Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had changed tremendously , so easy it was to get into the country , that I went in and out of the border about three times , because having got into Yugoslavia , I realized I had some Italian currency , so I drove out again , spent my Italian currency , and drove back again . |
| 2 | ‘ I realised I had 17 years to go before retirement and I wanted to spend them doing what I wanted to do . |
| 3 | But I found I had little idea how to set about producing a crime short story . |
| 4 | When I started writing it , I found I had more sympathy with Frank , and he started saying more and more , and Betty merged into the background . ’ |
| 5 | morning , I found I had blank spot with the old twenty pence piece . |
| 6 | But one major turning point came when she started going to carpentry evening classes and found she had real talent for do-it-yourself . |
| 7 | When we moved we had one armchair and a sewing machine . |
| 8 | In addition to the financial and statistical information already mentioned they had available two reports , one on Conferences , the other on Leisure Facilities in Hotels . |
| 9 | She and Earl Spencer worked on a book for the Greater London Council called What is Our Heritage ? and soon found they had much in common . |
| 10 | Sadly he declined , saying in a charmingly self-deprecatory way that he doubted he had any views worth hearing . |
| 11 | But from the time the engine stopped he had five or six seconds to hit the ground . |
| 12 | Looking up in surprise , she found he had one eyebrow raised as though waiting for her to make some sarcastic comment , which successfully ensured that she did n't do any such thing . |
| 13 | In the event Spooner found he had little to do in setting up most of Season Two 's stories . |
| 14 | Take Henry I , for example , the king who never smiled again , our teacher told us , after he had lost his only son and heir , in the White Ship : then they found he had twenty-four little baskets scattered all round the country . |
| 15 | As Rick was re-baiting , the clip on his other rod pulled and on checking the line he found he had another take . |
| 16 | ‘ And when she noticed I had two other children with me she laughed and said she knew what a handful they could be . ’ |
| 17 | And in the pitch black , it seemed she had some sort of body after all ; distantly she could sense hands feeling their way , feet stumbling . |
| 18 | Pc Kelly told the jury he questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 19 | He told the jury that he had questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 20 | I noticed they had some Philippine mahogany doors in Do It All |
| 21 | Looking into her churning heart as she stood there that night , she knew she felt an affection for the man opposite and believed he had some affection for her . |
| 22 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 23 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
| 24 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
| 25 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
| 26 | Montague managed to convince Mortimer of his innocence , but his narrow escape did not discourage the king , and when the coup came it had all the appearance of being carefully planned . |
| 27 | But John McQueen learnt it had more serious effects . |
| 28 | Left to her own devices , Lucy wondered what she should do next , then realised she had little option but to wait until she ran into Silas . |
| 29 | You know did you I mean none of us realised you had thirty odd to buy |
| 30 | Yeah , cos you had , you , I mean none of us realised you had thirty to odd to buy |