Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] have [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I swabbed the table with disinfectant I had the old feeling of helplessness . |
| 2 | In the spare bedroom I had a demountable work-bench with a vice and an array of small tools . |
| 3 | It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur . |
| 4 | ‘ And when I 'd parked the car I had an overwhelming urge to kiss you . ’ |
| 5 | When I started discussions with the social services department I had an open mind about the service to be delivered . |
| 6 | Now , with the Art Dealers Association you have a professional group that could call and say to the dealer , ‘ Listen , that picture is wrong . |
| 7 | Now I appreciate that some people seem to object to the words public protection , erm I 'm not certain why bearing in mind you have a public protection committee . |
| 8 | In this light she had a washed-out look : colourless hair and face , even lips and eyes . |
| 9 | A second hospital has been accused of mixing up a baby 's name tag , making the mother fear she had the wrong child . |
| 10 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 11 | Sometimes when we project into the future we have a reasonable expectation , based on experience , of what will happen . |
| 12 | Okay you 're absolutely right er we did play that at the beginning of the programme we had a little trouble with our C D what happened there Stuart it went off the air did n't it ? |
| 13 | As a result we had a demoralised and demotivated workforce and needed a completely fresh start — a sign that things were going to work differently . |
| 14 | For some of us , the desire to see our team win at Wembley , or become league champions , or gain promotion from Division Three , is the only consistent ambition we have every held . |
| 15 | Turn turning then to just touch on the issues that I 've , we did n't cover yesterday for York , erm you 'll notice from our H One submission we have a slight difference of opinion with the County Council on the technical side of the er the calculation , we believe that the calculation , we believe that the calculation for York 's need rather than three three should be a four thousand figure , taking into account the the issue of concealed households and involuntary sharing . |
| 16 | At 8.00p.m. upstairs we have the inimitable and hugely talented [ and he 's one of our own — why would n't he be ] John Hurley . |
| 17 | Apart from that fucking business card they have no forensic evidence ; no weapons , bloodstained clothes or even minutiae like hairs or fibres to link me with any of the attacks . |
| 18 | They are usually made with unbleached wheatflour and extra virgin olive oil , and as a result they have a lovely texture and fresh taste . |
| 19 | From the roof they had a splendid view , not only of the proceedings below but also over the houses in King Street and Parliament Street , which forked at the end of Whitehall and led into Parliament Square . |
| 20 | erm in the days when they had terraced houses back to back terraced houses erm well anywhere in the country I guess but but where I come from it was fine for the people who lived with their doors on the on the road but the people who lived at the other side of the block they could n't get from the road so every so often down the down the terrace they had a little alley way an entry I think you 'd probably call it in Scotland , do n't they ? |
| 21 | After all , if he does n't like the future he has the personal possibility — and responsibility of moving to another outfit whose potential he thinks is greater . |
| 22 | In the spring it has a near miraculous effect on snow accumulations . |
| 23 | Though he had no great stock of small talk he had a great store of commonplaces , which could be adapted to any subject . |
| 24 | Needless to say , being a Finnish car it had a left-hand drive . |
| 25 | Once you get out of car and I thought it was a dog that she had , bu did n't have , she did n't have a dachshund he had a little |
| 26 | Even in daylight it had a sombre , suspicious air as if it wished to slink back from the adjoining houses . |
| 27 | It acquired and developed the original photocopier technology and in its heyday it had a virtual monopoly and made huge profits . |
| 28 | No wonder I had a fat face . |
| 29 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 30 | There was sliding down the banisters , toys left on the stairs , a new untidiness , a quickening of life and , sometimes , in the hurdy-gurdy I had a strange sense of ‘ presences ’ , two other children , silent , well-behaved . |