Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [adv] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you actually became dependant on the tranquillizers did you or or or you simply had |
| 2 | ( The only failures at innovation that I saw in high-tech firms occurred when the manager thought he or she already had so much power that coalition building was unnecessary . ) |
| 3 | She had said , on her first morning with him , ‘ Mrs Kendrick and me always had a cup of coffee together before I got started , nice and friendly like . ’ |
| 4 | At this point I thought I 'd cracked it , and I probably had , but even now each flying session is a nerve-wracking experience , at least for me ! |
| 5 | One of my horses , Firefly , has had a nasty cough , and it was so much worse today that 1 had to send for the vet ; and I simply had n't a moment . ’ |
| 6 | However , there was nothing I could do about it , and I simply had to accept the situation . |
| 7 | ( I had a meeting of an advisory committee at the Bodleian at three , which was likely to be acrimonious and prolonged , and I simply had to buy something for the boys ' dinner first . ) |
| 8 | I was beginning to realise that I would never actually be a man and I already had experienced what I probably wanted more than anything else — the power men have in society . |
| 9 | And I already had Jackie because Jackie had been speaking earlier on the tapes . |
| 10 | Then when I reached the Mess , you letter was waiting for me , and it made me happy and sad at once , and I just HAD to write you a note , though I ca n't post it tonight . |
| 11 | I must have been mad on the strength of one fish , going all out boilies but it was a double and I just had a feeling this was how the better fish might fall . |
| 12 | It is not really because I was just Noel and I just had a chat this morning . |
| 13 | And er one day I was bathing Judy in the hut and the bell went and I just had to wrap a towel round her , you know , and run down to the sandy wadders And things got so bad , we went back to Khartoum |
| 14 | Cos I need some friends around just to like protect me cos I was the only girl last week and I just had no one to refer to . |
| 15 | Before leaving London I saw the sights , from the Tower to Trafalgar Square and I also had a wander through Soho which I remember not so much for its more dubious side but for all the stalls of fruit and vegetables , every type , colour and description . |
| 16 | I had the meat of one hundred cattle and three hundred sheep to eat on the journey , and I also had some live animals to show to my friends in England . |
| 17 | I polished the steel with bath-brick ; and I also had to do the morning-room stove . |
| 18 | But my periods were very few and far between and I also had excessive and embarrassing hair growth . |
| 19 | Mental arithmetic and reading and I also had er er take an eye test because they said if there was a train accident and I could n't see the signal whether it was red or green or whatever , you see , you never know . |
| 20 | ‘ And I also had to take her furniture into store until she found this house in Highbury . |
| 21 | And I even had added colours on this copy . |
| 22 | Or nearly nothing : where before you could book for lunch by telephone in a minute or two , this time it took half a dozen tries spread over a day and a bit , and I finally had to strike higher up . |
| 23 | And I finally had to admit that I was failing in my marriage to you . |
| 24 | I 'm really sorry David and I both had to be away . |
| 25 | I was between jobs , and I actually had enough to tide me over while I had a sabbatical . |
| 26 | The longer you throw , the more , good boy , it 's so well hidden in the leaves , it 's exactly the same colour that 's the trouble this time of year , but no , life is a funny thing , and I find it personally very hard to believe that only two months ago , I mean what is it nine weeks ago , and I suddenly had an enormous view |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | And I only had one scene with him . |
| 29 | After that we became disinterested in each other and I only had three weeks to the deadline , a last-minute decision to make , but I suppose I 'm one of the lucky ones because my parents were behind me all the way . |
| 30 | ‘ You can get them in Helsinki now , but at that time … anyway I had only been in New York for a couple of days and I only had the clothes I had taken with me . |