Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] a [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 Over his shoulder I 'd seen a pair of beat coppers walking by .
2 There 's a poster up in erm , and these two people that are drug addicts , and said like , did you see that I 'd drawn a pair of ears on one of them , turned around and seen Shane and he 's like his mate was the other one , were n't it ?
3 I had bought a pair of trousers and a T-shirt when I had been shopping with a friend .
4 As we walked the river path towards Dent a pair of curlews rose in alarm close by a pool where one autumn morning I had watched a heron fishing .
5 I had caught an eider duck that had been sheltering on a lochan and was flying back with it against the wind when I grew tired .
6 Recalling a time when I had had a staff of seventeen under me , and knowing how not so long ago a staff of twenty-eight had been employed here at Darlington Hall , the idea of devising a staff plan by which the same house would be run on a staff of four seemed , to say the least , daunting .
7 Oh I 've lost a quid !
8 I saw a pair of shoes , if my grey shoes do n't go with this dress , I 've seen a pair of shoes that I like .
9 I 've seen a heron standing on one leg , and I particularly liked the owls which used to shout from our trees to their friends across the valley at Clover Lodge .
10 In the past six months I 've worn a pair for a variety of purposes , from rock climbing to trekking , from gardening to pubbing and they 're still presentable .
11 I 've created a series of paths that lead through and around , and there will be mass under-planting of natural flowers — bluebells , snowdrops , that sort of thing .
12 I 've had a series of producers , all with very different personalities .
13 Therapist Julia Blackburn 's heart sinks when someone visits her at The Maidenhead Natural Therapy Clinic and says , ‘ I 've tried a grapefruit diet , a pineapple diet , a very low-calorie diet , and now I 've come to see whether hypnotherapy might work . ’
14 I 've got a £10 bet on a Conservative majority , ’ said Sir Charles Powell , formerly Mrs Thatcher 's private secretary .
15 ‘ Why , I 've got a pair of old signalling flags somewhere you could have , ’ she told Cheryl on hearing that she was doing a Semaphore Challenge on the Brownie Highway .
16 I 've got a pair like that !
17 ' I 've got a pair of new-found friends with me .
18 I 've got a pair of number 7 sock tags ( not Lorimers I 'm afraid ) somewhere .
19 I 've got a pair of gloves now instead of two odd ones .
20 Well put er alright I 've got a pair of queens .
21 Yes I know , well I I 've got a pair of eights and I knew
22 I 've got a pair of aces .
23 Yeah I know I 've got a pair .
24 Yeah , yeah , I 've got a pair of in that colour you could have .
25 Yes , I 've got a pair of socks .
26 Oh I 've got a tuna sandwich for lunch .
27 Well I 've got a quid , so a stamp 's twenty four is n't it ?
28 I 've got an amaryllis , that high , but I could n't tell you high it is in metres .
29 Someone had sent a pair of floral dancing shoes .
30 I have added a 40W actinic and a reflector as I did not think I was seeing the true colours of my fish .
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