Example sentences of "had [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.

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1 During this time Shadwell had me concentrate on the animal noises I was to make between the dialogue , so that when , for instance , I was talking to Kaa the slithering snake , who saves Mowgli 's life , I had to hiss .
2 I suppose we 've been rivals in the past , when I had my column on the Daily Mail and he had his on the Daily Express , but we 've been rivals in the friendliest of terms .
3 ‘ I had my baby on the kitchen floor ’
4 There was other stuff in similar vein but by this time I had my hand on the Yale latch and was opening the door .
5 ‘ I had my finger on the button . ’
6 Like a club side whose name seems to be on a cup , they had their name on the ticket to the U.S. ’
7 The only obstacle was Watkin the dung-collector whose own ample wife also had her eye on the role .
8 Sybil had her eye on the main chance , and so have a lot of other women over the years .
9 She knew she had her partner on the verge of an orgasm , but that he would have to work harder at controlling himself .
10 She was already moving away from the little cot and had her hand on the gas mantle and was turning it down .
11 Susan had her hand on the door .
12 She had her hand on the door , but , before she could follow through her intention to slam it in his face , Naylor gave a mighty roar of utter outrage .
13 Knowing that there was nothing for it but to go and apologise and , if possible , explain that her regularly serviced car was misbehaving , Fabia had her hand on the door-handle when she realised that she had no need to move .
14 In Berchtesgaden , where Hitler had his home on the Obersalzberg , and where he had enjoyed special veneration in former days , the SD reported that his speech on New Year 's Eve merely elicited the response that it ‘ brought nothing new ’ , and there was ‘ hardly any credibility worth mentioning ’ left for his last broadcast speech on 30 January 1945 .
15 Just as well one of us had his mind on the job . ’
16 Abel had his workshop on the first and second floors of the tall house and made intricate jewellery which he sold to a shop in Hatton Garden .
17 Lee Chapman was staring a hat trick in the face … but United 's Paul Kee had his eye on the ball too …
18 Lee Chapman was staring a hat trick in the face … but United 's Paul Kee had his eye on the ball too …
19 The second quarter promised to show a further profit on both Charlie 's enterprises , and he warned Becky that he had his eye on the butcher 's shop , since the owner 's only boy had lost his life at Passchendaele .
20 Cornwall 's own Bluebeard , so legend would have it , had his castle on the banks of the River Lynher , close to Saltash .
21 The DS actually had his hand on the door handle when it was turned .
22 Sidney had his hand on the gate .
23 And er when the anchor man always had his hand on the rope you know and you 'd hear him saying , Anchor coming home sir anchor coming home sir .
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