Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] have [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've never said that to anyone — admitted I have family problems on occasions , that is . |
2 | A spokesman explained yesterday : ‘ Whoever designed them had knowledge of classical architecture . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
5 | Unfortunately , when the time came to devour the cakes , she found she had difficulty in eating hers because of its hardness . |
6 | All at once she had to notch her belt tighter , found she had hipbones , cheekbones , found her breasts were round and firm . |
7 | Nancy Harrison has to take life one step at a time … after she found she has osteoporosis , a disease which weakens the skeleton and causes fragile bones . |
8 | ‘ 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 . |
9 | Then he dedicated his life to music and the pursuit of women , and we found we had things in common . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Perdita , not in the best mood after a cold shower , found him having breakfast . |
12 | ‘ 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 . |
13 | ‘ But the neighbours were suspicious and found he had soil in his shoes and a cock 's head under his bonnet . ’ |
14 | Billy , too , found he had AIDS , finally succumbing to the disease in May 1990 . |
15 | God also created us to have significance . |
16 | If I spoke to 'im , like Lisa spoke to Terry , I 'd I 'd gerra clip round bloody |
17 | They wanted her to be admitted as soon as possible for treatment as it seemed she had cancer of the oesophagus . |
18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
19 | He never married , and had led a very healthy life which caused him to have over-confidence in his constitution and thus neglected to go to a physician at the onset of a serious illness , until it was too late . |
20 | Did the chap who copped it have family ? ’ |
21 | 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 |
22 | A MAN told he had lung cancer gulped wine and valium before crashing his car into a tree . |
23 | I went to the doctor who did some tests which showed I had diabetes . |
24 | In Madrid , under the leadership of a singular woman , Antonia Alcaraz , the powerless showed they have power . |
25 | An RUC inspector said a test showed he had 141mg of alcohol to 100ml of blood . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | ‘ The less you respond to him the more he tries to get to you — I know I can be a bit intense so it 's really good that he taught me to have fun at work and loosen up . ’ |
29 | " The kid remarked I had devils . " |
30 | In 1850 she discovered she had cancer of the uterus . |