Example sentences of "[pron] had [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
2 | I had n't a clue what was expected . |
3 | I had n't a clue about such things in those days . |
4 | It 's no proof I had n't a clue |
5 | and I had n't a clue what that was . |
6 | ‘ That wo n't be a problem , ’ I told him with bravado , though I had n't a clue how I would get hold of the balance of the cash . |
7 | I would have tried to contact you , but I had n't a phone number . |
8 | I had n't a friend in the room . |
9 | I had n't a penny and I was flabbergasted to learn that Jerry can expect thousands . |
10 | But , I went out , I had n't a card that was just right . |
11 | ( At the time I had not a clue what he was talking about but , in hindsight , he was , of course , referring to Boleyn 's ascendancy over Fat Henry and Wolsey falling like a star from the sky of royal preferment . ) |
12 | I kid you not , I had not a clue as to what she might be talking about . |
13 | ‘ Well , ’ said the young man modestly , ‘ I suppose I had quite a reputation . |
14 | In my dream I was overwhelmed by grief ; it woke me , and I had quite a difficulty in getting the horror out of my system . |
15 | Cos , in case there was a mistake and on one side and I , and I had quite a number of things accumulate in that way you know . |
16 | I did water-colours mostly but I 'd just started painting in oils and felt I had quite a talent for it , but they were n't very encouraging … |
17 | Then I suddenly found I had quite a lot of projects going on , working for Kenny Rogers and Jimmy Ruffin … |
18 | And I had only a day here before I received the Kha-Khan 's summons . ’ |
19 | Even to someone like myself , who has been envied in politics much more often for my physical stamina than for my brains , it was a severe pace , and I had only a fraction of the work and strain of Anthony . |
20 | But it was not Maria ; a whiteness , a flowing whiteness , a long coat or a dressing-gown — I had only a second 's sight , but I knew it was a woman and I knew it was not an old woman . |
21 | So , in the example you 're referring to , I had like a title and then I had a sub-title and further details and another sub- title and further details , and then I had a total line |
22 | About 1816 it was unfavourably compared with Clonmel which had then a population of 10 000 . |
23 | She was quite capable of going to the police and making accusations which , since she had n't a shred of evidence , could only lead to trouble . |
24 | ‘ When we first gave her toys , she had n't a clue what to do with them . |
25 | I croaked out , which hospital , but she had n't a clue and sent me up to ask somebody called Coleman . " |
26 | She had n't a clue as to what was going on in his mind . |
27 | She watched him as he snatched the receiver and barked down the end of it , but she had n't a clue as to the nature of the conversation , since she was privy to only one side , and that was in French . |
28 | He 'd sounded as though he was being sarcastic , or ironic , but again she had n't a clue what he meant . |
29 | To be truthful , she had n't a clue what she was doing . |
30 | She had n't a clue what to say . |