Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this instance I have a better chance of getting the ball close by using the slope to let the ball run down to the flag . |
| 2 | In the spare bedroom I had a demountable work-bench with a vice and an array of small tools . |
| 3 | It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur . |
| 4 | Through its low branches I had a latticed view of the buildings that made up my home . |
| 5 | Now , with the Art Dealers Association you have a professional group that could call and say to the dealer , ‘ Listen , that picture is wrong . |
| 6 | Now I appreciate that some people seem to object to the words public protection , erm I 'm not certain why bearing in mind you have a public protection committee . |
| 7 | In this light she had a washed-out look : colourless hair and face , even lips and eyes . |
| 8 | When people queried whether Eva 's alert mind would get bored repeating the same course every couple of months she had a ready answer . |
| 9 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 10 | On Tuesday we had a first-class Budget , a Budget for recovery . |
| 11 | Sometimes when we project into the future we have a reasonable expectation , based on experience , of what will happen . |
| 12 | Okay you 're absolutely right er we did play that at the beginning of the programme we had a little trouble with our C D what happened there Stuart it went off the air did n't it ? |
| 13 | Turn turning then to just touch on the issues that I 've , we did n't cover yesterday for York , erm you 'll notice from our H One submission we have a slight difference of opinion with the County Council on the technical side of the er the calculation , we believe that the calculation , we believe that the calculation for York 's need rather than three three should be a four thousand figure , taking into account the the issue of concealed households and involuntary sharing . |
| 14 | According to the headteacher the intention was ‘ to give as many staff as possible a sense of responsibility of teaching and learning ’ , despite the fact that ‘ as in all schools we have a hierarchical structure of responsibilities ’ . |
| 15 | They are usually made with unbleached wheatflour and extra virgin olive oil , and as a result they have a lovely texture and fresh taste . |
| 16 | From the roof they had a splendid view , not only of the proceedings below but also over the houses in King Street and Parliament Street , which forked at the end of Whitehall and led into Parliament Square . |
| 17 | erm in the days when they had terraced houses back to back terraced houses erm well anywhere in the country I guess but but where I come from it was fine for the people who lived with their doors on the on the road but the people who lived at the other side of the block they could n't get from the road so every so often down the down the terrace they had a little alley way an entry I think you 'd probably call it in Scotland , do n't they ? |
| 18 | On T1 weighted images tumours have a low signal intensity , appearing dark ; on T2 weighted images they have a higher signal and look bright . |
| 19 | If York or London needed Bell or Ramsey they had a moral duty to move whether or not they wanted it . |
| 20 | MOTHER Teresa , a Scout jamboree and the Pope may seem an odd combination but for stamp designer Gyula Vasarhelyi they have a common bond they all feature on his latest stamp designs for Mongolia . |
| 21 | Short , playing black , dominated the game throughout , and at the end of the first session of play on Tuesday he had a clear advantage in an endgame with superior pieces and a very strong passed pawn . |
| 22 | Though he had no great stock of small talk he had a great store of commonplaces , which could be adapted to any subject . |
| 23 | Needless to say , being a Finnish car it had a left-hand drive . |
| 24 | It acquired and developed the original photocopier technology and in its heyday it had a virtual monopoly and made huge profits . |
| 25 | But Prokofiev 's opera owes just as much of its enthralling power to the brilliance of its orchestral writing , and in Edward Downes it has a superlative master of the composer 's idiomatic style . |
| 26 | No wonder I had a fat face . |
| 27 | There was sliding down the banisters , toys left on the stairs , a new untidiness , a quickening of life and , sometimes , in the hurdy-gurdy I had a strange sense of ‘ presences ’ , two other children , silent , well-behaved . |
| 28 | I carried out stone from the cave , and after many days ' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill . |
| 29 | The toilets and bathrooms and showers were at the end of the hall on the second floor , and from my window I had a splendid view of the cathedral , whose Gothic , Renaissance and baroque styles mingled perfectly in the dark-rose-and-amber stone to give it almost the appearance of some natural rock formation . |
| 30 | It was empty , but at the corner where the lamplight was reflected in Robson 's shop window I had a brief impression of a fleeing form and a faint echo of laughter . |