Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] have a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 2 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 3 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
| 4 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 5 | Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’ |
| 6 | I did have a little thought last night that maybe he is not expecting much this year but looking to get us on an even keel for an attempt next year on the title ( with maybe another central defender ) . |
| 7 | Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester . |
| 8 | I did have a few lessons , with a lady down the dale called Annie Bayles . |
| 9 | I liked to have a few days out in Middlesbrough , Sunderland or Newcastle but now I ca n't do this anymore and I 'm stuck in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 10 | She did literally now , ever since that turn she 'd had a few months ago ; frightened of the stairs , the climb when the lifts did n't work , she rarely went out , but stayed surrounded and walled-in by belongings , old letters , cards , souvenirs scattered over the furniture . |
| 11 | She did n't correct enough or she lost control or maybe she 'd had a few bevvies . |
| 12 | Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided . |
| 13 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
| 14 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 15 | Harry Andrews , who knew him for years , said , ‘ When he 'd had a few drinks he could be noisy . |
| 16 | Every time he 'd had a few drinks , they took starring roles in the fantasies that played themselves out in his head . |
| 17 | . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them … |
| 18 | When he had had a few drinks , though not otherwise , Peter talked about how he knew he ought to have the test to find out if he was HIV negative , as he hoped , as he desperately hoped , but he had not had it yet . |
| 19 | He had had a few hopes for Sally-Anne Tunstall himself , had been sorry to see her go . |