Example sentences of "i [verb] had [art] " in BNC.

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1 Someone close to me has had a cataract operation in both eyes .
2 ‘ Watch it for Christ sake , ’ Billy bawled into the wind , ‘ ca n't you see I 've had a hard night . ’
3 See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better .
4 If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em .
5 I I I think erm a lot of teachers would now look back on those days with er a certain fondness now bearing in mind what 's what 's happened since and the the the succession of education secretaries we 've had since since then I mean had the only one in recent years who I would say has attempted a genuine dialogue with the teachers and tried to do something constructive is John McGregor .
6 Quite right ; but I 'd had a vague recollection , and looked it up , and although the shirt of the centaur Nessus , saturated as it was in his poisoned blood , had caused Hercules no end of pain …
7 I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section .
8 ‘ You can tell the difference by their boots , ’ Irena told me before I 'd had a chance to ask the question .
9 I 'd had a feeling I 'd seen it before , but I 'd no idea they were that good friends !
10 I 'd had a soft erection before , but as our mouths collided — we had n't even been able to kiss all week ! — it hardened up painfully .
11 I wished I 'd had a poke round when we were up by the cliff — he probably had a little cave in there behind the brambles .
12 Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped .
13 I 'd had a flop , which unnerved me a bit .
14 ‘ If only I 'd had a stable childhood , maybe none of this would have happened … . ’
15 I 'd had a call from the Leisure Centre , ’ he says .
16 I would n't have minded if I 'd had a bump on my head , a cross on it or a bullet through it .
17 ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’
18 I 'd had a stable home at the price of her martyrdom and this was how I 'd repaid her .
19 ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything .
20 As I said , I was almost half way up the front before I realised that between knitting the back and starting the front I 'd had a teaching session .
21 But at least I 'd had a chance by then to check out the bit of her which Catherine likes least .
22 ‘ I had geared my mind after being told I 'd had a son .
23 But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like .
24 I 'd had a novel published when I was 16 , really quite a poor novel called The Kids , the kind of thing that people write when they 're in the fifth form , except that mine got published .
25 I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] .
26 But this morning she caught me unawares before I 'd had a single cup of coffee .
27 I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction .
28 I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career .
29 Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’
30 I had no idea I 'd had a baby .
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