Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There I had him as a charming , affectionate colleague of mature judgment . |
| 2 | If I had it on a solid floor , but it 's got ta go , do n't forget it 's on a a wooden floor . |
| 3 | I had it on a little bit of elastic band and I 've , I 've lost it . |
| 4 | I 've nothing above a one again |
| 5 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |
| 6 | She had them in a big glass jar and if you were very good and special occasions . |
| 7 | You had me in a fine old tangle of emotions . |
| 8 | So the distance makes something look rather fainter , and similarly if you have something like a particular kind of start that you can identify by some property — which we 'll perhaps talk about in a moment — if you can identify it and you know how bright it is , then the fainter ones are further away and you can estimate the distance by how faint they are . |
| 9 | Because one week we had one from a long bit ago but I did n't see the rest through the week . |
| 10 | It is really in my mind almost a repeat of the situation we found ourselves in , in the Sudbury Western bypass some year or two ago , which strayed into Essex onto which the Essex County Council raised objection , er , one can not build a road in an adjoining County without the consent in law of the County Highway Authority on whose ground you trespass , it 's almost as simple as that and in this case with Norfolk standing presumably indicating their intention to oppose the construction for a day , we have something of a static bar situation unless we can reach agreement . |
| 11 | I think we have something like a hundred and twenty nationalities living in Kuwait and enjoying the free school , the free hospital . |
| 12 | We have them in a lovely big room with refreshments , buffets and so forth and they have a whole entertainments evening . ’ |
| 13 | All the sorters make them , of course , but in John St. Clair we have someone with a real and learned ‘ nose ’ . |
| 14 | We are only kidding ourselves if we think that we have anything like a complete succession for any part of the stratigraphical column in any one place . |
| 15 | In the case of many of the former British territories in Africa they had something of a common industrial relations heritage built around an institutional framework in the British mould which was fostered by colonial administrations . |
| 16 | The British have fallen in love with this Mediterranean island because it has everything for a perfect holiday : sunny skies , glorious beaches , bustling resorts , friendly people , fascinating sights and beautiful countryside . |
| 17 | New Zealand has the playing infrastructure but it has nothing like a big enough commercial base . |
| 18 | You would never know by its handling that it had anything but a normal tail unit . |
| 19 | But she knew he had her at a complete disadvantage , and he knew it , too . |
| 20 | Inevitably , when he arrived home he found he had nothing but a blank sheet of photographic paper . |
| 21 | So he wanted more life cover , but he obviously on his old plan could n't sustain that to the same period of time , so he had it for a shorter period of time , the ten years , and when it dropped , he dropped down again . |
| 22 | Dad , dad used to use it for the bonfires but when he , when he did n't have any petrol he used to use it on the bonfire and he had it in a secret bottle and erm he got it too near and he did n't realize and all of a sudden it goes really really hot and he threw it and everywhere . |
| 23 | As there was no national system of state secondary schools until 1902 there was a constant struggle between those who wanted to raise the level of theological education in the colleges and those who knew that many of the men coming into them had nothing but a primary school education . |