Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went into the kitchen as she asked me to have a few words with the ‘ factotum ’ ( 'She seems to be rather taken with your looks ' ) . |
| 2 | Apparently the cleaner overheard them having a tremendous row . |
| 3 | ‘ There was really no need — I realised I had a sweet and cheeses , you must have been starving . ’ |
| 4 | However an X-ray at 38 weeks revealed I had an enormous pelvis so a relatively normal birth was on the cards . |
| 5 | ‘ It stopped me having a normal childhood . |
| 6 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 7 | Dr Nick Walters , exercise physiologist at the University of Westminster , tested Margaret on his Futrex 5000 computer , which analyses body muscle , fat and water , and found she had a fat proportion of 28 per cent — well above her recommended level of 22 per cent . |
| 8 | Says Payne : ‘ We found we had a tremendous amount in common , a real northern European outlook with people from the Pacific rim , Siberia or the Russian heartlands . |
| 9 | ‘ Allowing for the generation gap , we found we had a surprising amount in common . |
| 10 | And I 'll tell you something more : it would have been hidden up , as many another 's been , an' she would have been dumped somewhere , or found in the canal , but one of the lasses that found her had a screaming fit and ran out into the street , went barmy , they said , yelling , ‘ She 's hung herself ! |
| 11 | However , as professionals they were not content to act as mere checkers , but felt that they had an obligation to express an opinion of the work they saw before them , and found they had an extraordinary agreement with the views of Burn , much to the resentment of other judges . |
| 12 | they mentioned he had an excellent game — and from the goals showed the scot goalkeeper could have done much better on two of the italian goals … specially the first one — a flat shot from far out and at an angle too . |
| 13 | We found he had a whole store of out of door knowledge which he was quite ready to impart . |
| 14 | Carl Howard says he took it up at school and won … went on to county level and won and just found he had a natural talent … he 's always enjoyed sprinting and athletics |
| 15 | So he was operated on , and the vets found he had a misplaced colon , put it right and stitched him up . |
| 16 | He sneaked a look at her , and found he had an excellent view of the back of her head ; she was staring out of the passenger window at the darkening vista of St James 's Park . |
| 17 | Half way round the first lap a short sharp guest of wind took them by surprise and they found themselves having an early bath . |
| 18 | I was so close to these birds , they were like friends , and it seemed I had a personal responsibility towards them . |
| 19 | If the yeast foods caused you to have an abdominal reaction , then you may find the weight loss came to a standstill this week . |
| 20 | A medical report estimated she had a mental age of seven years and nine months . |
| 21 | Provided that people in this country believed they had an honest system of government which dispensed even-handed justice , then there was no need to tamper with the law unless public order was threatened . |
| 22 | It seemed they had a mutual acquaintance in ‘ freelance , W. Dennis Suit , president of Overseas Press Services , whom Coleman had met as a ‘ consultant ’ to Pat Robertson 's Christian Broadcasting Network and with whom he had kept in touch , on DIA instructions , because of Suit 's involvement with Oliver North 's ragtag army of conmen , yahoos and armchair mercenaries from |
| 23 | A WOMAN whose silicone breast implant ruptured and caused her to have a partial mastectomy was awarded £17 million by an American jury yesterday . |
| 24 | The scenario has left Lewis , who believed he had a cast iron agreement to fight Bowe or Holyfield after his stunning knockout of Razor Ruddock a fortnight ago , thinking he 's a victim of another Bruno panto script . |
| 25 | I noticed he had a slight limp ; I recalled the attack on me the previous day and the wounds I had unwittingly inflicted , but decided to keep the matter to myself . |
| 26 | Theodora noticed he had a slight Norfolk accent and no trace of nervousness or pomposity . |
| 27 | ‘ I noticed he had a few extra bits and pieces on . |
| 28 | He told he had an important engagement and must go , on the Saturday night . |
| 29 | Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos , she realized she had an invaluable natural marker . |
| 30 | Chemical analysis of coals after heating at 400°C for three days showed them to have a residual gas-generating capacity . |