Example sentences of "[pron] have [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has some quality they like , even if it is just that you are kind to animals . |
| 2 | ‘ Had I had any idea what I was coming home to , I should have assured in advance that such a likeness would be instantly available . ’ |
| 3 | It is also possible to express condition through subject-verb inversion in rather more formal or literary style : Had I had enough money I would have bought a new car . |
| 4 | I had one chap who worked for me for over two years without one accident , did n't scratch anything , did everything right , he was a wonderful conscientious man , and then one day he was carrying a big box containing some expensive crockery and he tripped on the top step of the stairs and the lot went down , the whole box went right to the bottom . |
| 5 | I had one place I used to go sometimes , when Angie was off with her friends . |
| 6 | I wore a suit that Mary had seen in a second-hand shop in Paris and insisted I bought so that at least I had one outfit I could put on for interviews without worrying whether it looked OK or not . |
| 7 | I had two brothers who were both better endowed than me . |
| 8 | I could have been a cricketer — I had two uncles who captained the English counties years ago — but a photographer , no . |
| 9 | ‘ But when we got married and I had two children he did n't want me to work any more , and he got very jealous of other men looking at me . |
| 10 | By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate . |
| 11 | The person was a friend and I knew she was a healer — although , as you will have realised , I had little idea what a healer was or did . |
| 12 | If I had any guts I 'd walk out of the front door now , this minute , and I 'd hitch my way to Italy and rent a shack in Tuscany , and I 'd paint trash to sell to the tourists in the Piazza della Signoria , and I 'd paint … |
| 13 | And if I had any sense I would never have left there in the first place . ’ |
| 14 | Not that I had any idea what his present salary was . |
| 15 | Well I 'd rather give to if I had any children I 'd have give to them . |
| 16 | I had three sisters you know . |
| 17 | A lot of my clothes are holey , and if I had more money I definitely would dress quite differently . |
| 18 | At least , at least if I had another job you see and er well I 'm taking home two hundred odd two hundred pound a week . |
| 19 | ‘ I had about 700 quid and I had some mates who 'd been in Clock DVA , the Sheffield band . |
| 20 | Well they could address their letters to myself Councillor David Poole or Councillor Stuart Argyle to the Council House erm the suggestion you know er their the thoughts the thoughts on this what er they could er erm help us in our campaign and also about the leaf stem as well if they want to write to me at the Council House suggesting and I mean proper places to where it should go because that 's really up to County Council but er at least if I had some suggestions we can pass them over to the County Council where where it could go . |
| 21 | I had some business I could n't wriggle out of . |
| 22 | Listen if I had enough time I 'll tell you the joke of a life time mate , but I have n't got the time . |
| 23 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 24 | I had this idea I had to be civilised , and wait until I 'd obtained spoken as well as physical consent from you — and then spent days regretting it ! |
| 25 | When I was very young — about 5 years old — I wanted to be a pilot because I had this girlfriend who was going to be a stewardess . |
| 26 | I am sensible , indeed one of my first bosses at Js remarked that although I am not qualified in anything , I had common sense which was worth a great deal more to him . |
| 27 | While you co-operate with them , the Iranian government will no doubt overlook your political leanings — and I 've little doubt they 'll be aware of them . |
| 28 | and I 've long feet you see and if I put have me feet straight up like that it er it 's pressure on it |
| 29 | Sherborne said : ‘ I 've certain targets I would like to make in golf , but I 'm keeping them dark . |
| 30 | And I 've got a fourth board on exercise and I 've two boards I have n't started . |