Example sentences of "[vb past] have a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessica probably knew ten times more about these things than she did , she 'd had a million times more experience , at any rate . |
| 2 | ‘ After we 'd had a nice dinner together , we 'd go into Richard 's studio and we 'd put on music . |
| 3 | In the days when it was briefly fashionable to be seen around with black people she had also been known as ‘ Missy ’ , and she 'd had a black lover then . |
| 4 | That 's right and they 'd do into the wheat and they 'd on they 'd smoothed off , one man 'd had a big sack there , they hold her in , they had this one they build one in , he 'd go one in , he 'd go one and he 'd go one , four , four bushels of the corn and they used to tow it up , heave it out on the scale and they used to have a little old hand basin like that , with a handle on , take a little out or put a little in , and then them men down the hold , them ones , then he 'd do so many on the left and they 'd change over , he 'd do that way . |
| 5 | She did literally now , ever since that turn she 'd had a few months ago ; frightened of the stairs , the climb when the lifts did n't work , she rarely went out , but stayed surrounded and walled-in by belongings , old letters , cards , souvenirs scattered over the furniture . |
| 6 | I 'd had a soft erection before , but as our mouths collided — we had n't even been able to kiss all week ! — it hardened up painfully . |
| 7 | Because of the difficulty of leaving the children , my wife and I decided to have a short break away on our own this year . |
| 8 | Because of the difficulty of leaving the children , my wife and I decided to have a short break away on our own this year . |
| 9 | Actually I did have a good party once . |
| 10 | We appeared to have a decent squad then . |
| 11 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
| 12 | ‘ She had had a criminal abortion somewhere . |
| 13 | He had toyed with the idea of taking her to Dublin anyway , but they had had a rocky road enough already and perhaps she would be better at home . |
| 14 | At the same time he declared that the government 's economic polices had had a sufficient impact particularly on consumer spending and imports , to allow " a sustainable fall in interest rates " . |
| 15 | Her mother had had a beautiful voice both when she sang and when she talked . |
| 16 | One patient had had a positive test before repeat fundoplication , but was now reflux free , and the test was positive in only two patients . |
| 17 | Where the editor rattled her half dozen strings of large beads and remarked with a toothy grin : ‘ They say it 's the fashion — ’ Where Gerald , the art editor — who was reputed to have a fabulous house on the Chelsea Embankment full of priceless works of art — was so sensitive that he had to have a soundproof office specially built for him , while his assistant Jeremy padded along like his superior 's spaniel , and if Gerald wore a shirt of subtle pink on Monday , his minion would appear in the same shade on Tuesday . |