Example sentences of "had a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I mean I 'm I 'm very lucky because my parents are very liberal , and I mean they discussed sex with me quite early on and I 've never had a problem discussing it with them . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think I 've ever had a lady bring me flowers before . ’ |
| 3 | The words had leapt out of Tom 's mouth before he had had a chance to stop them . |
| 4 | At one point , the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her , began helping herself to some port from my tray . |
| 5 | In his reply Dr. Yeats expressed his gratitude and assured Whitbread that he would take the earliest opportunity of using the oil ; a month later however , the doctor sent his servant with an apology — he had not yet had a chance to use it . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 7 | I have n't had a chance to see him yet this morning . ’ |
| 8 | And you 're quite sure that while the car was down in Streatley , the thieves who I 'm after would n't have had a chance to take it and use it for their break-in ? ’ |
| 9 | He would n't say any more until he 'd had a chance to talk it over with a friend , he said . ’ |
| 10 | She had not had a chance to mention it to Charlotte Hanover before their … their contretemps of the other night , and assumed that he would have the decency to realize that she would not , in any case , want him to accompany her now . |
| 11 | Yeah , so er , he would n't of know you see , cos I only found out today , I would n't of , I have n't had a chance to tell him that I was coming here , but I thought well I 'd call on me way home and see how you are |
| 12 | ‘ We have n't had a chance to tell them that he 's gone for trial yet , sir . |
| 13 | We can never know what folly and what wisdom is in the speeches until we have had a chance to read them . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm afraid this letter has been delayed as I have n't had a chance to get it to the Embassy before today . |
| 15 | Have you had a chance to play it at all ? |
| 16 | ‘ Not in the least now that I 've had a chance to study you him . |
| 17 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 18 | I had n't even had a chance to wash it ! |
| 19 | Having recently had a pacemaker installed I have nothing but praise for the treatment I received both at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton and the Freeman in Newcastle ( a Trust hospital ) . |
| 20 | For someone who has never had a panic attack it may be difficult to fully empathize with the client , but it may help if you were to consider the following scenario . |
| 21 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
| 22 | Being rather backward-looking by nature ( except for science ) , the feminists have always had a talent to enrage me … ‘ |
| 23 | Bottom Line The bottom line has to be how it operates once it is all up and running correctly , which assumes that , if you have minimal experience or confidence , you have had a dealer set it up . |
| 24 | As Mary re-iterated to the police , she 'd had a job to wake her up out of a dead sleep that night , and when she did come to she just could n't take in what had happened : she did n't seem able to speak for ages and she 'd had to help her into her clothes . |
| 25 | He knew Carmella would have had a fit had she seen it . |
| 26 | If I had not had a sensation which resembles my present sensation I could not assert , ‘ My sensation is a sensation of white ’ with the same meaning as it would have if I had had a sensation resembling it . |
| 27 | Each one would have had an attendant to stop them doing themself harm . |
| 28 | He had taken the Thompson with him for a practical demonstration and afterwards had not had an opportunity to exchange it for the army 's normal issue Sterling gun . |
| 29 | Cos I have n't had an opportunity to do it |
| 30 | Once you 've had an opportunity to enjoy it , to see it , you would n't mind letting others share it . ’ |