Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No further information seemed to be forthcoming and Rose still had tight hold of the ring .
2 The psychological theories of political leaders and the state reviewed here have strong echoes in New Right thinking .
3 Because the weapons listed previously have different purposes , there will also be a great variation in the end result .
4 ‘ We 'd better have that dance , ’ she said to Jack Butler .
5 But honestly — I 'd better have that shower , had n't I ? ’
6 " Then you 'd better have second thoughts . "
7 After all that trauma of fixing it in , you 'd better have some whisky and honey had n't you ?
8 Well , he 'd better have another think . ’
9 Despite having been in touch with many agencies , they 'd only had five applicants so far — four of whom had been absolutely hopeless .
10 Women currently aged 45 to 59 said they 'd only had 2.6 lovers , while men the same age boasted of 13.6 girlfriends .
11 I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach .
12 No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went .
13 She was n't sure she wanted to return , but seemed not to have much choice anymore , and so she stayed .
14 Anyway , I 'd already had one moment of glory with Peter when he won two years before in the 1958 British Open .
15 Ronni was suddenly grateful that just a moment ago she 'd already had this conversation .
16 He 'd always had such courtesy , could make a frump feel like a star , so Gillian used to say , a little ruefully .
17 She 'd always had good food and warm clothes and a comfortable house to live in .
18 It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before .
19 The fellow continued his work replying coolly , " If I 'd ever had any brains Captain , I should n't have been here now ! "
20 Later in the interview , people were asked whether they 'd ever had any kind of problem or difficulty over any credit arrangements .
21 And I 'd also had some suspicions . ’
22 Of course , if I 'd really had any sense I would n't have been there in the first place .
23 I tell you something I wish I 'd never had that cat round my back door .
24 I was impressed by her self-confidence ; I 'd never had one boyfriend , let alone as many as she 'd had .
25 I 'd never had other children of my own and somehow she seemed very precious just then , but I never expected to see her .
26 Coming to the 18th , he said he 'd never had five birdies in a row , and I thought perhaps it was going to stay that way because he put his second way through the green .
27 Heaven knew she was no stranger to men 's admiring glances , but they 'd never had this effect on her before — nor anything remotely like it !
28 But I 'd never had any problems with my periods , so when I finally decided to see a specialist , I was more curious than anything else . ’
29 Until then I 'd never had any intimation of what was being done nowadays in the field of biblical research , or of the attacks being launched by competent historians .
30 As I said , part of Barny 's problem was that he 'd never had any contact with people at all , and by the time I got him it was too late .
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