Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] had [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman explained yesterday : ‘ Whoever designed them had knowledge of classical architecture . |
| 2 | I mean when I moved I had stuff in here before the upstairs was used , I had it for about a year or so , before I opened it up . |
| 3 | ‘ I was heartbroken when I found I had MS : it seemed the end of all my hopes and dreams , of my career and possibly of marrying and having children . ’ |
| 4 | Unfortunately , when the time came to devour the cakes , she found she had difficulty in eating hers because of its hardness . |
| 5 | All at once she had to notch her belt tighter , found she had hipbones , cheekbones , found her breasts were round and firm . |
| 6 | ‘ With the previous pans we used you had 22lbs of chips ready at one time and about half way through you tended to lose the quality because some of the chips would get sweaty . |
| 7 | Then he dedicated his life to music and the pursuit of women , and we found we had things in common . |
| 8 | And these were the positive ones and , remember , they come from within the ‘ old age ’ field itself where , incidentally , two groups reported they had retirement ages for their own committees . |
| 9 | ‘ The whole nature of that part of the market is that as soon as the insurers found they had claims , they stopped the product rather than trying to build the book sensibly , ’ says Caroline Blackman . |
| 10 | ‘ But the neighbours were suspicious and found he had soil in his shoes and a cock 's head under his bonnet . ’ |
| 11 | Billy , too , found he had AIDS , finally succumbing to the disease in May 1990 . |
| 12 | They wanted her to be admitted as soon as possible for treatment as it seemed she had cancer of the oesophagus . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose I assumed you could n't cope with people 's reaction to your breaking up with Jennifer when you learnt she had MS . ’ |
| 14 | The sixty-five year old , who also learned to box in the forces , was in his pyjamas — but the muggers still believed he had money to steal |
| 15 | A MAN told he had lung cancer gulped wine and valium before crashing his car into a tree . |
| 16 | I went to the doctor who did some tests which showed I had diabetes . |
| 17 | An RUC inspector said a test showed he had 141mg of alcohol to 100ml of blood . |
| 18 | The prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer , or Thomas of Learmouth , the self-proclaimed seer , who claimed he had dreams of Alexander 's death , constantly warning the King of this in four-line doggerel verse . |
| 19 | He peered across the tavern , watching a group of men busy baiting a relic-seller who claimed he had Aaron 's beard in a sack and was prepared to sell it to them for a few coins . |
| 20 | " The kid remarked I had devils . " |
| 21 | The proportion of people killed who had blood alcohol concentrations above the limit also fell . |
| 22 | In 1850 she discovered she had cancer of the uterus . |
| 23 | When she was 13 doctors discovered she had bone cancer . |
| 24 | ‘ When you said something about the real tragedy for anyone facing a handicap is when expected support is withdrawn , then yesterday at your flat I realised that you thought I 'd walked out on Jennifer when I discovered she had MS . |
| 25 | Another discovered she had toothache one evening as she had been clenching her teeth all afternoon ! |
| 26 | Shortly after she discovered she had breast cancer . |
| 27 | We discovered they had beer but upon further discovery discovered the beers were cold so we left in disgust . |
| 28 | I heard they had champagne . |
| 29 | The report says 3 fathers who worked there had children , suffering from leukaemia . |
| 30 | I felt I had music inside me that I wanted people to hear . |