Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] had [det] " in BNC.

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1 I only had that one drink .
2 I mean , I only had that one on my neck and I thought and like I was I was !
3 So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ?
4 what would you like from the catalogue sort of thing and I only had this catalogue to Cos I pa you know I paid for it what di did they have ?
5 I just had that 's how I feel and
6 That 's an interesting actually side chart , I mean this is completely off the agenda and things , but erm , I just had some information up from er , from RADA and er
7 I know , I just had some of it !
8 I tell ya , I just , I just had this sort of yearning for chocolate , ooh
9 Plus I already had that , plus I had another five I did n't tell you about , I had fifteen when you said you had fifteen , look , one there 's me first ten
10 Of course , I already had some experience with the various falconers ' knots and changing jesses with a bird perched on my fist , but poor old Derek got himself a bit tied up .
11 The picture could be executed by a company called Scanachrome in which I already had some interest and it seemed like a good opportunity to get involved with the process .
12 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 .
13 and whilst , when I was in hospital I always had that feeling that I 'd love to hear the water lapping on a beach , you know and
14 I always had several anthologies of poetry with me , luckily including this one , so I feverishly looked up the poem : it was Ernest Dowson 's ‘ Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae ’ , with its plaintive refrain :
15 ‘ Anyway , ’ he went on , trying to find excuses for himself , ‘ I reckon I always had some sort of imminence because I 'd feel a hunch rolling up inside me like a breaker on the ocean and I 'd just know what was going to win .
16 I always had this thing in the back of my mind that I 'd like to be Head Gardener at Killerton one day , because of the type of garden it is , because of its size and because of the plant content .
17 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 .
18 I still had that hurdle to overcome .
19 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 .
20 It seemed a rather difficult thing to do , somehow , which surprised me , as I had n't realized I still had some atavistic buried fear of him because he was black .
21 I mentioned to Ewen that I still had some ( I told him 10 , but it appears to be only 8 ) copies left of GGE , and yesterday I approached Bargain Books on Princes Street , where I see they 're selling it for £6 , in the hope that I might add my copies to their stock and get a cheque for you .
22 I still had this idea that my weight was too personal a topic for other people to talk about .
23 ‘ When I first moved to LA , I still had this idea of swinging glamour — to be a woman in control but sexy and fun .
24 ‘ When I first moved to LA , I still had this idea of swinging glamour .
25 I still had this uncomfortable feeling that I did know her .
26 But obviously I 'd got on to something a bit more skilled and I still had this know all attitude .
27 But I still had more room than I needed in that so that was quite useful .
28 I still had another two masterclasses to play in , and so I had to practise the other two pieces which I would play .
29 You know when I brought my board in , I probably had that to prop it up while er
30 I also had many more letters than usual and much assurance from Michael Fraser at the Research Department that the national polls really indicated a very considerable measure of support in the country .
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