Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Luckily I had a little book in my pocket called Anaesthetics For Medical Students .
2 Eventually I had a better bite and to my surprise I hauled in a roach of 11b 5oz .
3 On I had a half day on Wednesday
4 Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson .
5 If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it .
6 ‘ If only I had a pretty voice — I 'm quite without tune , am I not ? ’
7 ‘ Well , perhaps I had a bland time , ’ she retorted ineptly .
8 A Buckinghamshire village boy ‘ liked best to go and stay ’ with a farming grandmother , finding a ‘ special quiet ’ and ‘ peace ’ about her ; while a Yorkshire weaver 's son who went to stay with his grandmother for several weeks ‘ during family sickness ’ always kept the bond they made then — ‘ religious , yet loving , although seemingly cold , perhaps I had a special bit of her love , for she corrected me with thrashing me . ’
9 Hard to explain the conflict in our acquaintance , but perhaps I had an instinctive feeling that she , in fact , wanted me to go to bed with her , and she knew I would n't — because if I did make love to her , it would be a victory for her and a defeat for me .
10 So I had a long chat with the , with the cleansing officer and the main point
11 I noticed the filters were sm smeared and it 's like a smear on the filter , so I had a close inspection , found that they were all actually clogged up with what appeared to be superglue .
12 So I had a quick look at them .
13 So I had a quiet talk with young Murchie , and we came to a business arrangement .
14 So I had a quiet dinner — alone , for Mala was still sulking — followed by a refreshing sleep .
15 And then suddenly she had a sad mishap .
16 Instead , she set to stubbornly work her way through in alphabetical order , so that before long she had a small pile of pink order slips in front of her .
17 Perhaps she had a poor memory and kept forgetting where she had left them .
18 Perhaps she had a secret assignation ? ’
19 Perhaps you had a late night ? ’
20 So she had a little book and she wrote some words in English and some in Arabic the
21 So you had a good day yesterday ?
22 So er so you had a good time ?
23 So you had a good time ?
24 Suddenly we had a half-decent car .
25 Obviously we had a few injuries at the start of the season , so hopefully we can go from strength to strength now .
26 So we had a we stopped in there , we were only gon na have one in there but it was alright in there , we had a nice table and that so we had a good natter
27 So we had a nice chat .
28 Erm , we 'd had a meeting prior to going so we had a fair idea of you know , we kind of got together and shared some thoughts before we , before we went .
29 So we had a big sandwich you know with salad and with crisps and that on the side and the hot chocolate and it was five pound .
30 And so we had a proper argument about this , of course he was a grown up man , I were only a kid you know .
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