Example sentences of "had [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I had the average child 's thirst for blood and a more than average thirst for romance . |
| 2 | Robert of Mortain was lucky , in that he had the substantial Roman site at Pevensey on which to build . |
| 3 | Despite these dashes of earnest high-mindedness , I had the outer appearance of normality . |
| 4 | Not that he had the faintest idea of the contents of the envelope he carried within the breast pocket of the jacket he declined to hand over to the stewardess . |
| 5 | Frequently , Kirov wondered if his Western contacts had the faintest conception of how difficult his work was , under the vastly different circumstances which prevailed in the two societies . |
| 6 | Nigel , who in any case really delighted in sows ' ears which had the faintest possibility of turning into even cotton purses , beavered away with them for an hour or more before unceremoniously dumping them in the dustbin and banging down the lid . |
| 7 | He was always surprised that no one else had the faintest idea of what he was talking about . |
| 8 | He had the faintest intimation that Joanna despised him . |
| 9 | He turned back to what he was doing , his long fingers working quickly and expertly at the job , and she had the faintest feeling that she was being dismissed . |
| 10 | They did not pray two rak'ahs before making love , or perform wudu after intercourse ( perhaps because neither of them had the faintest idea what wudu might be ) , and they were woefully deficient in the sacrifice and dowry departments . |
| 11 | To make the point more sharply , the Samaritan document invalidates the theory that Jewish Hellenizers had the decisive word in persuading Antiochus IV to transform the Temple of Jerusalem into a temple of Zeus Olympios . |
| 12 | Tonight , her craving to correct had the sharp tingle of sherbert . |
| 13 | Thirdly , it was not just the bald declarations of innocence that impressed me , but the nature and quality of those declarations : there were passages in both books which , as in Meehan 's letters to me , had the sharp ring of truth . |
| 14 | Crowe then had the vulgar audacity to offer me a pitiful ten quid if I revealed the manager 's name . |
| 15 | But with tension mounting , he might have run his partner Pringle out had the substitute Ramprakash gathered the ball cleanly at backward point . |
| 16 | Inside a minute he had the substitute microphone and its extra wires in his hand . |
| 17 | But from the soft laugh that followed her she had the ominous feeling that he was no more convinced by her protests than she was herself . |
| 18 | The infantry went to church in their new uniforms for the first time on 9 September , and had the singular honour , a month later , of joining their fellows in the cavalry who were escorting the funeral cortège of the late Earl of Cork ‘ in slow and decorous movement suitable to the solemnity of the occasion ’ . |
| 19 | Had he stayed , there was every chance that he might have been forced eventually to join the Militia — a thing few Titfords would face with relish ; but most significant of all , perhaps — apart from his obvious inner resilience and entrepreneurial spirit — he had the singular advantage of having well-off relations to latch onto in London . |
| 20 | He it was who had pressed for the creation of Christ Church parish , and he became its first incumbent ; Benjamin and Elizabeth had the singular distinction of having him officiate at their marriage — poor surroundings , then , but in the presence of a minister of great reputation . |
| 21 | He had the singular good fortune not to die in the trenches , but the experience undermined his health severely for all that . |
| 22 | The ECSC had not conditioned the European public in favour of supranationalism , nor had the key interest groups in coal and steel , whether the industries were publicly or privately owned , emerged as a vanguard of European integration . |
| 23 | Self-sufficiency was recommended since the ‘ doing business craze ’ still had the official blessing at this time . |
| 24 | Before I left for London next day Margaret had the official confirmation of Dickie 's examination results . |
| 25 | Their approach was in great contrast to what might have been the position had the official Opposition been in government . |
| 26 | At our first Energy and Utility Sectional Conference , we had the Chief ex Executive of National Power as a guest speaker . |
| 27 | And had the latter been the case , Churchill , almost his only substantial political ally of 1936 , would in 1940 have been confronted with a very awkward decision as to whether to intern his sovereign . |
| 28 | The study of the Old Testament also had the practical purpose of explaining and justifying the organisation of the Church which was foreshadowed in the history of Israel and now through the sacraments offered all peoples the hope of salvation . |
| 29 | Although the right was vested in Germany , the allies had the major interest in enforcing the provision . |
| 30 | Some of the men in GLF had called themselves feminist , as had the Mao-ist men at Skegness . |