Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a terrible [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4 I had a terrible dream — I was being chased round the Tower of London by a gyre frabjous. 5 Seventeen whiffling Jabberwocks burbled at the vorpal dagger brandished under the Tumtum tree by our brave hero . |
| 2 | I — I had a terrible row at home this morning . |
| 3 | I had a terrible shock when you opened your eyes and looked so steadily at me . |
| 4 | My father died erm sixteen years ago and I was put on to tranquillizers , up until that point I had never needed a drug in my life , and I was put onto tranquillizers and I had a terrible experience ! |
| 5 | Just looked at me saw how I was , prescribed the Tamazapam tablets , and I had a terrible experience with those and that 's only in the last year ! |
| 6 | I had a terrible time last Friday — your paper sent me proofs to correct the same day so I had to struggle up with them . |
| 7 | One of those days was last Friday , when I had a terrible time going to lunch with Herman to meet Ivy . |
| 8 | If he turns up for court and he says , yes I had a terrible time at the police station and there were all sorts of breaches of but I am now here on a , I 'm gon na tell the truth , that 's no problem . |
| 9 | I had a terrible job . |
| 10 | She had a terrible temper , and it always made him double up when she swore at him and clenched her fists . |
| 11 | I am immensely relieved — she had a terrible anxiety feeling , and the move might have killed her altogether , and must have as a writer , I think . |
| 12 | Vera , his wife — ‘ She had a terrible life with me , ’ he told Glorious . |
| 13 | Oh lovely lass , Erica really nice , been married before , but she had a terrible life |
| 14 | Her temper was caused by the fact that she had a terrible suspicion that what they said was true . |
| 15 | She had a terrible urge just to chuck it at Evelyn 's feet and run away , but she knew if she did that there was a chance she might burst into tears . |
| 16 | By then she had a terrible headache , but Hyper.0/6. one dose , relieved the headache instantly , the numbness was 50% improved after one minute and completely resolved after 30 minutes . |
| 17 | But she had a terrible feeling she knew . |
| 18 | I know you had a terrible time and the last thing I meant to do was to upset you . |
| 19 | ‘ We had a terrible check at Euston . |
| 20 | And there was an old lady there and she fell down and broke her arm , we had a terrible night of it . |
| 21 | We had a terrible quarrel … |
| 22 | We had a terrible time administering the company , which we had bought very cheaply and which was in disarray . |
| 23 | We had a terrible time when my husband was made redundant five years ago . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not sure if it was ‘ The Reign of Terror ’ story about the French Revolution , or one of the other ones , but we had a terrible time getting Bill to pronounce the word brazier , meaning a rack for burning coals . |
| 25 | changing headmasters at his school and they had a terrible reputation one time . |
| 26 | And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear . |
| 27 | An ‘ unpretending ’ cottage in Rodmell , in the Ouse valley south of Lewes , it had a terrible kitchen , no hot water , no bathroom and a primitive earth closet , which the vendors decided against showing her . |
| 28 | He had a terrible sense of direction , always getting left , right , up , down , forwards and backwards mixed up . |
| 29 | What made it worse was that he had a terrible cold at the time . |
| 30 | ‘ He had a terrible problem which he could n't talk about but I want to sort it out for him . ’ |