Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] had a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But even then research into the old approved schools showed children who experienced them had a reconviction rate 49 per cent higher than would otherwise have been expected from their characteristics and records .
2 I did n't think I had a chance of getting a job but Workington took the gamble with me and I want to repay them .
3 ‘ But I did n't really think I had a chance because I have n't acted before , ’ she said .
4 I do n't think I had a Christmas present all my blessed life .
5 I mean I er I mean I had a lot of trouble
6 ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem , ’ he said .
7 ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem and booked myself into a clinic . ’
8 if she has I wished I had a job like that when I were young by George , going abroad and
9 Why did you know I had a pair of aces ?
10 I 'd forgotten I had a professional to impress . ’
11 I 'd forgotten I had a husband .
12 I mentioned I had a daughter , Julia .
13 It was in the pleasure area , as usual , that I found I had a problem .
14 Yeah and that 's another thing I found I had a letter from the Social Security saying would you please send your order book back you 're not entitled to any more money , your sickness benefit 's run out , I thought it ca n't have , I do n't go back until the twenty fifth of March , phones up for the appointment I got it on the fifth of March , nine days ago
15 I found I had a code . ’
16 And I found I had a room all to myself .
17 When I resumed my studies I found I had a lot of catching up to do . ’
18 I did n't want my parents to know I had a boyfriend : they would not have approved because they would have felt I was too young .
19 I did n't know you had a degree until the other day and Lionel said oh
20 " I did n't know you had a cat , " I said .
21 ‘ I did n't know you had a car , ’ she said with surprise when they reached the road .
22 " I did n't know you had a dog , " I said .
23 Then he said , ‘ I did n't know you had a job , Mr Hellyer . ’
24 I did n't know she had a sense of humour . ’
25 I did n't know she had a dog , I thought it was a kit cat she had .
26 At least the neighbours would know she had a boyfriend with a car .
27 Suddenly Rachel found she had a lump in her throat .
28 Tell me — were you just being deliberately perverse with me earlier or had you forgotten you had a nephew called Svend ? ’
29 Say she had a win on the bingo and sent me my fare — God knows she 'd never have the money else .
30 gone , say she had a limit of eight hundred and think oh well I 'll do some more shopping oh can you up it another three or four hundred
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