Example sentences of "[pron] had was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I had was a testimonial from Harold Fletcher of G.C.H.Q. , which was no testimonial in that it gave a potential employer absolutely no enlightenment because it could not do so : |
| 2 | All I had was a promise of a pair of boots from Jack Riordon , a quartermaster in the Green Howards Regiment . |
| 3 | The card I had was a 2,400bps ( bits per second ) data modem , and a 9,600bps Class 2 fax modem . |
| 4 | I did n't have a protective big brother : all I had was a small sister . |
| 5 | Last night , , this Sunday , all I had was a banana at lunchtime , had n't eaten all day or drunk , I had two glasses of water |
| 6 | All she had was a yearning for everything that was out there beyond her knowledge . |
| 7 | Some of the others would have to be rewired ; some would never be rewired again , but all she had was a headache . |
| 8 | When he first started , you see , all you had was a fly safe . |
| 9 | The only furniture we had was a few tables and chairs . ’ |
| 10 | Here what we had was a case of the supreme court , well I 'll say more about this later , but the supreme court declaring segregation by race to be unconstitutional and requiring that these decisions be recognized and enforced by relevant authorities . |
| 11 | the most valuable single book we had was a late eighteenth-century volume with a rare and secret feature . |
| 12 | The last three worked passably ; the March car he had was a fiasco . |
| 13 | What he had was a pampered , spoilt brat whose only interest in life was lipstick and what was on at the pictures . |
| 14 | When he had seen it being done by publicans a mallet and a stake had been used , but all he had was a rusty bracket . |
| 15 | Previously the only vehicle he had was a car llusg — a slide-car , one of the most primitive vehicles used in animal traction . |
| 16 | what he had , what he had was a biggish lorry with a low |