Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I thought , I 'd like him to think that I 'd improved a little bit . |
| 32 | Everybody in the audience expects to hear a certian solo in each song , and so would I if I 'd spent a small fortune on a ticket . ’ |
| 33 | You then followed me to the ticket reservation counter , chatted up the girl afterwards , found I 'd booked a Business-Class seat to Brussels , did the same yourself and waited outside the final departure lounge until you saw me boarding . ’ |
| 34 | I told him about taking six months off and doing rep in the provinces just to get back in touch with live acting and live audiences and he reacted as if I told him I 'd had a mental breakdown . |
| 35 | I fell asleep and remember him lifting me off and putting me on the settee cushion but I 'd had a tiring evening and hardly stirred . |
| 36 | I was optimistic , because I 'd had a good turnout two years earlier for a smaller project , the clean-up of an old railway path . |
| 37 | I 'd had a good week . |
| 38 | I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section . |
| 39 | Quite right ; but I 'd had a vague recollection , and looked it up , and although the shirt of the centaur Nessus , saturated as it was in his poisoned blood , had caused Hercules no end of pain … |
| 40 | ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything . |
| 41 | I 'd had a stable home at the price of her martyrdom and this was how I 'd repaid her . |
| 42 | ‘ If only I 'd had a stable childhood , maybe none of this would have happened … . ’ |
| 43 | But this morning she caught me unawares before I 'd had a single cup of coffee . |
| 44 | I 'd had a soft erection before , but as our mouths collided — we had n't even been able to kiss all week ! — it hardened up painfully . |
| 45 | In my tycoon days , before the collapse of my second career , I 'd had a fair amount to do with bankers , and my collective memory of them was of thin , precise men , in dark suits and wearing rimless glasses . |
| 46 | If I 'd had a proper education do you think I 'd be driving this cab around ? ’ |
| 47 | It was as if I 'd had a bad dream . |
| 48 | He does n't have to do anything , but about four Christmas 's ago I had the whole lot down , I had nine of us for the whole Christmas week , erm , Boxing Day I went in the kitchen , two of Diane 's friends had arrived , who lived in London and I went in the kitchen , I 'd had a bad dose of the flu virus that was |
| 49 | And I 'd have shot myself if we lost because I 'd wasted a good chance just before the goal . ’ |
| 50 | But before I 'd managed a single moan , Charlie pre-empted me . |
| 51 | ‘ I would have kissed you long ago if I 'd known a simple kiss could have so miraculous an effect . ’ |
| 52 | I was deter , you see I , I have to set a good example to Neil . |
| 53 | If Chris had n't been clutching a piece of leaf , would I have noticed a torn house plant ? some plants , like the aptly named deadly nightshade , do not reveal their effect until hours after ingestion , by which time it may be too late for effective treatment . |
| 54 | Do I have to wear a cheap suit and drive a Sierra to get invited . |
| 55 | Do I have to have a Compact job ? |
| 56 | Should I have started a new sentence then . |
| 57 | Perhaps I had made a ridiculous fuss about nothing . |
| 58 | It is as if I had made a small betrayal . |
| 59 | It certainly was n't too late to tell somebody that in fact I had made a terrible mistake and that I wanted to go home . |
| 60 | I suddenly realized I had made a serious mistake . |