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 . |