Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
| 2 | I had immediately the sensation that I was expected . |
| 3 | I had neither the patience nor the German to point out the contradiction in his argument . |
| 4 | ‘ Sir , I had never an intent to offend . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ said the young man modestly , ‘ I suppose I had quite a reputation . |
| 6 | In my dream I was overwhelmed by grief ; it woke me , and I had quite a difficulty in getting the horror out of my system . |
| 7 | Cos , in case there was a mistake and on one side and I , and I had quite a number of things accumulate in that way you know . |
| 8 | I did water-colours mostly but I 'd just started painting in oils and felt I had quite a talent for it , but they were n't very encouraging … |
| 9 | Then I suddenly found I had quite a lot of projects going on , working for Kenny Rogers and Jimmy Ruffin … |
| 10 | And I had only a day here before I received the Kha-Khan 's summons . ’ |
| 11 | Even to someone like myself , who has been envied in politics much more often for my physical stamina than for my brains , it was a severe pace , and I had only a fraction of the work and strain of Anthony . |
| 12 | But it was not Maria ; a whiteness , a flowing whiteness , a long coat or a dressing-gown — I had only a second 's sight , but I knew it was a woman and I knew it was not an old woman . |
| 13 | I had absolutely no idea things had become so difficult for her . |
| 14 | I had absolutely no idea and put Malc 's brief disappearances and inexplicable whispered phone calls down to the fact that he was being unfaithful to his mistress . |
| 15 | I had absolutely no idea it would be this big . |
| 16 | I had absolutely no idea , said Alix , however did you guess ? |
| 17 | Yeah I mean a few months ago I had absolutely no idea at all what |
| 18 | I nodded , although I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about . |
| 19 | I had absolutely no idea that she was intending to end everything between us . ’ |
| 20 | When given the task of writing an English Open Study , I had absolutely no idea as to how I should begin . |
| 21 | Something was taking place in my life that I had absolutely no control over … and I was happy about it . |
| 22 | However , on the 13th I wrote a letter to my parents , which I had absolutely no intention of sending . |
| 23 | I could also see something I had absolutely no wish to see at all , which was Quigley 's bottom . |
| 24 | ‘ I had virtually no contact from the Board at all in that period . |
| 25 | So , in the example you 're referring to , I had like a title and then I had a sub-title and further details and another sub- title and further details , and then I had a total line |
| 26 | So I had almost no rest . |
| 27 | It was rather touching , especially when one realised that she had practically no money but her old age pension . |
| 28 | She had just a minute or two to collect herself before Nicolo returned . |
| 29 | And she had never needed Josey 's encouragement more than she had just a matter of a few short weeks ago . |
| 30 | She looked me over , said I seemed to be a nice girl and announced that she had just the job for me — taking her goats out for a walk ! |