Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] have [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In fact , I think it might be better if we tried not to have any more contact with each other , do n't you ? ’
2 No further information seemed to be forthcoming and Rose still had tight hold of the ring .
3 The psychological theories of political leaders and the state reviewed here have strong echoes in New Right thinking .
4 Because the weapons listed previously have different purposes , there will also be a great variation in the end result .
5 ‘ We 'd better have that dance , ’ she said to Jack Butler .
6 But honestly — I 'd better have that shower , had n't I ? ’
7 you 'd better have one of these actually you 'd better
8 " Then you 'd better have second thoughts . "
9 We 'd better have gas-oil
10 After all that trauma of fixing it in , you 'd better have some whisky and honey had n't you ?
11 ‘ I think we 'd better have this on , you know . ’
12 You 'd better have this . ’
13 ‘ You 'd better have this too .
14 Well , he 'd better have another think . ’
15 ‘ You 'd better have those seen to .
16 Despite having been in touch with many agencies , they 'd only had five applicants so far — four of whom had been absolutely hopeless .
17 Women currently aged 45 to 59 said they 'd only had 2.6 lovers , while men the same age boasted of 13.6 girlfriends .
18 She 'd only had those few hours at The Haven .
19 And then , when I know what I 'm doing , I thought that they 'd just had that .
20 I 'd just had enough of them so I was gon na do them when we got the shafts , like then I see what you do .
21 ‘ We 'd just had some done for our engagement .
22 She 'd soon had enough of this and yelled out , ‘ I am She-Ra and I will break your balls ! ’
23 I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach .
24 Well she 'd not had much of a life had she ?
25 Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said .
26 No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went .
27 She was n't sure she wanted to return , but seemed not to have much choice anymore , and so she stayed .
28 Clare wondered suspiciously why this sensationally good-looking man seemed not to have any New Year 's plans .
29 Anyway , I 'd already had one moment of glory with Peter when he won two years before in the 1958 British Open .
30 Ronni was suddenly grateful that just a moment ago she 'd already had this conversation .
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