Example sentences of "he [vb past] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although once he 'd had a wife of his own . |
| 2 | ‘ Jeff told me he 'd had a word with you about me and told you I had lots of experience teaching English to foreign students and that you wanted me to come and do the job . ’ |
| 3 | For Perkin , making arrows would have been like filing his nails , and he 'd had a stove right in his workroom for the charring . |
| 4 | " You never told me he 'd had a heart attack coming round from the anaesthetic . |
| 5 | He 'd had a heart attack in a small tent and was fighting for air through a web of mosquito netting and canvas . |
| 6 | He was taken to the city 's main hospital where it was confirmed that he 'd had a heart attack . |
| 7 | After he 'd had a heart attack , we got him back to good health . |
| 8 | After the match , Hastings gave a television interview , attended the official post-match briefing and found time to have a word with me all before he 'd had a shower . |
| 9 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 10 | He 'd had a couple of sessions with his union rep and had been told not to worry , it was just a way of filling some quota ; if anything , his job was probably more secure now than it had been before . |
| 11 | The next morning , Ian woke her up with a cup of tea , said he was sorry about last night , he 'd had a bit too much to drink . |
| 12 | He 'd had a bit of a raw deal . |
| 13 | He was having an affair somewhere and he 'd had a child by her . |
| 14 | When I spoke to Travis the other day I understood he 'd had a change of heart . ’ |
| 15 | Thompson 's solicitor told Ashbourne Court : ‘ He 'd had a drink to try to relax . |
| 16 | Her father would joke about him to her when he 'd had a drink over much : ‘ Ready-made son you 've got now then , daughter , is it ? ’ he 'd say . |
| 17 | He would n't say any more until he 'd had a chance to talk it over with a friend , he said . ’ |
| 18 | He 'd had a row with Georgina on the Saturday . ’ |
| 19 | If he 'd had a bike he would have er done better then . |
| 20 | ‘ But what if he 'd had a knife ? ’ she said . |
| 21 | ‘ He could have taken my eye out if he 'd had a knife . |
| 22 | ‘ Dad wishes he 'd had a camera when he went round the world with his father . ’ |
| 23 | A friend of mine followed us round and he was starting to panic because he 'd had a bet on the boss . |
| 24 | And that made me wonder if you were in it , too , and he 'd had a rendezvous at the cottage . |
| 25 | Yes , when I came to think of it , he 'd had a cough for some time . |
| 26 | When he went up to Cambridge he met another American who 'd been brought up in England , whose father was a journalist in the London bureau of the Washington Post , and he 'd had a thing about graveyards , too . |
| 27 | And he said he 'd had a whiskies and he was down by the station and he said he jumped on the train and he landed up in De Detroit , and then the South African War broke out |
| 28 | It would be as much as Dad could do to keep himself in order after he 'd had a drop too much . |
| 29 | Scotty was weary , the gigs were far apart , he 'd had a touch of the ‘ flu and , at over 60 , really did n't feel up to it . |
| 30 | Thus , when Dennis offered him exactly half what he had been making , Lauda thought he 'd had a touch of sun . |