Example sentences of "[noun sg] i had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the spare bedroom I had a demountable work-bench with a vice and an array of small tools .
2 It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur .
3 No wonder I had a fat face .
4 There was sliding down the banisters , toys left on the stairs , a new untidiness , a quickening of life and , sometimes , in the hurdy-gurdy I had a strange sense of ‘ presences ’ , two other children , silent , well-behaved .
5 I carried out stone from the cave , and after many days ' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill .
6 The toilets and bathrooms and showers were at the end of the hall on the second floor , and from my window I had a splendid view of the cathedral , whose Gothic , Renaissance and baroque styles mingled perfectly in the dark-rose-and-amber stone to give it almost the appearance of some natural rock formation .
7 It was empty , but at the corner where the lamplight was reflected in Robson 's shop window I had a brief impression of a fleeing form and a faint echo of laughter .
8 For a moment I had a ridiculous sense of anti-climax .
9 When I 'm at a crossroads , if I find myself going back to the same place I had a happy encounter , I deliberately go the other way , so I do n't become a slave to habit .
10 Good job I had a good pair of drawers on .
11 When I got the news of the assassination I had a heavy foreboding that U Saw was involved , and this indeed proved to be the case .
12 ‘ But unfortunately for him when he told me a bit about what was on the disk I had a blinding flash of inspiration . ’
13 For a while I had a glorious feeling of anonymity , then the corporal , still shouting , glanced back .
14 Chris Christmas day I had a real chest erm and mouth and everything .
15 One day I had a mind-blowing experience ; I was sent on relief to Sainsbury 's Finchley Road shop .
16 But last night I had a strange dream , a terrible dream !
17 But one night I had a vivid dream of her , that she had died .
18 One night I had a vivid dream that to correct this error would bring us the wind .
19 But as we looked at each other I had a strange sensation .
20 While feeding the meter I had a sudden blank on whether my meter was in front or behind my car .
21 Within a week I had a complete record of this remote site , it is amazing how much remains — an undercarriage with its wheel and tyre in place .
22 However , at the end of the second week I had a high ammonia reading and nitrite was starting to build up — this was diluted by frequent partial water changes .
23 And this morning I had a long talk with my mother . ’
24 Nevertheless , she kept returning to the nest , and one morning I had a sudden feeling that she was about to hatch something , after all .
25 Oh I was massive man I had a double chin an'all .
26 As I stood on the footbridge I had a good view of the station .
27 That night in bed I had a genuine orgasm .
28 After going to church I had a whole Sunday on Tiree , Snoopy-like with the moped .
29 Much later in the book I had a small scene in which one character is seen just about to tell the murderer , who was not conceivably present when the Maharajah perpetrated his joke , what had happened .
30 You 'll guess what happened when I say that I am now commanding the Company — and in the line I had a seraphic boy-lance-corporal as my sergeant-major .
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