Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] had a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we saw almost nothing of Hong Kong , except the inside of the luxurious Hong Kong Hotel , where we had a few hours ' sleep before going to the railway station in the morning . |
| 2 | After dinner we all sat in the lounge , the camp supplied wine and Jerry supplied Scotch so we had a few drinks and said our farewells for the night and then back to our cabins were we slept on good mattresses . |
| 3 | Midway through 1906–07 Archie was deployed at right-back in the Palace line-ups , although he had a few outings on the right wing , and he played throughout our fabulous progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals . |
| 4 | ‘ So he had a few puffs before he grabbed her round the neck and got on with the job … ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I was thinking of a smoke myself , ’ he said , his eyes fixed on the pouch , as if staring it down , ‘ if I had a few minutes in hand . ’ |
| 6 | The the guy ca n't get that cos I had a few shillings more after working two years . |
| 7 | I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly . |
| 8 | Yes , it 's the hundred , it 's a hundred over four , what does that come to , so now if you had a hundred things shared out between , what would that come to ? |
| 9 | And with the exception of Davy Mallon , none of the reserve team could make the step up to the senior squad if we had a few injuries . |
| 10 | if it had a few twists and curls round it and little things like that and bits of gold plate on it I mean that they 'd go for it , but er , because it 's made for its purpose and do n't want it . |
| 11 | Well as you can see from what Frank said , the six main sectors overall did n't fare too badly , sixteen percent drop in aggregate at the trading level and in fact er , our other interest less expenses were actually ended on eleven percent because we had a million pounds more profit from Lakeside when we sold the Tesco 's site . |
| 12 | ‘ He only got his chance because we had a few players out with flu . |
| 13 | I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep . |
| 14 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 15 | She looked at her friend and wanted to ask whether she had a few days to spare , because that was how long any description of him would take . |
| 16 | Luckily we were n't attacked , though we had a few scares . |
| 17 | Whenever he thought of that first blind delicious sensation , as he had a hundred times that morning , he had to close his eyes . |