Example sentences of "[noun] [that] [pers pn] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conclusion we are entitled to draw from these findings is that , in general , female usage tends towards the more ‘ careful ’ end of the stylistic continuum and male usage towards the more ‘ casual ’ , and it seemed at this stage of our research that we had some justification for the claim that in linguistic variation , sex-differentiation is prior to class differentiation and need not be interpreted as subsidiary to class ( as it normally has been ) . |
| 2 | The petitions on their own may be unreliable , but the response of the Crown to them must surely be an indication that they had some substance : a government which was regularly short of funds would be unlikely to grant remissions , and the fact that different towns were allowed varying amounts of tax allowance suggests that some attempt was made to calculate the resources available . |
| 3 | I commented to Miklós that I had little hope of the New World solving the problems of the Old when it could not face up to its own difficulties . |
| 4 | Much to my surprise she agreed , on condition that we had separate rooms and made our own travel arrangements . |
| 5 | The pilot realised after take-off that he had less fuel than expected . |
| 6 | The purpose of the visit was to have a private audience with the Pope and also to visit the departments in the Vatican that I had particular interest in . |
| 7 | For a while they made so much work for the bailiffs that they had little time to harass the Nonconformists . |
| 8 | I have n't taken into account the suggestion forms that I had this morning and some quiffs that I have n't had . |
| 9 | Another dream that I had several times was that I would sacrifice my life to save others . |
| 10 | said at a press conference in May that he had some misgivings about a formal sentence bargain , but thought it would be possible to devise a procedure which would be acceptable . |
| 11 | Herluin might hold it against the boy that he had disgraced Ramsey not so much by attempting theft , but by making a botch of it , but Herluin had also been of the abbot 's party . |
| 12 | The Duke forced a smile and airily denied to a lady that he had any fear of an imminent French attack . |
| 13 | To the late Dr Melville Clark , the Reader in Rhetoric , I owe the discovery that I had some talent for editing text . |
| 14 | And Eva , the smaller one , argued with Janice that they had two cars . |
| 15 | So a conductor 's duty were n't very very nice then , probably three piece duties , which were spread duties but you know people thought they were bringing in a wonderful thing to be one man operated but it was before the war that we had one man operated buses . |
| 16 | Mel Smith took a sideswipe at Nigel Kennedy with his announcement that he had good news for music lovers — the violinist 's appearance had been cancelled . |
| 17 | I feel that , apart from this , you showed an interest in me and my development which enabled me to grow both in the exercise of my talents and in the confidence that I had such talents . |
| 18 | Maria Iñes was dumpy and talkative ; Maria Teresa was dark and very like João , though not quite so good looking , and Maria de Graça was taller , plainer , and so intent upon winning herself a place in Heaven that she had little conversation for anyone apart from Padre Jorge , an oily man with plump little hands and a great anxiety to be first to agree with Dom João in everything he said . |
| 19 | Despite having the worst of yesterday 's weather , Torrance was so sharp with his putter that he had seven birdies and no bogeys . |
| 20 | I told my husband that he had this problem . |
| 21 | Again , a story in Thucydides ( v.45 ) shows that the Council hears foreign ambassadors before the Assembly does ( Alcibiades persuades a Spartan delegation , after their first audience , which was with the Council , to deny at their later audience with the Assembly that they had full powers to treat with Athens ) . |
| 22 | based on er the type of stuff that we had last year . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ Part of the problems that we had last week was that the Cabinet was out of touch with backbench feelings … and not only our feelings but those in the constituencies . |
| 24 | In spite of Hutchinson 's claims that he had 20,000 members in the Mansfield district , and large numbers of followers in Lancashire and other industrial areas , and that he had printed hundreds of thousands of copies of the National Worker , there was no evidence that he had any members in his organization . |
| 25 | But police warned last night that they had little chance of tracing the rest . |
| 26 | As a result , he was later dogged by the claim that he had continuing CIA links , a claim he always denied . |
| 27 | " She counted for a great deal in the palace " in the sense that she had privileged access to Louis and thus could be a helpful patron . |
| 28 | While Hurley remained preoccupied with inter-agency projects like Operation Goldenrod , Ganem soon made it clear to Coleman that he had little patience with Hurley 's intelligence operations . |
| 29 | By asking for the supplier 's commitment at this early stage , Pearl wanted a quality assurance check and formal assurance that it had realistic expectations . |
| 30 | The father had not applied for a Medjay to guard his house , giving as his reason that he had efficient men of his own to do the job . |