Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] had [art] " in BNC.

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1 My activities had no goal and no aspiration , and I had no competitors , which meant that I rapidly acquired the confidence of the leadership of the Labour Party .
2 To demonstrate his empathy with the women whom he spends his life treating , he adds that : ‘ If my beard had a 6 per cent chance of turning malignant I would shave it off . ’
3 One of the babies ' mother even said that she would not have another child until my mum had a vacancy !
4 And to make matters worse , it was a white guy my mum had an affair with .
5 The first winter that my sister had no work
6 My sister had a baby a year ago and her boyfriend would n't marry her .
7 My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’
8 well my sister had a go , she knows people you see , like Jenny 's
9 Yes I heard of a lot of things , the coil , er my my sister had the coil and erm and of course the cap which which it what I had .
10 But what happened was , if a member of my branch had a complaint , he would come to me as secretary and complain .
11 Except my agent had a will of sponge , so instead of telling the charity committee to go take a bath in some sulphuric acid , I 'd find myself trekking off to Bodmin to give my all for the local branch of the Cats ' Protection League .
12 Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent .
13 Despite my soft soles , my steps had an extraordinary echo .
14 I mean my boy had a er a terrible accident ten years ago and smashed all his face all his teeth were when we first saw his face he 'd got no teeth left but it 's got them all back .
15 My parents had a point , too .
16 And then my parents had a big er lean- to built at the side of the house and we had a full size billiard table in there .
17 ‘ When I was a boy my parents had a bookshop like this in Plymouth .
18 There must have been dozens of them in our back garden by the time I was seven , though my parents had no idea they were living next to a bird cemetery .
19 My parents had no jobs , no passports , no country , nothing !
20 What if I had a 90 per cent chance of surviving , but my child had a similar chance of being badly handicapped ?
21 ‘ I was so inside the lyric , my body had a life of its own .
22 My Husband Had A Heart Transplant And Now He Loves The Donor 's Wife ( Confession Magazine )
23 Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death .
24 ‘ I told him — my husband had a hard job , he was n't working for a time .
25 Well my husband had a job here we moved from Highbury in in London because his firm moved from Highbury in London to here and erm got so we had to move with my husband because of his job , you see ?
26 My husband had a stroke last year and needs peace and quiet .
27 In this connection , it is interesting to note that Hannah Mitchell had the agreement of her husband to use birth control : ‘ Fortunately my husband had the courage of his socialist convictions on this point ’ .
28 My husband had an accident . ’
29 My friend had a foreboding .
30 My friend had a leopard skin and I had a coney seal with a mink marmot collar and cuffs .
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