he has a workshop where he enjoys ‘ messing around ’ with clubs , mostly putters and drivers . |
| 24 | You know , through his wife he has a claim to the throne of Castille ; through his grandmother to the throne of France . |
| 25 | In his belt he had a horn container which held a mixture which was supposed to be smeared upon the eyelids under such conditions to increase the density of the clan tattoo . |
| 26 | In his Filofax he has a list of possible sources — ‘ a certain Sly Stone LP , track two , side one , outro chorus ’ — for the next album 's songs . |
| 27 | ‘ Is n't it time you had a rest ? ’ enquired Penry Vaughan , startling her . |
| 28 | In his office he had a blackboard , on which he transcribed diagrammatic models of the action , with letters of the ordinary alphabet for characters already invented and letters of the Greek alphabet for those whom he might need to invent ; he was contemplating a further six months of composition . |
| 29 | Train your eyes to focus on whatever distance you have a problem with — to the Snorebuster , a cordless giant wristwatch-size device which detects snoring . |
| 30 | I think whatever age you have a child , if it 's fine for you , then it 's all right . |