Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] had a " in BNC.
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1 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
2 | When my brother or I had a fever , my mother or my grandfather used to come here to find leaves or roots to cure it . |
3 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
4 | The graduate in English was to be to some extent a scholar , in so far as he or she had a sense of the past and the capacity to understand literature in its historical contexts , particularly linguistic ; beyond that , what was looked for was wide reading , an appreciation of masterpieces , and a capacity to write well , attend to evidence , and disentangle sense from nonsense in argument . |
5 | Before the provision contained in rule 3(7) was enacted , the law governing standing to apply for prerogative orders was , in simplified terms , as follows : a person could apply for certiorari or prohibition provided he or she had a genuine grievance or , in other words , provided the applicant was a person aggrieved by the challenged decision . |
6 | A duty solicitor had an obligation to provide advice to persons in custody and , if desired , to make a bail application ; he or she had a discretion to provide advice and representation to defendants , whether or not in custody , in cases involving imprisonable offences , and even in connection with non-imprisonable offences in exceptional cases . |
7 | His Offensive Weapons ( Scotland ) Bill would put the onus on the person carrying a knife to prove he or she had a valid reason for doing so . |
8 | Er further to what John said about the er , Young Inventor , we were fortunate enough last year to have er our competitor , or we had a , we held a competition locally |
9 | In a spoken message we notice the quality of the voice as well : maybe the speaker 's voice was shaking , or they had a particular accent , or hesitated , or slurred their words . |
10 | ‘ I do n't think anyone let it in , I 'd guess the door was open or it had a key . ’ |
11 | For the first time , Shirnette and me had a real fight , because of what I hated most . |
12 | And it seems to have happened because thirty years ago everybody like Jerry and me had a repayment mortgage which meant there were very few endowment mortgages . |
13 | She disappeared out the back again and Katrina and I had a blitz on the cleaning , finishing up behind the counter . |
14 | ‘ I felt numb from the neck upwards , which is the ideal way to play this game , ’ he said , ‘ and I had a little lesson yesterday from my friend David Jones . ’ |
15 | Alastair and I had a six-course breakfast in Edinburgh . ’ |
16 | And I had a strong need to pit myself against her many suitors , and win . |
17 | At dusk , on Thursday , in the square outside Conservative Central Office , a television reporter and I had a brief talk . |
18 | After visiting No 10 , the outspoken MP for Derbyshire South and former junior health minister , said : ‘ The Prime Minister and I had a long and friendly discussion , and I was very honoured to be asked to join his Government . |
19 | FOR YEARS , SOME FRIENDS AND I HAD A HABIT OF HIRING A COTTAGE somewhere deep in the Highlands at New Year . |
20 | We got on real well and I had a lot of fun that week . |
21 | JTR and I had a new door to walk through practically every night . |
22 | I remember walking down there at night and I had a cough . |
23 | My friend had a leopard skin and I had a coney seal with a mink marmot collar and cuffs . |
24 | When the truck had dumped me and my kit-bag at the Guard Room and I had a chance to look around me , I spied in the middle distance a cluster of substantial looking buildings . |
25 | And I had a slight mishap , the simplest thing in the world , really , when I was using a shovel in the calf house . |
26 | ‘ I apologize for my son , ’ he said wearily , and I had a convincing impression that he 'd apologized countless times before . |
27 | Mother-of-four Dawn adds , ‘ Kim and I had a cry together and I told her that just because I loved Colin , it did n't mean I 'd stopped loving her . ’ |
28 | Eva and Charlie and I had a drink and talked about other things . |
29 | TIMOTHY and I had a wonderful time in Lourdes and I feel so much comfort from it . |
30 | LOURDES is a very special place , there I felt humble and I had a realisation that no matter what pain or trouble I had I was by no means alone . |