Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I had over a thousand pound . |
| 2 | ‘ The experience I had as a partner would not be replicated today because of the increasing narrowness of individual roles . ’ |
| 3 | And then I had about a a a two mile walk to pit bottom , you see . |
| 4 | I had about a fortnight there . |
| 5 | I had about a mile to go , and it was the longest mile I have ever covered in my life . |
| 6 | I had about a half hour to kill , I reckoned . |
| 7 | Oh I had about a shilling pocket money I think , although they used , they 'd fine you , they 'd stop money off you if you were late if you were a quarter of an hour late you could n't go in and erm until , and then you 'd got to explain to your mums , well that you were some money short you see , why is this , and we had to say well we were a bit late getting in when you started out soon enough you see . |
| 8 | I went from that to a Gibson EB3 , then to a Rickenbacker 4001 , which I had for a long time . |
| 9 | I had for a long time being trying to find a way of showing the heat-pain argument to be invalid , because I could not accept the conclusion , that heat exists only as a sensation in the mind . |
| 10 | I thought I had for a moment . ’ |
| 11 | I had on a white guipure lace dress and matching turban with a huge feather on the front . |
| 12 | When it was all over I had on a wet blouse , but Shirnette had one on too . |
| 13 | Well when you say cake , do n't get the wrong ideas , erm my idea of a cake , the vision that I had of a , a three tier cake , came to me as I was striding home from a meeting across The Downs and I had this vision of a three tier cake . |
| 14 | As I could n't take Lisabeth with me , it was the nearest thing I had to a lethal weapon . |
| 15 | I had to a man with the stick earlier . |
| 16 | I am not mad , most noble Festus , but in sober sadness I have suffered this day more bodily pain than I had before a conception of . |
| 17 | This account I had from a person of honour . |
| 18 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 19 | His had to a eh , give up his British passport and become an Australian . |
| 20 | When I moved in to my flat she had to a certain extent taken me over , and treated me like an erring and somewhat unintelligent son who obviously needed the care and attention of a responsible adult . |
| 21 | She had tossed and turned — as she had for a fortnight — thinking of Amy , full of foreboding . |
| 22 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
| 23 | She had for a while become a Monotype operator , on one of the " women 's machines " , and also remembers " trying to do imposition " and doing a little display work in one mainly jobbing firm where she worked for a short time . |
| 24 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 25 | Ven made no move to detain her , not that she had for a second considered that he might . |
| 26 | She had on a superb raspberry pink swagger coat . |
| 27 | She had on a bright green crimplene suit and a dark green hat . |
| 28 | She had on a long blue dress . |
| 29 | A thematic key to the diaries was a haunting experience she had as a child in Cornwall . |
| 30 | ‘ Could Beatrice perhaps be getting a bit old in herself , ’ I had suggested , ‘ or could it perhaps be something to do with the accident she had as a child ? ’ |