Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [adv] had [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be clear from the previous chapters that although I still had some sense of personal identity when I became anorexic , I simply did not have the opportunity or know-how to form an Eriksonian ego identity . |
| 2 | ‘ All my school life , I was under the impression I was not completely stupid but pretty dumb so I never had that oomph . |
| 3 | I was paid for the lessons not in money but in food , so we always had enough oil , sugar , cheese and butter — commodities that were now difficult to obtain . |
| 4 | Returning towards the island he saw five Ju88s heading out to sea and although he now had little ammunition left , attacked and thought that he had managed to damage one . |
| 5 | Finally , he showed me off the premises with the injunction , accompanied by a theatrical wink , that I should get straight on to him if I ever had any bother . |
| 6 | It was when he attempted to argue , ‘ I would n't be bothered if I never had another ride in the National , ’ that he began to give himself away . |
| 7 | If they rarely had much chance in the more skilled manual jobs , unless apprenticed to some craft at home , they were probably better off than the poorest of the city-born . |
| 8 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ — Boy was not sure if he was yet allowed to address her by her name , did n't know if he yet had that right . |
| 9 | It occurred to Rostov that there would be more point to the information if he also had some control over the pod 's guidance system , but at least he now knew where he was going . |
| 10 | It made her feel as if he still had some sort of claim over her , and she really hated and resented that . |
| 11 | And despite the wonderful climate , and being able to play Riviera whenever I wanted , I longed to see green fields and my folks and my friends , and hear the cricket scores on the radio , and escape from the constant pursuit of more money and better deals for the clients , who mostly did n't care anyway because they already had more money than they knew what to do with . ’ |
| 12 | ( Hannah 's work on occupational pensions suggests that employers could seldom conspire , because they seldom had any idea of what they were doing in the area of pension policy . ) |
| 13 | It took me some time to work this out , for I still had such sympathy for Charlie that I could n't look at him coolly . |
| 14 | I wrote to Mr. Andrew there , but I do n't know if he ever got the letter , for I never had any answer . |
| 15 | She lives in a large , sunny and specially adapted local authority bungalow in Northampton : the walls of the living room are decorated with her paintings ( done when she still had some use of her right hand ) and her kitchen cupboard is covered with postcards , love letters from old boyfriends and local newspaper articles . |
| 16 | Ashley met me in the Jac that night , listened to my woes , bought me drink when I ran out of money ( I 'm sure I was short-changed at the bar ) even though she probably had less dosh than I did , and listened to my woes all over again when we went back to her mum 's and sat up till God knows when , talking low so we would n't wake Dean in the next room . |
| 17 | ‘ T was regrettable , of course , though you obviously had little choice but to abandon modesty when the need was so imperative . |