Example sentences of "he [vb past] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Unless you 're like my Uncle Joe — a fox got his best foot , 'e 'ad to have a wooden leg , 'e was livid . ’
2 well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up
3 The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence .
4 Once Keith left it at the home of some guy he 'd had a one night stand with , and when he went back to get it he was so embarrassed he had sex with the guy again , which was a mistake for both of them .
5 He 'd had a new set made for him by the professional but somehow could not get used to them .
6 " Ennalls drowned himself because his fiance threw him over and he 'd had a mental breakdown .
7 He 'd had a separate telephone line installed ; she lived with that .
8 ‘ That 's good stuff , ’ he acknowledged after he 'd had a deep draught .
9 The CO sat in another rain-washed tent to receive Charles 's fairly smart salute and ask him if he 'd had a good day .
10 He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ?
11 If I was a less trusting soul I 'd have said he 'd had a good lunch .
12 I just hoped he 'd had a good surveyor on the job before committing himself .
13 And he 'd tell me stories or sing to me , and sometimes , after he 'd had a good tumblerful of whisky , he 'd slide his hand up my shorts and stroke my thigh .
14 He 'd had a good line going with a number of the wives out here — what man had n't ?
15 You could get the odds because he 'd had a poor year until then by his standards .
16 He 'd had a blazing row with a ‘ Foreign Office Johnnie ’ , and was on the point of bursting when a third voice had come onto the line .
17 ‘ I believe they behaved as if he 'd had a fortunate escape — condemned Isabelle as an aventurière , and worse .
18 He 'd had a serious liaison before the war with a young girl whom he 'd got pregnant .
19 Two years earlier he 'd had a privatised council house in East Ham , a nice little business and his family .
20 If he 'd had a nice meal by the fire and the box to watch and no screaming and yelling he 'd have stayed in like Hoomey .
21 With Romy he 'd had a real romance but it had flourished only on the Continent and withered in the cold climate of England .
22 He 'd had a real pimple when he arrived , but during the time he took to find and bribe an official to provide the documents , the blemish had healed , .
23 But I I thought then he 'd had a slight stroke so to make him
24 It was quite unlike Ace to have left her to carry her own baggage , but of course he 'd had a hard race .
25 He said he 'd had a hard life .
26 Well not too early because he 'd had a hard day .
27 when he 'd said he 'd had a bad experience .
28 He 'd had a bad dream in which he 'd been not only head of the Conservative Research Department , but also with the Raj in Belfast , and confronted by coalminers and oil-rig workers to boot .
29 He felt odd , queer , as if he 'd had a bad dream .
30 He 'd had a bad shave and his hair looked as if it was growing back after having been cut too short .
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