Example sentences of "[pers pn] had any [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I said yes , that I wanted a farm place , and he asked me if I had any experience .
2 If I had any criticism of our organisation it would be that we have a tendency to hide our light under a bushel .
3 I did n't even know I had any kind of title until I went to prep school when I started to get these letters saying : ‘ The Honourable Charles ’ .
4 Without really still thinking that I had any chance of success , I went back down to the Circle Line and journeyed on to Liverpool Street .
5 I would do if I had any change , you could go and
6 I should hand you over to the Tech-Greens if I had any sense ! ’
7 And if I had any sense I would never have left there in the first place . ’
8 ‘ If I had any sense , I 'd dump you overboard , ’ he growled .
9 If I had any sense at all , I would have left then .
10 That was the first time I had any idea ! ’
11 I even took its number just to prove how professional I was , not that I had any idea how it could help .
12 Well I I I mean there i thinking back , I did n't think at that stage , I hope I 'm right about this , th that I had any idea that Geoffrey Howe was going to resign .
13 Not that I had any idea what his present salary was .
14 No one had heard of access to ink print information in those days and as I was the only blind student there I did n't feel I had any support to ask for it to be made available .
15 I do n't think I had any blood on my hands , for I had held her ankles just below the silver bracelets .
16 I can claim that I did , and that I never breached that trust , assuming that I had any information of a sufficiently intriguing character to make it worthwhile betraying a friend .
17 But the fact is , at that point , I did n't even know I had any information to feed anybody .
18 No way could a person eat something like that — not that I had any intention of killing and consuming the poor creature , now that my eyes had been opened .
19 I was — why should I be modest — undoubtedly the most beautiful , the most renowned , the most desirable woman with whom he ever slept ( if I had any rival , it was only a strange beast I shall tell you of later ) .
20 The servicemen were always very helpful in hauling one aboard , but I was not in uniform and I always felt they must be wondering whether or not I had any right to travel .
21 I was n't at all sure that I had any right to make the request that I proposed to make .
22 The chief magistrate watched me intently as the prosecutor , a blundering serjeant-at-law , failed to prove I had any grievance against the Ralembergs and could not proffer any motive for the crime .
23 I was horrified by these disclosures and indeed spent rather a troubled night reflecting on whether I had any duty to express my view .
24 ‘ When I bought the VF I left it completely standard because I wanted to establish if I had any talent .
25 ‘ If I had any coffee , I 'd probably pour it all over you . ’
26 I do n't think I had any celery , I had , I had put in whatever I had in the house and sort of various herbs and spices and things .
27 ‘ If I had any energy left , I 'd throw you out , ’ she told him resentfully .
28 ‘ We could check the off-licence , I suppose , though I did n't think she had any money . ’
29 The vicious , open-handed blow landed on Isabel 's cheek before she had any warning of the Empress 's intention .
30 Clare , if she had any sense ( which seemed questionable ) , must realize that a person of his background and way of life would scarcely have remained pure .
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