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

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1 I had a very very hard time just to look after my ill daughter , and I was trying to get help from everybody , but er I had a tremendous help er the neighbours were very good with me , the relations , my husband 's friends at work , er and er my own sisters and my brothers and their wives and my , my mum and dad , so I had a lot of support from everybody .
2 There was er y you had er you had a certain amount to make every day .
3 Street , yes , because er you went er you had a marvellous thing called Nature study , come geography , come everything , where you went for walk .
4 Er , also , we do n't forget that er , we , whilst people say to me , er we had a good year on the P S G last year and we 've had some good settlements , perhaps over the year , better than average , in the East Midlands , on the P S G. But we have so much catching up to do .
5 But that was good fun , there were eighteen of us , from eight different countries er Americans and Canadians and Australians and New Zealanders and Dutch and Swiss and English and er we had a good time , and then we and went and did mountain biking in Katmandu
6 I may be bragging but it er we had a wonderful day !
7 And each of the places er where we got the supply of tins , er we had a little van that went out to deliver the tins and we delighted as boys , going out , carrying the two tins er into the place .
8 And er we had a wooden shed it blew down in a gale so my Nana , she bought us a shed
9 They did in fact get a horse erm and er they had a small carriage , er and er a horse made the odd er visit up the line , from time to time .
10 we who maybe only had two or three tenants , to these collection agencies so you concentrated their focus onto er they had a common target all of a sudden
11 Came back door , I opened the door and er he had a big holdall you know
12 I wo n't say soup kitchens because they were n't that at all , I mean , they were n't as civili You had a civilized meal , I know you sang grace before it , and said grace afterwards , but you had knifes , forks and spoons and chapel china .
13 But I had , I had a go I had a good cup of tea before .
14 The A S L E N F , they were a different they had a kno they had a sectional council of their own you see , for local men .
15 erm We had a big screen and the atmosphere was absolutely tremendous — right up to the last minute as you said , with three points in it , it was very tense .
16 Erm we had a full load you know , in the air before the Americans er were three quarters of the way through .
17 That was totally unplanned. erm I was told by a friend that there was erm Pebble Mill were going to organise an Environment Project Competition for Great Britain , and they suggested I sent for a form , which I did , and filled it in , and erm to my astonishment a film crew came down and filmed the pond , and later on I was invited with my husband to Pebble Mill to get this award and it was given me by Virginia Mackenna and Bill Waters , and David Bellamy was there , and erm we had a wonderful time .
18 His brother Melvin , er who has another removal firm in York , erm he had a funny experience too that I 've not hac had .
19 You see well the point was when you pick 'em up erm we had a sm we had a big boat , what we called hanger boat , a very heavy boat and that used to have a wooden so therefore we used to pull it up by hand and pull it ove on a little barrel with a hand power that 's what we used to do and once we got the anchor in board we 'd pull the chain in by hand and then rerun it again right on to the mud and on the anchor again .
20 lo , well other than than he had a nasty accident like and he
21 No , we we had a free kick there .
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