Example sentences of "[pron] had the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why you did n't hear any of the bobsleigh cos I had the bloody thing going |
| 2 | I had the second show at the Hanover in 1964 and then I was persuaded by Robert Fraser to make a move from the Hanover to his gallery . |
| 3 | And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan . |
| 4 | I think that 's when I had the first nightmare … |
| 5 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 6 | Now I had the first set of these dividers over in this country . |
| 7 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 8 | Another bonus arrived within a week , when I had the first glimpse from the sea of the opposite coastline of Koraloona , with its empty sandy beaches and the great dormant volcano of High Island rearing up behind it , while in the distance I could even make out Hodges , the copra island . |
| 9 | I had the unhappy job of telling Barrymore and his wife about her brother 's death . |
| 10 | I had the funniest hand . |
| 11 | I had the supreme luck of an RAF posting to South Africa , where I enjoyed over two years of non-stop climbing without a rainy day ! |
| 12 | ‘ I just do n't feel I had the right level of care . ’ |
| 13 | This is why I had the right attitude when I first got to British Aerospace , anybody any , any anything anybody could tell me about how to fucking like that |
| 14 | I do n't think I had the right attitude towards it . |
| 15 | I had the right card , it was the card number five which was for the hot wash as , hot wax as well . |
| 16 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 17 | I had the strong feeling the place was empty . |
| 18 | I had the strong feeling of help having been given so I clasped my hands and said a prayer , half mentally , half vocally , of thanks to God . |
| 19 | I had so far managed to avoid being kissed by the old bat , but I had the strong feeling that , by the end of the day , she and I were going to be getting physical . |
| 20 | But if these beings had left any fingerprints I had the strong feeling they would n't be the kind you get down at Scotland Yard . |
| 21 | I had the strong impression he might be tempted to come back and give us a bit more front-line colour from the other side of the grave . |
| 22 | His face looked old and crumpled and sad , and , as he picked up his glass again , I had the strong sensation he was about to tell me something I did n't want to hear . |
| 23 | When the map was uncovered that morning and the arrow pointed to Berlin , I had the mixed emotion of fear , excitement and , as most others , I was stunned ’ . |
| 24 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 25 | ‘ I had the entire town around me , about six or seven thousand people . |
| 26 | I had the highest regard for him , but he was a dreamer . |
| 27 | Cos I had the highest score . |
| 28 | I had the great advantage of being brought up by a really traditional , old-fashioned nanny , who saw us through numerous disasters , one of which was the very memorable moment during the blitz when we were taken to a very smart tea shop in Curzon Street , a place where nannies met each other and their charges were just kept in tow . |
| 29 | I had the great honour of being invited to meet them on behalf of our Society , as our Society is one of the big users of the Resources Centre at the Community College where our Journal is printed etc . |
| 30 | After drinks on the balcony overlooking some of the grass courts where members were playing , we had a delicious luncheon , and I had the great pleasure of sitting next to my charming French host Alain Boucheron . |