Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 I 'm glad I had a word with Steve though
32 I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] .
33 Although I could not see his face , there was something unpleasing about him and I was glad I had a weapon .
34 When I was younger I had a sort of affinity with Peter O'Toole , but I did n't mix with actors much .
35 ‘ When I was in grade three I had a crush on this really big guy .
36 Er number three I had a phone call , oh I forgot the term planner .
37 Some well I myself I was lucky I had a job with my brother in law , he was working there on the railway and he knew them well .
38 Moved by an ancient sentiment as she cradled the dress , so that it lolled in her arms like someone drowned , she said that she was glad she had a daughter to wear it ; and I said , politely , that I could see it must be a pleasing economy .
39 They were seated by one of the windows , and Paige was glad she had a head for heights .
40 Next morning the ward was so hectic that Juliet was glad she had a half-day , and relieved that she could go to Nigel 's party without having to persuade someone to change shifts with her .
41 The woman was lucky she had a perm in then this morning ?
42 I first discovered I had a breech baby at 30 weeks and by 36 weeks it was obvious she had a mind of her own and was going to stay that way .
43 You 'd go to you 'd go to bed in a well if you were lucky you had a nightshirt or even in your own shirt that you was , as a young man you would .
44 So if you are lucky you have a person who was not at all interested in what was happening out in front of the group of children miming and doing the actions to a song they may well not have known before .
45 He said that in 1975 we had a referendum in which it was suggested that it was an economic and trade rather than a political matter .
46 no library because I think er if you are contacted for information and you are able to say okay we have a book or we have books .
47 They had Nelson Mandela giving a rally at two in the afternoon on the steps of City Hall or wherever it was , and at three they had a colour photograph of him out on the streets .
48 In September 1647 he had a vision of the impending downfall of monarchy in England , France , and Spain , heralding the reign of Christ on earth .
49 And after that we have a man called Heg who I presume is a man anyway , it looks like a man 's name .
50 At 09.35 we had a cup of coffee on Hayward 's Heath station , where we met a member of the Bluebell Railway who could see where we were going from our BCRS members .
51 I do n't have a social life , I do n't go out a lot , because first of all I have a lot of work to do .
52 Th they 're blacker than black I had a lot of trouble with the photocopier , right .
53 I carefully packed my saddle bags , making sure I had a copy of Selkirk 's verse and Moodie 's gift .
54 So always after that I would make sure I had a job to do as far away as possible from the scene , because it upset me a lot .
55 ‘ I made sure I had a balance , though .
56 cut down a plastic bucket and fixed that , it was great she had a bucket round her , round her
57 Make sure you have a film in your camera and be prepared to have your ‘ after ’ photograph taken in the morning .
58 MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SURVIVAL PACK CONTAINING :
59 Use this checklist to make sure you have a record of every property you view .
60 Make sure you have a supply of spare batteries too .
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