Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a [noun] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I had a nurse either side of me telling me to push , but I could n't push .
2 You see , I had a dream many years ago that the opera-houses of the world would make many more exchanges .
3 I had a case this week of a person who was reduced from a Category A , the most serious form of offender in prison , to a Category C.
4 ‘ If I had a bit more pay , he would let me come to you , you would have to keep me in grub if I was an apprentice would n't you ?
5 I wish I could I wish I had a bit more energy this morning .
6 I had a nightmare that night which ended with me rolling out of bed and landing on the floor where I was sick .
7 I had a tutorial this afternoon from — ’
8 I had a fright this morning , though .
9 I had a lot less hassle walking around Tripoli , than I would have walking around Athens , for example .
10 I had a lot more homework to do there , than here .
11 And I voted , I think , if I had a vote that day , I certainly voted in favour of that , and so did members of all groups .
12 Yeah I had a glass this morning
13 I had a letter this morning , a letter from my wife 's mother .
14 I had a letter this morning , a lovely long one .
15 She said I had a letter this morning
16 Just ask her a couple of times whether she had a bath this morning and she will immediately be reduced to the anxious teenager she once was , surreptitiously sniffing her armpits and combing chemists for bottles of Charlie .
17 I just thought you had a bit more guts than the rest of them .
18 ‘ You would n't make a bad pioneer if you had a bit more time for practice .
19 We had a struggle this morning coming out , my windows were all mucky outsi go it got , a car , van had passed me .
20 we had a change this time and I , it was quite good , yes it was erm mm frightening you get the adrenalin flowing .
21 I said to Chris I felt we had a bit more money and could do better than that .
22 We had a job this week that was booked in
23 We had a lecture that afternoon in which the course and aim of our training was explained to us by Sergeant-Chef Gibeau , an angular Frenchman with a perfectly shaved head and a tendency to wear sunglasses in the rain .
24 We had a letter this morning and one enclosed for you .
25 I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business .
26 In the past we had a lot more family structure and friends , a good neighbourhood network , but if you had problems er , you could go , you could talk about it
27 Yeah , well they got they were , they were sharp both ends , they were n't , ai n't got no stern , them paddle they were paddle boats , so there you got one they had a rudder each end so they had to keep one rudder shut and the other one used to steer .
28 There was a kind of tension that perhaps could have been alleviated if they had a couple more people with them , ’ he says .
29 They had a lot more possession , more control and we gave the ball away far too frequently . ’
30 Mr. Stone was an old man with a full white beard although he had a daughter several years younger than me .
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