Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [adv] have " in BNC.

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1 Well according to the er Express I just had a look at , they reckon it 's on but for about half the original sum .
2 ‘ I 've always said you were the best blacksmith I ever had . ’
3 About nationalisation I never had any doubt .
4 In these cases I either have to wait for a passing walker and ask for assistance , try to reverse my direction or take the plunge and risk damage to chair and body .
5 erm mushrooms cabbage and everything 's raw , completely raw carrots in th in the middle with two different two mayonnaise dips one plai s plain mayonnaise and the other half of it is erm garlic flavour mayonnaise and erm that 's as a starter I always have that and I thoroughly enjoy it you know that 's the by the time I 've had that I do n't want much of my main meal cos it 's great
6 I told Marty I just had to go and find out . ’
7 Of course I still have to get a job , and I still suffer from depression and back pain , but somehow I 'm managing .
8 ‘ Of course I still have a wife , but there 's no need for you to worry your pretty little head about it .
9 ‘ And of course I always had to argue instead and make things worse . ’
10 ‘ It seemed like it was the hardest decision I ever had to make in my life .
11 Enough of the worms find themselves on the tight-fitting lid so that when I open the bucket I merely have to lower the lid into my aquarium to feed the fish .
12 " The best Christmas present I ever had .
13 I compare the Government 's record to the experience I once had of helping to redecorate a pensioner 's home to brighten up the dingy gloom .
14 It was the most moving experience I ever had .
15 Sir : I would like to relate to you an experience I recently had at a computer dealership on Oxford Road , Manchester , which I think may , in part , explain the ever downward spiralling morass computer retailing finds itself in .
16 On those cases it , it usually evens itself out er it usually says oh due to roundings I 'll ignore that erm cos I 've actu erm I 've gained through the unit statement on , cos I 've had one of these stand alone policies , and not wishing to pay the one pound ninety I 've actually knocked it on the head now and incorporated it with another policy , but erm when we looked at it all , overall I 've got a nil unit situation but in some months I actually had negative units , some months I had a , a sort of like point zero one of a unit positive .
17 In the early months I still had my natural aversion to overcome , before I understood the fundamental strangeness of the process of fruition .
18 One of the finest books I ever had to review was Janet and Allan Ahlbergs Funnybones , a brilliant tale of what a skeleton family gets up to at night when everyone else is in bed .
19 I will not forget the many people I met in the course of developing the many images I now have of Slumptown Comprehensive .
20 It was the colour of a skirt I once had that he had specially liked .
21 ‘ He should have been the best horse I ever had , if only he 'd had decent health ! ’ from owner David Broome , this was quite some testimonial to the abilities of the brilliant grey show-jumper , Phoenix Park .
22 An easy and quick process even with the large amount of data I already had stored .
23 Then , however , you really must be prepared to stick to your principles and beliefs because throughout the coming months you simply have to know whom to trust and who must be shown the door .
24 and this Molly she always had to be different
25 ‘ I thought we played some good stuff against Oldham but when you concede three goals you obviously have problems — if you score three at home you should run out winners . ’
26 There was still her car to worry about , not forgetting that interview she still had to secure , but …
27 If you attended the lunchtime fringe meeting on shops you probably had even more food for thought .
28 No problem it 's just g it 's a bit funny if there 's more than one of them if you get two or three you do n't say two ox if you had two or three boxes fine but with ox it 's one of these silly words you just have to remember it 's oxen .
29 In other words you essentially had the choice on the spot of saying , ‘ Yes , I certainly did it , and here 's my fiver or whatever it is , ’ or ‘ No I do n't agree with you and I would like to go through the proper judicial procedures . ’
30 ‘ You know , the only ambition she ever had for me was to marry well and bring up the colour of the family . ’
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