Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb past] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having located the house , he had roared into Belfast and met Mallachy at the Wellington Park , where they 'd had a pint of Guinness beneath the photos of the famous actors . |
| 2 | That was a bit embarrassing — I 'd never seen him blush before — so I decided to have a joke . |
| 3 | ‘ So I decided to have a haircut . |
| 4 | " Oh , it was agreed earlier that Mr Gerard would only need one of us to assist after the coffee was served , so I pretended to have a headache . " |
| 5 | Although she had had a shower before going to the boat , she decided to take a long bath . |
| 6 | It was lunchtime , so she suggested having a drink in the Flask . |
| 7 | Okay so you 'd had a bit of a break that 's good . |
| 8 | She was bone-weary , but she would be all right , she assured herself , once she 'd had a sit down and something to eat . |
| 9 | The day dawned misty and drizzly so we went to have a look , confident heroics would not be called for . |
| 10 | erm people were starting to move out , and I think that , I think quite a lot of people , well although they 'd had a lot of information from the Local Authority , were still very unsure about how that would affect other benefits , in particular supplementary benefits , and single payments , and that , that , grants for , for the furniture , that kind of thing . |
| 11 | However this radicalization in land policy had allowed them to defeat the K M T and essentially led them to get into power so one has elements of pragmatism in their ideology and that how that you 've got to realize that the Communist Party was in a very precarious situation throughout these years , that how that although they did have a kind of er policy in th there ultimate aim of socialism , and although it seare appeared s quite strange that they were almost promoting capitalism , that how that their aim during this period was to eliminate feudalism which was the s and then to establish capitalism in order that socialism could take place . |
| 12 | ‘ They used to pull my leg , but once they 'd had a go they soon changed their minds . ’ |
| 13 | Once they 'd had a conversation on two levels , from street to first-floor window ; it had been in April ; on the second occasion he 'd visited her in the afternoon , for a walk along the canal . |
| 14 | Although he had had a smoker 's cough for years , it was not until last April that inoperable lung cancer was diagnosed . |
| 15 | Although he had had a smoker 's cough for many years , it was less than a year ago that he was diagnosed as having incurable lung cancer . |
| 16 | Once it had had a lawn and trees and borders but except for a small area , testament to one chap 's enthusiasm for vegetables , it was , says Mrs Hewer , ‘ quite ungardened ’ . |
| 17 | Cos er like I say , if I 'd had a window open or so you know what I mean ? |
| 18 | On the way back from moving the sheep , I felt as if I 'd had a night in the pub , started feeling very wheezy and , Oh this is good . |
| 19 | It would have been me pencil if I 'd had a pencil in me hand . |
| 20 | It made me feel sick — as if I 'd had a clout ; in the stomach . ’ |
| 21 | Last time I let you talk me into having a go , I felt as if I 'd had a session in a tumble dryer . ’ |
| 22 | Well I , the thing is if I 'd had a church se service and all that , you know |
| 23 | If I 'd had a gun I would have gone out and shoo shot out the whole neighbourhood . |
| 24 | If I 'd had a gun I would have done it . |
| 25 | I would n't have minded if I 'd had a bump on my head , a cross on it or a bullet through it . |
| 26 | I often wondered how different my life might have been if I had had a wife and family to come home to all these years . |
| 27 | I had been at Bourn for two years and had seen many people come and go , but if I had had a choice I would not have chosen to go to Group Headquarters . |
| 28 | If I had not had a sensation which resembles my present sensation I could not assert , ‘ My sensation is a sensation of white ’ with the same meaning as it would have if I had had a sensation resembling it . |
| 29 | If I had had a car of my own I would have offered her a lift , however far out of my way it might have taken me . |
| 30 | ‘ If I had had a gun I would have killed him … ’ |