Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] [vb mod] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I thought I might have a word with Eddie Brady . ’
2 ‘ Until Sir Thomas died and you thought I might have a motive for murder ? ’ she finished sweetly .
3 I thought I would have a go at senior rugby for a season , then pack it in .
4 ‘ I never thought I should have a friend to play with and a pony to ride , Aunty ! ’ she said happily , as she got ready to go out and call for Angela Yatton .
5 I thought I 'd have a hangover , I did n't have a hangover .
6 Well there 's two things I 'd like I ca n't have both of them I thought I 'd have a prawn and cocktail
7 ‘ Of course , I never thought I 'd have a coach as good as Mr O'Dell , but he kindly suggested I should call in on a Saturday afternoon , while the pub was shut … . ’
8 The way people talk over here is pure poetry and nobody is really using that in songs so I thought I 'd have a go . ’
9 ‘ I thought I 'd have a go , just for fun , and phone the station , ’ said Moira .
10 I have n't read any match report yet … so I thought I 'd have a go at a quick one & include a few comments about Rocky as well .
11 ‘ My thoughts exactly , which is why I thought I 'd have a chat with you . ’
12 I only had to hold the end of the string , while my friend went round the circle , so I thought I 'd have a rest , and so …
13 ‘ Just thought I 'd have a walk . ’
14 ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you . ’
15 Then as her gaze focused unconsciously on the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , she found herself remembering what Silvia had said : ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you ’ .
16 Now , feeling the train grubbiness all over he– , she thought she might have a bath .
17 I thought she would have a fit on the spot .
18 I went there one Sunday , I thought we 'll have a meal but when I looked I said no chance !
19 I thought we might have a treat and drive into Siena . ’
20 Thought we might have a bit of sport , ’ he announced generally .
21 ‘ I thought we might have a word about the Gray affair and try to move things on a little in that area , ’ said Wheeler .
22 We thought we might have a chance .
23 We could n't sport the name of Dark or Phillips or Brown or Davies or any other Worcester paddler who went out to give their all but we thought we would have a go .
24 Right , word full stop word Erm right , press return a few times then choose centering button and table , insert table , and now we 're going to have a table whe where I thought we could have a number and it can either be times or divide by something and then the answer , so we want how many columns ?
25 I thought we 'd have a Smartie one .
26 But they look like I thought we 'd have a look through those , they look good !
27 Anyway , she went out to get some text books , so there was a few of us who thought we 'd have a bit of a laugh , do something to catch her out .
28 ‘ We ca n't really say we saw something suspicious , so we climbed in the back window , and then we just thought we 'd have a dinner-party while we were here .
29 So this week I thought we 'd have a go at making a miniature garden , which you can grow in your bedroom .
30 ’ We wrote the single after moving into a little village and seeing all the people driving to their office jobs and we thought we 'd have a go at them ’
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