Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adv] have my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Shortly afterwards we returned to English prep schools , where I quickly had my French beaten out of me in French grammar classes , and where Lorne responded by continuing to be unable to talk or , rather , to speak in any known language , for he would hold forth volubly in a tongue uniquely his own . |
2 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
3 | Just as Montgomery kept a photo of Rommel beside him in his desert caravan , so I now had my cancer cell . |
4 | Problem was I was playing a British Military Police Chief , and I still had my uniform on when I turned up at this place . |
5 | I wish I was wrong and I still had my pension . |
6 | I also went out every day , and I always had my gun with me . |
7 | I do n't much like Turgenev — I think the death of Bazarov in Fathers and Sons is unconvincing and unfair to the reader — and I always have my watch fifteen minutes fast . |
8 | Dad , if I still had my wee Claxton Annabel could go outside and play in it . |
9 | But I still have my mother , three sisters , a sort of sister-in-law , and four nieces . |
10 | — but I still have my wedding-ring |
11 | Just when I never had my thing . |
12 | The last lines are no less appropriate : ‘ Fools , for I also had my hour , one far fierce hour and sweet . |