Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [pron] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I found out they had a computer in the bottom of the building when I worked in the bank and it started off from that .
2 Course turned oot we had a choice between his homebrew .
3 THE first fire crews arriving at ICI Lostock yesterday knew instantly they had a fight on their hands .
4 When Mrs Carlson went round she had a glass of something , excused herself from a chicken leg saying they had just eaten dinner .
5 I thought actually we had a standing order already that claims had to be in within a certain time limit
6 My remark that last time I had a bracelet like that put on I had a baby three hours later is greeted by a stony stare !
7 In preparing my speech I recalled ( as the reader also may ) the occasion during my first watch in Tartar when the first lieutenant had shown me the various instruments on the bridge , and that when I asked why one had a canvas cover , he had said , ‘ Oh , that 's the Mountbatten station-keeping gear , and we keep it covered because the captain finds it quite useless . ’
8 They had Well they had a club at the South school .
9 What Charles also wanted now he had a garden of his own was wild flowers .
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