Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my friends ( 'I' ) who just stays a couple of doors up from me has got a very different attitude towards sex . |
| 2 | And I 'd seen a most delightful villa — do you know St-Tropez , Jean ? |
| 3 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 4 | I 'd conjured a rather camp Major Sager , complete with Jimmy Edwards moustache and a bed of roses which he pruned incessantly . |
| 5 | I had written a particularly tear-jerking script for 1OAB 's ‘ last hour ’ for which we might well have played ‘ Hearts and Flowers ’ as an obbligato . |
| 6 | ‘ At the end of those five minutes , he said , I had become a completely different person . ’ |
| 7 | The day progressed and I had searched a reasonably large expanse of foreshore without much to show by way of finds apart from a few pennies and halfpennies . |
| 8 | As it happened I had heard a very similar point being put to a group of Belfast managers from top insurance companies a few days previously . |
| 9 | He said he thought I had developed a very strong activity programme , and that my rapport with the guests was incredible . |
| 10 | I had drawn a fairly creditable sketch of the castle when , as I hoped , I heard voices behind me . |
| 11 | The other day , after a long time , I walked through Dedinje , an exclusive suburb of Belgrade , and felt I had entered a completely unknown part of the city . |
| 12 | On the first occasion , I remembered , I had found a highly personable stray kitten and before the week was up had delivered it to what promised to be a good new home adjacent to that jokey castle . |
| 13 | I had had a very successful indoor season , set a British indoor record at 200 metres and a personal best at 60 metres , and gained my first individual international selection . |
| 14 | The funny thing was this happened yards from where I had had a very bad motorcycle crash ten years before . |
| 15 | ‘ … as an in-patient in hospitals on several occasions myself I had had a more appetising variation of diet . |
| 16 | And I 've discovered a really great label over here called Plein Sud — they 're the best clothes — and when I 've had people set up photo shoots for me here I get them to bring some for me . |
| 17 | your invitation erm on Friday , I 've prepared a very brief statement on erm our analysis of the relative erm suitability of each of the sectors around the Greater York area to accommodate a new settlement . |
| 18 | Ditto for Intercity erm intentionally I 've played a very low profile game on this . |
| 19 | And after you 've sent your signal to Athens and I 've composed a suitably stirring message to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , if I do , I 've chosen a pretty safe place to do it in , I think , ’ she responded tenderly , exploring the commanding contours of his face with fingers that had been aching to do this for months . |
| 21 | I 've had a rather difficult time of it of late and it may be affecting my attitude to people . ’ |
| 22 | I 've had a right good chat to David . |
| 23 | Sometimes if I 've had a particularly bad day and I go out there thinking I 'm going to have a particularly bad gig I 'll have a really great one . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've had a most interesting day , ’ he said , ‘ I 've been to the Balcombe Street siege . ’ |
| 25 | and er , and so , and er as I say er I 've had a most wonderful life and I 've been a widow now for ten years . |
| 26 | I 've had a really horrendous time while you 've been away cavorting with your Jews … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've had a terribly peaceful few weeks . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've had a very long and happy life without sex . |
| 29 | Stephen was about to answer when Robert went on : ‘ I 've had a very agitated Michael Davis on the phone . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , I 've had a very curious dream ! ’ said Alice , and she told her sister all about the strange adventures in her wonderful dream . |