Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career . |
2 | I seemed to have a separate brain for each limb , but they 'd all broken off diplomatic relations . |
3 | I told him about taking six months off and doing rep in the provinces just to get back in touch with live acting and live audiences and he reacted as if I told him I 'd had a mental breakdown . |
4 | I fell asleep and remember him lifting me off and putting me on the settee cushion but I 'd had a tiring evening and hardly stirred . |
5 | I 'd had a good week . |
6 | I was optimistic , because I 'd had a good turnout two years earlier for a smaller project , the clean-up of an old railway path . |
7 | I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section . |
8 | Quite right ; but I 'd had a vague recollection , and looked it up , and although the shirt of the centaur Nessus , saturated as it was in his poisoned blood , had caused Hercules no end of pain … |
9 | ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything . |
10 | ‘ If only I 'd had a stable childhood , maybe none of this would have happened … . ’ |
11 | I 'd had a stable home at the price of her martyrdom and this was how I 'd repaid her . |
12 | But this morning she caught me unawares before I 'd had a single cup of coffee . |
13 | I 'd had a soft erection before , but as our mouths collided — we had n't even been able to kiss all week ! — it hardened up painfully . |
14 | In my tycoon days , before the collapse of my second career , I 'd had a fair amount to do with bankers , and my collective memory of them was of thin , precise men , in dark suits and wearing rimless glasses . |
15 | If I 'd had a proper education do you think I 'd be driving this cab around ? ’ |
16 | It was as if I 'd had a bad dream . |
17 | He does n't have to do anything , but about four Christmas 's ago I had the whole lot down , I had nine of us for the whole Christmas week , erm , Boxing Day I went in the kitchen , two of Diane 's friends had arrived , who lived in London and I went in the kitchen , I 'd had a bad dose of the flu virus that was |
18 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
19 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
20 | Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’ |
21 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
22 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
23 | I think I 'd had a few , few home-made wines . |
24 | I 'd had a few ! |
25 | ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus . |
26 | So that was how I came to have a new dress and boots and a real ribbon for my hair instead of the usual string . |
27 | The test car I drove had a serious wind noise problem , which will not be the first time Ford has heard that about the Escort , but it otherwise came across as well conceived — it 's easy to load and has a completely flat floor with rear seats folded — and competent . |
28 | I happened to have an extra ticket for the recital last night … |
29 | Because of the difficulty of leaving the children , my wife and I decided to have a short break away on our own this year . |
30 | Because of the difficulty of leaving the children , my wife and I decided to have a short break away on our own this year . |