Example sentences of "[pron] had [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had rather a rough passage with Canon Wheeler over the sermon , ’ she said , and explained . |
| 2 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 3 | I had over a thousand letters of congratulation . |
| 4 | The parents were removed and I estimated that I had over a hundred eggs . |
| 5 | I am normally a law-abiding citizen but I had not a single scruple . |
| 6 | So I had quite a wide variety of requests from students . ’ |
| 7 | The thing I hated most about my pregnancy was the hot weather and my body changing I had quite a nice figure before but now along with the stretch marks , I hate my body . |
| 8 | I had quite a good vocabulary and had written letters to Eric , but I had n't had anyone to talk to in English . |
| 9 | I had quite a good chat with Ray the other day , yes , eh . |
| 10 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 11 | I had quite a restless night , and did not really fancy the tea I was brought in the morning . |
| 12 | I did n't care much for the hens and geese but I had quite a high opinion of the pigs . |
| 13 | From my bedroom I had quite a clear view of the lake between two neighbouring houses . |
| 14 | I had only a vague idea where the circle was , but nevertheless set off towards it . |
| 15 | She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me . |
| 16 | It was dark by the time the Loch Seaforth berthed at Stornoway and I had only a brief glimpse of the rugged Lewis coastline . |
| 17 | I had only a brief opportunity of shaking his hand at the end , as I was obliged to rush back to Oxford before I was ‘ gated ’ . |
| 18 | Yeah well if I had like a little dictaphone on or something like that |
| 19 | I had now a faint ambition , both definite and indefinite , to do something in connection with learning or literature . |
| 20 | We were playing a silly game , which had not a tragic outcome — it had , thanks to the mercy of providence , a fortunate outcome — but it had an outcome which is not one which ah statecraft should either aim at or be proud of having achieved . |
| 21 | While I examined my sleeve , which had only a slight tear , the dog leapt up on the young man and the child , his open mouth only inches from the little boy 's legs . |
| 22 | In summing up the workshop all agreed that there exists no coherent government strategy for community economic development in West Belfast , but that an incoherent piecemeal patchwork of programmes and initiatives had been introduced which had only a superficial effect on the area 's social and economic problems . |
| 23 | A few things remained in the bureau drawer ; the odds and ends that accumulate in drawers : an engagement diary for 1981 which had only a few entries ; an old wallet , empty except for an out-of-date RAC membership card . |
| 24 | How to define the topic for discussion is obviously a difficult one , as Nash admitted in his own study , which had ostensibly a broader subject for its title , but which also had a great deal to say about jokes . |
| 25 | From that date forward until the French Revolutionary wars ( which had quite a momentous impact on Switzerland ) the castle was occupied by a Bernese governor . |
| 26 | Sidney was puzzled by Wycliffe 's new line of questioning , and Wycliffe himself had only a vague idea of what he was after . |
| 27 | She had either a split skirt or split dress . |
| 28 | The initial shock must have been terrible , but in fact she had rather a good war . |
| 29 | She explained to Farmer Plant how she used the outjutting twin branches of the tree as her pony , as she had n't a real one to ride , and how she was working for the Pony Rider badge . |
| 30 | Ruth and she had instead a disarmed neutrality . |