Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I first had a painting included in the Summer Exhibition 40 years ago . |
| 2 | Yes you did , you all had a chat with each other at the end of the referred lead session did n't you . |
| 3 | ‘ So you both had a motive ? ’ |
| 4 | In the huts where we lived , we each had a card pinned over our beds which announced our names , our Waaf occupation and our religion . |
| 5 | We each had a list of chores , and if we did n't do them we did n't get paid . |
| 6 | We each had a cup before we left . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I think it would be a good idea if we all had a swim before breakfast , do n't you ? ’ he said , the announcement seized upon with alacrity by the two little girls who , once again , began jumping up and down on the mattress as if it were a trampoline . |
| 8 | We all had a whale of a time , drifting on the surface and drowning in the depths with the four fishermen . |
| 9 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 10 | ‘ We all had a pecking order — there was n't just sexual abuse but physical and emotional too . |
| 11 | His strength of character was invaluable in dealing with the guards and his commitment to his fellow hostages was such that he would listen quietly and matter of factly on the occasions when we all had a heart-to-heart about the little ways in which we got on each others ' nerves . |
| 12 | She confirmed she had been to Hawaii with the hunk and said : ‘ We all had a laugh , that 's all . |
| 13 | so we all had a laugh about it when we went off , I said come on who 's the culprit who upset god above from Yorkshire ? |
| 14 | We all had a solution and we all wanted to present it to one man alone " said Kambiz Atabai |
| 15 | In the winter that followed we all had a house together and Giorgio came to stay , and the winter after that Anna took me to Switzerland while Constanza travelled with someone in Spain . |
| 16 | Janet Whittaker , the producer , her assistant and the engineer greeted me and we all had a cup of hot beige stuff masquerading as tea , before the first read-through of the script . |
| 17 | Oh we all had a cup of tea , yeah |
| 18 | Yes there were , there were about ten I think , but they were all widely separated , we all had a lot of ground around us , so , s so you were n't on top of your next door neighbour , you did n't , you hardly see them , or hear them really , there was plenty of room . |
| 19 | Yeah we went to France and then the thing about the bath came back and we all had a bath but we were all wearing clothes |
| 20 | In the evening , Michael came in with Patsy 's husband , the boys and Chris , and we all had a meal together . |
| 21 | The coffin stowed away in the loft and discreetly covered so as not to alarm the plumber , we all had a coffee with a small touch of something stronger , and Alan recounted how he and Joy had arrived to collect it . |
| 22 | You want to know when we last had a night out ? |
| 23 | I mean I ca n't remember when we last had a frost . |
| 24 | We both had a doll and pram when we were seven and the real thing ten years later . |
| 25 | We both had a point but neither would concede to the other . |
| 26 | We both had a sandwich , the man in the blue raincoat saying ‘ We 'd better make it snappy ’ between every bite . |
| 27 | They each had a choice . |
| 28 | They each had a radiator beside their beds , and very often when I was on night duty J. would return to bed very late ( or should I say early ? ) , after having been sitting with me in the Met Office , drinking coffee , chatting and so forth . |
| 29 | Now they each had a picture which they examined and re-examined , trying to breathe life into the two-dimensional image . |
| 30 | After they had consumed these they each had a slab of apple-and-blackcurrant pie and some chocolate cake . |