Example sentences of "[pers pn] had some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had some problems with my papers , but Ramon 's friend sorted them for me . |
| 2 | And when I showed him a list of names I had collected ( why , I do not know , I had some notion of an appeal or inquiry ) , he read : ‘ Lynch , Connally , Egan , Kelly … etc. ’ and then he looked at me and added , ‘ I was looking at the lists of those who died in the recent great victories of general Gough at Aliwal and Sobraon in India . |
| 3 | They are not , as I had some apprehension , gold striped , or jewelled , ( the pipes , I mean ) . |
| 4 | It 's time I had some fun , |
| 5 | ‘ I only wish I had some anecdotes of my own to compete with yours . ’ |
| 6 | I had some puzzles to think out . |
| 7 | By that time I had some history of being involved in socialist politics , which helped make sense of the external world , and a dawning recognition that there was also an inner world to be explored and that the psyche could n't just be dealt with by an effort of will . |
| 8 | He knew that I had some experience , but I think he was trying to make me relax and , perhaps , find out just how much I did or did n't know . |
| 9 | I had some experience of this when I lived at home , having to wait hours for the district nurses . |
| 10 | By the time I had some sense out of her it was too late to consider having even a coffee . |
| 11 | I had some difficulty in persuading him that I had not even seen , let alone read , the book , either in manuscript or in print . |
| 12 | I had some difficulty in securing admission to the Embassy , past a kavas in a spectacular scarlet uniform . |
| 13 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | I I must confess Mr I had some difficulty with the wording of P P G there when it says , unacceptable coalescence , er and trying to balance that against the expressed aim that this should be freestanding . |
| 15 | Everybody wanted that , but I had some contacts , I knew I could get in there . |
| 16 | So anyway I finally persuaded her that I 'd that I 'd like to emigrate to the United States and she we I had some contacts in the United States of course , through her . |
| 17 | Well I mean the erm , I had some bins and all stuff , buy some bins and stuff for the office , she 's ordered all sorts of things I , I had , I , I |
| 18 | On one occasion I had some winter clothes brought in and it did take up literally half the visit , sorting all that out , and arguing about what I could and could n't have . |
| 19 | Which reminded me , I had some credit cards to return . |
| 20 | I had some chips that 's why I was |
| 21 | I had some sympathy at the time , but not anymore . |
| 22 | ‘ I had about 700 quid and I had some mates who 'd been in Clock DVA , the Sheffield band . |
| 23 | Yeah but they 're doing the distance learning course at the moment on publicity and P R I think erm I had some papers about that somewhere |
| 24 | ‘ No , I had some work to do in the kitchen and I left them here . ’ |
| 25 | I should add that I had some entertainment on learning that not so long ago the local minister had run off with a young man . |
| 26 | I had some idea that the record-player must be in Conchis 's room . |
| 27 | At the far end , once again my , detector gave a nice small signal , quite different from the copper halfpennies , and as I dug down to retrieve this I had some idea in mind that this might be a hammered . |
| 28 | I had some misgivings at the prospect of 16-ton lorries on a country path , but the sheer volume of material needed ( to get sufficient build-up ) , ruled out the possibility of doing the job manually , with wheelbarrows . |
| 29 | I had watched Quintin under pressure during the Suez crisis where he had shown admirable calm at the Admiralty in testing circumstances ; and while I had some misgivings about his famous ‘ judgement ’ I felt that he could take on the leadership and the job of Prime Minister , and make a success of it . |
| 30 | And erm I had some beech along the roadside , main roadside . |