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

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1 I 'd better have a drink . ’
2 I 'd better have a bottle then .
3 I 'd better have a word , ’ said the Brigadier , withdrawing his head and opening the door .
4 I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending .
5 I 'd better have a word with him .
6 I 'd better have a look , ’ he said .
7 And talking of checking , I 'd better have a look through the house to see if anything 's missing .
8 I 'd better have a look at you . ’
9 I 'd better have a look at it first . ’
10 Er well perhaps I 'd better have a look .
11 I I was only off the plane just last week I 'd better have a look at this
12 Second , Fuchs blamed the deficit on the museum 's poor administrative structure , ‘ I did not have a system which enabled me to accept responsibility for the financial affairs of the museums ’ .
13 Said Leonard to us over a bottle of Sabbath wine , ‘ I did not have a scholar 's bent ; at that time I spent many evenings with Layton and we would ‘ crack ’ poetry together — discover the poet 's meaning .
14 Again I was making no contact with the flying control and as I did not have a WT operator I could not use my wireless set to inform the station that I was in this predicament .
15 But that is certainly not the case , I did not have a shotgun .
16 ‘ I was sure that I did not have a place in either male or female worlds , ’ she told me .
17 As I did not have a woman companion , they tended to ignore me , but I called to one and bought a little bouquet to put in my hotel bedroom 's tooth-glass .
18 ‘ That I did n't have a dad .
19 So he phoned up , he said I know I did n't have a guarantee , can you do anything for me ?
20 I did n't have a bicycle
21 ’ I was thinking only the other day , ’ he went on , ’ that if I did n't have a wife and child to support I would throw in my resignation , take the voluntary redundancy on offer , sell the flat and go .
22 I did n't have a friend before .
23 And she could n't understand why I did n't have a man .
24 I thought I 'd have a hangover , I did n't have a hangover .
25 I did n't have a mouthful this morning , I was so afraid of not getting myself ready in plenty of time for Rainbow . ’
26 I did n't , I did n't have a top
27 Wicker , wickerwork basket the one had got a top on and er the big one which I had a hundred and forty loaves , I did n't have a top on but you had a waterproof sheet that you put over the top of that , but er the small ones had a lid on was hinged , hinged lid you could fold it backwards , as far as you could empty it and er what they used to do coming down Road you used to give it a good push and then jump on the back and freewheel down past what is now Lane er is that convenience still on , in those days the was a gents toilet , a public convenience where you went down steps , you were actually apart from the urinals there was toilets as well there .
28 So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ?
29 I did n't have a nightmare , ’ she blurted , her small breasts rising and falling convulsively under the clinging , damp cotton .
30 I 've never had an honorary degree before , in fact I come from a generation which found it difficult to get to university so I did n't have a degree of any kind
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