Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He explained that , since he wrote that advice , it was getting more difficult to arrange a DIY funeral because of the growing number of takeovers ; in fact , three companies between them had large parts of the southern half of the country sewn up .
2 None of the rest of us had that kind of head . ’
3 The same unfortunate landlord returned a few days later as we were playing forfeits , and made no mention of the fact that one person was in a bra and panties with a colander on his head , another had wellingtons on filled to the brim with curdled milk and the rest of us had false moustaches drawn on with an indelible black magic marker .
4 ‘ So I decided I needed a solid-body guitar for regular playing , and this friend of mine had this Firebird .
5 A friend of mine had this Firebird — I did n't know what I was buying , and he did n't know what he was sellin
6 A quarter of us had four radio sets or more .
7 The other two sub-groups were similar , but members within them had little contact with the rest of the sample other than with boys in S1 .
8 Or was it true that the Church was so short of people of stature ( under the age of 73 ) that only one man among them had enough stature for the see of London and for that reason his scholarship must be sacrificed on the altar of a higher good ?
9 a big str , a bit strong fellow to he had good legs on him , he did a lot of cycling you know
10 Prof Van Velzen 's team found earlier this year that of 34 victims of unexplained cot death , 70pc of them had underdeveloped kidneys .
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