Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] had a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I instinctively had a quick look but I could n't see a damned thing . |
| 2 | When I first moved from India ( where I was born ) to England , I obviously had a great tan , and I got called ‘ Indibum ’ and all.that . |
| 3 | ‘ I only had a tiny part in Coriolanus , ’ he said a few years later , ‘ but it was the most exciting experience I 've ever had in the theatre . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ They put me in the bin because I suddenly had a talking jag , ’ Edward said . |
| 5 | He jagged the corn on the cob up her pussy , and threw it and he goes no thanks , I just had a lovely corn on the cob . |
| 6 | I just had a quick phonecall with him . |
| 7 | I just had a funny thought . |
| 8 | ‘ As you may recall , I already had a fair grasp of Portuguese , so all it needed was a crash course and a month or two here to make me fluent , ’ Ashley said , wishing he was not so persistent . |
| 9 | I once had a half-day seminar in a conference room on the top floor of Chicago 's O'Hare Hilton overlooking the O'Hare Airport runways , which crossed each other . |
| 10 | I once had a humble role in one of his features : I played myself as enthusiastic musicologist , introducing a rare recordings of famous cellists performing various juicy bits ( none of them had bothered to play it all ) out of a stylistically promiscuous Cello Sonata by a rightly-obscure Swiss genius never existed ; the cellists ( who ranged from ‘ Beatrice Harrison ’ , complete with atrocious surface-noise and garden crow effects , to ‘ Yo Yo Ma ’ ) were graphically impersonated by Moray Welsh ; the ‘ Sonata ’ excerpts themselves , fondly murdering many turn-of-the-century composers and idioms , were of course all Ben 's own work . |
| 11 | ‘ In fact , I once had a third cousin — or was it a great-aunt … ? ’ |
| 12 | I always had a strong feeling that , once " Bomber " Harris was forced to accept a Target Finding/Marking faction within his Command , one of the very first people to he considered " is founder member would he Jimmy Marks . |
| 13 | And if there was any doubt , I always had a spare driving licence in that name anyway . |
| 14 | I always had a good relationship with the press . |
| 15 | Apart from liking London bands such as the Stones and the Kinks , for some reason I always had a working knowledge of the Small Faces . |
| 16 | ‘ I always had a religious obsession with fame . |
| 17 | Indeed , I always had a sneaking admiration for him and I think he liked me for , as you know , it takes one rogue to recognise another . |
| 18 | ( Do you know , until fat Henry crushed the monasteries , I always had a soft spot for Franciscans . |
| 19 | When something unpleasant was about to happen , I always had a cold feeling — purely physical . |
| 20 | But er , because we were , see we , I always had a uphill struggle for many years , so that it was n't er , tell you the truth I did n't erm devote much time towards the children , it is their own effort really that er they did very well . |
| 21 | Next morning I cleaned up the vomit and got myself ready for school but I still had a nasty taste in my mouth and I was hot and achey . |
| 22 | Despite this I still had a strong impression that the Principal was clearly in control of the centre and that he would be unlikely to tolerate breaches of the rules . |
| 23 | I still had a formless feeling that she understood me where my mother did not . |
| 24 | The problem was that I still had a Jamaican passport and to run in a major meeting like that it was necessary to become a British subject . |
| 25 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
| 26 | No , that would be a false contrivance and anyway I still had a mad hope of catching that five-thirty ferry to Stornoway . |
| 27 | I was not keen to go yet because I still had a vivid memory of that hand . |
| 28 | ‘ What eventually swayed me was the fact that Hibs were a big club with a greater potential support , although at that point I probably had a better squad of players in Paisley . |
| 29 | The doctor said I probably had a viral infection and the bed was too soft . |
| 30 | I also had a good talk on international topics with Mr. Kozyrev , the Russian Foreign Minister . |