Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
| 32 | Ken said , ‘ I had to have a new banjo . |
| 33 | I had decided that I had to have a partial confidant at the school . |
| 34 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 35 | Although I had had a substantial measure of success , it was a back-breaking activity : it involved the pouring of oceans of hypocritical praise on the undeserving ; attributing powers of discernment and discrimination to the ignorant and myopic ; and only occasionally striking gold in the form of sufficient understanding to make the toil of persuasion unnecessary . |
| 36 | My personal life had been a disaster : I had had a lousy relationship with my mother ; been frightened of my father ; from time to time my marriage had been close to the rocks and I had been an uncaring father . |
| 37 | My letter was published in full , and I was pleased with myself , for two good reasons : my first literary effort had been accepted ; and I had had a good swipe at the evils of fascism , judging by the stream of supporting letters which followed . |
| 38 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 39 | For some years I had had a similar experience in the teaching of literature , amazed to see colleagues attempting to hound students , in the context of a two- or three-year course , through complex texts in a single session : today we read King Lear , tomorrow we discuss it , and next day you write your essays on it . |
| 40 | In my grandmother 's house I had had a big bedroom ; here I had to share . |
| 41 | Over the years , in my role as home tutor to his mother , I had had a privileged relationship with Balbinder and his family . |
| 42 | I could see the room beginning to spin as though I had had a dreadful shock or a moment of unbearable fear . |
| 43 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 44 | I had had a whole afternoon spent upon me , been the centre of attention , cost the State a fortune and my wife had given up a whole day of precious work to be with me . |
| 45 | From the mid-sixties I had had a homosexual identity and I did say to people that I was homosexual ; but in the early seventies that had a completely different meaning . |
| 46 | I considered I had had a sheltered upbringing — perhaps ‘ genteel ’ is nearer the mark — but she came from the world of country weekends , day and night nurseries , nannies , and never having to worry about where next week 's housekeeping money was coming from , or having to do the washing up . |
| 47 | The one I purchased has a black body with bright yellow ? orange spots on the body and all the fins , with the orange seam on the dorsal fin and tail . |
| 48 | ‘ The one I purchased has a black body with bright yellow/orange spots on the body and all the fins , with the orange seam on the dorsal fin and the tail . ’ |
| 49 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |
| 50 | Unless you 're like my Uncle Joe — a fox got his best foot , 'e 'ad to have a wooden leg , 'e was livid . ’ |
| 51 | With a certain reluctance she agreed to have a further examination , and tests were taken from the cervix and urethra . |
| 52 | On yet another impulse , she stopped to have a quick look , because it just might have mentioned where Slane was , might n't it ? |
| 53 | He told me you 'd had a serious tiff , but he hopes to persuade you to return to LA . ’ |
| 54 | When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ? |
| 55 | I was very pleased that you 'd had a good go at that |
| 56 | If you 'd had a good horse , you asked for hol holiday with er , alright you 'd get it , you would n't do your horse , you know , they 'd take your horse off you . |
| 57 | ‘ Well , goodbye , ’ he finished conventionally ; ‘ I wish you 'd had a better day . ’ |
| 58 | So you 'd had a big breakfast and it 's still normal which implies you 're going to be fine , now |
| 59 | Then briefly describe an occasion on which you wish you 'd had a waterproof camera . |
| 60 | If you 'd , if you 'd had a little bit yourself you would n't , you would n't have smelt it . |