Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I had a hundred photocopies made of their reply and began another support-raising campaign , including a copy of the letter from the SAS with each request . |
| 2 | There had been a few times , with my accent , I 'd been called names , but as soon as they knew I was Jewish I had a hundred mothers and brothers and fathers to take care of me . |
| 3 | I had a hundred men in there , dismantling the place back to the bare walls . |
| 4 | I had a thousands ships , but no matter where , you 're the one for me baby this I know cos it 's true love , you 're the one I 'm dreaming of true blue baby I love you . |
| 5 | Lot twenty five little red Peter Pan there it is now showing , thank you and I 've a hundred pounds offered for this , any more at one hundred ? |
| 6 | . Lot forty six Trade-Mark gramophone , there it is on the screen now , Lot forty six I 've a thousand pounds offered for this , one thousand pounds , any advance on a thousand ? |
| 7 | I 've a dozen guards … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ My father was a great reader , ’ I explained , as I have a million times . |
| 9 | And Lot twenty nine is a Mikkyphone , that kind of Mikkyphone , Lot twenty nine and I have a hundred pounds offered , any more at a hundred ? |
| 10 | Lot fifty eight collection of record pads and bits and pieces for which I have a hundred pounds offered , and ten , one twenty , one thirty , any more at one thirty , forty , one fifty , one sixty , one seventy one eighty , one ninety , two hundred , two twenty two forty two forty on the left at the back , any more at two forty , two sixty , two eighty two eighty three hundred three twenty three twenty on the left near the back now , at three twenty , are you , it 's your bid , sir , at three twenty pounds , any more at three twenty and I 'll sell at three hundred and twenty pounds . |
| 11 | She 'd a hundred times rather change last night 's husband on a daily basis , be reviled as a witch in the parliament of women , she 'd like to have dead babies in succession — she winced at this , ‘ Please , no ’ — but pressed on rather than be that nothing , that unbeing , that sump of ribaldry and pity and contempt , the woman-who-had-never-had-a man , the zitella , the old maid . |
| 12 | May you have a hundred pupils before you turn round . " |
| 13 | and she had a hundred pounds , she put a hundred pounds in to cover the , you know , to put her back into credit . |
| 14 | Yes , it 's the hundred , it 's a hundred over four , what does that come to , so now if you had a hundred things shared out between , what would that come to ? |
| 15 | As Tom Sanders , reader in nutrition at King 's College , London , and nutritional director of the Family Heart Association , puts it : ‘ If your blood cholesterol level is above 6.5-7.5 , you have a three times higher risk of heart disease . |
| 16 | If your blood cholesterol level is above 6.5-7.5 , you have a three times higher risk of heart disease . |
| 17 | today , in school we had a two members of a family planning association and er , we were in group and we actually had the guys in our class , they 're seventeen , maybe eighteen sitting laughing and sniggering between themselves ! |
| 18 | Well as you can see from what Frank said , the six main sectors overall did n't fare too badly , sixteen percent drop in aggregate at the trading level and in fact er , our other interest less expenses were actually ended on eleven percent because we had a million pounds more profit from Lakeside when we sold the Tesco 's site . |
| 19 | To help you beat the irritation of bites and stings this summer , we have a 100 bottles of Stingose to give away . |
| 20 | Then we have a million households where the woman is the sole breadwinner . |
| 21 | Our house is made of wood and is dark green , we have a four windows and four doors . |
| 22 | They had a hundred pounds for Christmas day for Christmas bits . |
| 23 | She knew that he had a hundred pounds , probably more . |
| 24 | Whenever he thought of that first blind delicious sensation , as he had a hundred times that morning , he had to close his eyes . |
| 25 | He had a thousand metres of nylon fishing-line on the marlin rod lashed to the port stay , three hundred kilos breaking-strain . |
| 26 | Rodrigo was yet but a youth , and the Count was a mighty man in arms , one who gave his voice first in the Cortes , and was held to be the best in the war , and so powerful that he had a thousand friends among the mountains . |
| 27 | So he had a thousand women |
| 28 | He had a dozen men on the other side of town waiting for him . |