Example sentences of "[pron] 've had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Do you know I 've had a blue pen , I 've had a black pen and now I 'm down to a bloody pencil .
32 I 've had a rough evening . ’
33 I 've had a strange experience , Konstantin !
34 I 've had a go , I 've had a new mate today .
35 I 've had a new plate , I 've had a hell of a lot with , with a one of the
36 I 've had a good run all week , I 've er
37 And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it .
38 I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony .
39 I 've had a good look round , June , ’ he said .
40 ‘ Now , I 've had a good look around it and , you know , there 's nothing really wrong with it , it 's just very old — ’
41 ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’
42 I 've had a good life , on the whole . ’
43 I just move some of this stuff out the way , I know , I 've had a good idea , a smart idea
44 It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving .
45 ‘ Have a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'll feel better once I 've had a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'm worried about her , she has n't shed a tear since she had the news ’ , are all sayings which have a recognized place in our language .
46 I 've had a good week ’ , Helen said .
47 I 've had a religious experience . ’
48 Erm and I mean I 've had a recent bereavement , I mean I , I lost my mum at Christmas and got three days leave .
49 He did n't interfere here , Uncle saw to that , so I 've had a free hand in the shop and although I say it myself I 've made a go of it . ’
50 I 've had a whole series of catastrophes
51 ‘ Then I thought , My Gorgeous Life , because I 've had a gorgeous life and I 'm still having one .
52 ‘ Anyway , I 've had a hard day . ’
53 I 've had a hard week . ’
54 So anyway I found this doctor and said to the receptionist : ‘ I 've had a bad back .
55 I 'm sorry , I 've had a bad day . ’
56 I 've had a bad morning .
57 ELL , I 've had a happy life ’ — as Hazlitt may not have said after all , in which case bang goes the cheeriest of all the Famous Last Words .
58 Betrayed by that shit Sarah Walker who was once his landlord 's daughter , plunged into crippling debt , mocked by polite society and dinner-table assassins , tortured by a cancer of the stomach , he could still prop himself up on one elbow in a room as shabby as this one and say exultantly ‘ Well , I 've had a happy life ! ’
59 But er , I suppose I had a happy lif well I know I 've had a happy life .
60 I did n't make them I er I 've had a little go but I 'm not very good at it .
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