Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 2 | Oh yeah , I mean I had a horrible time with him for some time and it just , just |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Dr Howe … an Oxford graduate … had been a tutor in English at the Open University based at Foxcombe Hall in Oxford for the past two years … she 's recently published her first book … through Cambridge university Press called the First English Actresses … colleagues say she had a bright future . |
| 5 | The children say they had a great time , eating sweets and with a pirate on board their bus . |
| 6 | They say they had a good hearing |
| 7 | They say they had a good hearing |
| 8 | I expect he had a smooth stick for himself did he ? |
| 9 | He did everything , Toby felt , but say he had a spiffing wheeze . |
| 10 | We hope you had a good journey . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Hope you had a good time , ’ said Chris Robinson before trotting energetically off the stage . |
| 12 | ‘ I hope you had a happy time , saw lots of pictures . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope you had a wonderful day as well ? |
| 14 | He took an interest in it from a scientific point of view and his etchings and aquatints show he had a clear understanding of different types of cloud formation and their associated weather . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | perhaps he 's been forewarned and just swapped over sides with , but I mean we had a full wind and light through then , well sort of |
| 17 | and we had er , I mean we had a bright orange swivel chair and when that came out it was called the Orbit or something , something really weird and it had a big back on it and we thought it was great I mean , I think it 's awful now , some of the things we had , I 'll have to try and find some photographs cos I 've got a case full of photographs upstairs |
| 18 | You know I had a moving traffic accident |
| 19 | Floor you know you had a middle floor . |
| 20 | I know you had a terrible time and the last thing I meant to do was to upset you . |
| 21 | Not at all , I thought you might , you remember you had a quick preview of that , a few months ago , and you 'll be pleased to know that the Chief Officers have now decided that the best way of dealing with it is for each , no first of all they decided that they 'll recommend two members for the signing of the charter , that 's the first step , it 's quite a step forward , remembering they . |
| 22 | ‘ I remember you had a lovely Pembroke table — I coveted that . ’ |
| 23 | you know we had a real laugh with him |
| 24 | I remember they had a one cylinder Lister diesel generator which had to be started by hand , and it was very difficult to get a good swing at the handle . |
| 25 | He is the first reigning Formula One world champion to make the switch and Haas , a wealthy ex-racer , admitted : ‘ We know he had a fabulous offer from Ferrari . |
| 26 | After the crash in Taunton , Somerset , Frank , 78 , said : ‘ I suppose I had a lucky escape . ’ |
| 27 | But after a hesitant pause she found herself saying , ‘ I believe you had a slight mishap on a film last year — in France . |
| 28 | maybe that 's one of women 's traditions , I believe they had a big part to pla play in it . |
| 29 | Well the Bill was , who was the manager in those days was very much the manager , and there was one of the directors used to play for the Villa , and he used to more or less look after the playing side which the rest of the directors never seemed to interfere with , they , they left the management up to the manager the selection of the team , Bill and the trainer when they were in the second division was Arthur who 's manager of Derby County now , he had the , I believe he had a sad time when he was at Walsall he , he lost his wife in a car accident and |
| 30 | I believe it had a thatched roof and it was such a bonny place , but it has sadly been derelict for years . |