Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a duck-billed platypus when I was up at Trinity , |
| 2 | I have to pick it up , she said oh that 's good , as I say I had a brilliant interview when the other members of staff come Steve and erm , I forget what the girl 's name was , but she 's already had a |
| 3 | I had a similar problem when I wanted to rout a decorative edge around small components . |
| 4 | I had a terrible shock when you opened your eyes and looked so steadily at me . |
| 5 | Well , I said the usual pompous things but I had a good laugh when she rang off . |
| 6 | I must say I had a big shock when I married Nick . |
| 7 | He recalls : ‘ I had a bad name when I first came into the league because I skated round trying to hit as many Canadians as possible to get myself noticed . |
| 8 | However , I had a funny reaction when the taxi arrived back in Baldersdale — my legs went and I could hardly walk . |
| 9 | During this race she had a lucky escape when she fell to the deck from spreader level while aloft trying to trip a jammed spinnaker . |
| 10 | ‘ But because you have no concept of how to relate to people on anything other than a superficial level , you have a terrible shock when you get into a situation like marriage and find that it does n't live up to your fantasies . |
| 11 | So , if you have a low metabolism when you sleep , it will also probably be low when you are sitting or standing . |
| 12 | Just where 's he craps on the floor , you have a massive pong when that happens . |
| 13 | You have a particular responsibility when forming a judgement about the tolerability of risk . |
| 14 | ‘ We had a long talk when we had dinner together , ’ Haverford said out of a silence in respect of the dead . |
| 15 | We had a momentary chill when they climbed aboard … piracy ? |
| 16 | I too remember when Darlington was a county borough and we had a lovely town when we were responsible for our own efficiency and everything in the garden was lovely . |
| 17 | Yeah , yeah it 's a nice afternoon out , I mean we had a lovely dinner when we went did n't we , first time we went |
| 18 | They had a huge row when he got back home early yesterday — and she called police to sort him out . |
| 19 | It has a characteristic shape when plotted against the raw probabilities , as shown in figure 8.5 ; it is S-shaped and is approximately linear in the middle part of the distribution . |
| 20 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 21 | From Tripoli the advance into Tunisia involved him in some of the bitterest fighting of the war : in the Matmata Hills on the outflanking of the Mareth Line ; at Wadi Akarit , where he had a narrow escape when he received ( as he modestly put it , doubtless so as not to worry me unduly ) ‘ a wallop from a piece of spent shell ’ , but was not badly injured ; and at the drive north to Enfidaville . |
| 22 | So somehow it was reassuring to find he had a sore throat when I saw him last Thursday . |
| 23 | Although he had a stylish vulnerability when it came to cars , driving was not Baxter 's strong point . |
| 24 | He had a nasty accident when riding in the forest — a very nasty accident and is seeing no one . ’ |
| 25 | He had a wicked tongue when roused and could talk a blue streak . |
| 26 | Most of us have a major problem when faced by a very unpleasant character who is screaming like an animal or explaining how he is going to separate us from parts of our body . |