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

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1 They 're trained to collate evidence about the present , and project it into the future , not to find out what happened fifteen years ago to some one particular person , least of all one with whom I had a slight personal acquaintance .
2 Teacher : Mr Y ( year head ) for example , I had a great verbal battle with him over a West Indian girl called June Green who I teach .
3 As a child I had a Japanese black-lacquered box , inlaid with a moon in mother-of-pearl , shimmering above dark islands .
4 I had a nasty little feeling in my inside that was nothing to do with the sauna .
5 That night I had a floating flying dream and , hovering in an upright position two feet or so above the ground , I remembered the caller 's problem and immediately found a solution .
6 Before I could answer his questions he remarked slowly , ‘ You know , Boyo , I had a bloody good dream .
7 I had a dirty great chip on my shoulder .
8 I could n't move my arms or legs , my body tingled all over and I had a terrible splitting headache .
9 I had a good nosey round .
10 the one who I had a good old snog with
11 As well as the long-muzzled , black-fanged mask , I had a swirling ankle-length cape in black and green to represent the wings .
12 Three hours earlier a lilting voice had told me that I had a nice big cock .
13 One minute I had a nice clean case bust wide open , stiff sentences all round and bonus promotion points for yours truly .
14 fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go .
15 I was Unca Donald and I had a new junior woodchuck .
16 I recall at this period that I had a new second pilot by the name of Saltzgaber , who was first generation Canadian but German born , The target was Mannheim , When we got into the area we found that thick cloud covered what we thought was tie target , so we went down , But there was no way we were going to get under .
17 I had a lovely bouncing 8lb 9oz daughter one month later .
18 I had a lovely spacious bedroom and bathroom with every comfort and I only wished I was spending more than one night here .
19 This apparently was so serious that I had a sudden joyous hallucination .
20 I had a sudden mental picture of a struggling and reluctant group of climbers being herded into a minibus bound for Anglesey by Dunne , Littlejohn et al .
21 I had a sudden mental image of a figure on Bowfell moulding this revelation onto a few square centimetres of film , rushing from one spot to the next , barking rapidly into a tape recorder .
22 And it , and it like , it run down me face there and I had a big red mark on me face .
23 I had a beautiful green crinoline dress and all the ladies wore white mop caps , ’ she said of her role as Polly Peacham .
24 I 'd always wanted a little girl , but one of the students at the door told me I had a beautiful little boy and he was fine .
25 At fifteen I had a smart brown jersey skirt and a light green jersey dress and a Leslie Caron " Gigi " hair-do .
26 Sampras , who registered a 2–6 , 7–5 , 6–3 defeat of Martin Jaite , the Argentine clay court specialist , in the second round of the Nice Open , said ; ‘ I had a tough European trip last year .
27 I had a rigorous scientific training and a haphazard vocational training , and they were very , very different .
28 Bobby , at No. 18 with Humpin' Around , says : ‘ When I was young I had a cute little collie dog , but one day he bit me real bad .
29 At about one am on Advent Sunday morning , I had a bad asthmatic attack .
30 I had a few casual relationships after I left the Sorbonne .
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