Example sentences of "[pers pn] had the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Whatever he did , I had the remaining tricks apart from the Ace of Spades . |
2 | I checked through my notes to make sure I had the correct dates , aware I had the correct dates , aware that I had been finding it hard to concentrate . |
3 | I checked through my notes to make sure I had the correct dates , aware I had the correct dates , aware that I had been finding it hard to concentrate . |
4 | The three concerned were TWW , with whom I had the closest ties , Southern Television and Granada . |
5 | Indeed , I had the greatest reservations about leaving him . ’ |
6 | When I had the two miscarriages — you did n't know about the miscarriages , did you , Charles ? ’ |
7 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
8 | I came to England — Ipswich — to study for the social workers ' qualification , a CQSW in Community Work , believing that I could work with women in the ways I wanted , provided I had the necessary qualifications . |
9 | Once I had the basic colours put in I would then sometimes , for added intensity , dip the point of a certain colour into the water and apply it direct for a small intense spot of pigment . |
10 | so I had the older ones from Goose Hill |
11 | they nearly did it brilliant way , remember I had the little labels on them and they 've all got mixed up one way or another |
12 | Perhaps I had the wrong expectations . |
13 | At one stage I had the same reservations , but in the light of the experience of the last six years and the credibility that the festival has given to drama with elected members , headteachers , and officers of the Authority , I am convinced that , at any rate for Leeds , this annual festival is helping to develop the quality of drama in the Authority ( pp. 44–45 ) . |
14 | He was a bit too horny to start with , but she had the four children and it was n't a problem now . |
15 | Although Elena possessed the powers and ambitions of a Messalina , she had the domestic virtues of a good bourgeois , but then so did her husband . |
16 | She had the few pounds from her wages ( and thank heaven she had not thrown it back in the vicar 's face ) . |
17 | Reading a letter from Miss Joan Rix in the EADT last week , I find that she had the same thoughts as myself . |
18 | A change of appearance was like hanging a net over a mirror , she had the same eyes but consoled herself by looking at herself differently . |
19 | That she had the same troubles , worries and hopes that he had . |
20 | At necropsy , she had the same abnormalities , although the activities of respiratory chain enzymes were not examined . |
21 | As you know , you had the Fifty Pounds from direct , and I have thanked him profusely for painting the sitting room walls ! |
22 | You had the two hindquarters and two fores , yeah and the same with the sheep . |
23 | You had the split shifts and the down shifts and maybe we were called for er a |
24 | Oh yes , yes the erm , the main one was the Transport and General Workers ' Union which erm , did all the drivers , conductors and cleaners and semi-skilled staff but erm you had the erm N U V B which is the National Union and Vehicle Builders and of course you had the Electrical Trades People , so they , they were all working in there but the main one covering most of the men was the Transport and General Workers ' Union . |
25 | PAMELA : Sir , it was too plain you had the worst designs . |
26 | And and there 's , the more money you had the more things you would buy , so the more VAT you 'd pay ? |
27 | Yeah , and you had the old bricks |
28 | They were very very reliable because erm , the motive power was in a motor , electric motor , not a lot of parts to go wrong but er once you started the motor buses they had to send people away to be taught the mechanics of motor buses , so you had the old die-hards of the fetters , trolley buses , who never did take to motor buses and course the younger ones came into their own then , who were able to adapt to the modern motor bus . |
29 | Yeah , then we had the Blue Flames , the young girls who does the pom pom dancing and er |
30 | I asked him why he so dearly wished to walk in a street as dank as a sewer , and to play by the waters of an oily , rat-infested canal , when we had the exquisite reaches of the Seine at hand , and the gardens of his school friends . |