Example sentences of "[pron] had [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially , I had much support but then I became introverted . |
| 2 | ‘ That I had many acquaintances named Svend and that none of them would run off with a teenager . ’ |
| 3 | In these respects I had many discussions with Guevara , who himself disclosed his loss of marxist illusions . |
| 4 | At night , Daddy read to me , and though I had many books , there were only four I wished to hear . |
| 5 | Geraldine read us a short story and , as I had each contraction , I 'd kneel over a bean bag . |
| 6 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
| 7 | Would that I had such help as men must have , |
| 8 | I feel that , apart from this , you showed an interest in me and my development which enabled me to grow both in the exercise of my talents and in the confidence that I had such talents . |
| 9 | I had such difficulty persuading him to take Brückner 's story seriously . |
| 10 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
| 11 | I had such hopes for them , and was even pleased when , at the age of seven , Paheri asked to enter the priesthood . |
| 12 | I had such hopes for him ! |
| 13 | After my dream last night I had such hopes , too . ’ |
| 14 | I wanted to hate him for doing this to me , so much earlier than I had thought it would be done , but it was difficult to hate a man I had such respect for . |
| 15 | Bob and I had all sorts of schemes for us all to meet , including asking you to come to Edinburgh as a halfway house , but we realised that actually that is rather more than halfway for you , and would n't be at all easy . |
| 16 | I obviously understood this very well and I had all sorts of |
| 17 | so then I had all Christmas off . |
| 18 | ‘ Thank God I had that five-shot lead , ’ gasped Faldo after receiving the £348,763 winner 's cheque . |
| 19 | ‘ You see , ’ she said , ‘ I had that winter with her . ’ |
| 20 | He writes : ‘ among [ the Dinka ] I had that experience of daily conversation which enables one to discriminate , as we take for granted in the language into which we were born , between what people mean and what they say . |
| 21 | I had that bit today . |
| 22 | I know , I , I had that promise on . |
| 23 | Oh I went to the doctors last night cos I had that check up did n't I ? |
| 24 | but I had that ages ago in one of my |
| 25 | ‘ If I had that kind of money I would try to go out and buy the best players available — I would pay the price needed as Kenny has done . |
| 26 | They could n't put a cloth over it , you know , like I had that night when the Corporal rushed , parang drawn , into my room at the O. T. X-Ray . |
| 27 | Ah I wish I had that money . |
| 28 | Told ya , I know when I were in hospital I had that stuff on me you know it were terrible even though it was |
| 29 | I had that meat that you |
| 30 | I had that problem once . |