Example sentences of "[noun] had a [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jeff had a hard time with me . |
| 2 | Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House . |
| 3 | In a typically wild , rollicking rugby evening , with mayhem breaking out everywhere , the local lads had a marvellous time with the Cup , knocked out that they could actually touch the code 's most holy object . |
| 4 | The two changes in infant care practice had a temporal relation with mass publicity accompanying fund raising for the Cot Death Association . |
| 5 | The architect who could now travel to sites on a steam train and use technical terms and modern scaffolding had a different relationship with the client , who was more informed about what he wanted in the way of a new house in the country . |
| 6 | Probably the greatest scientific panjandrum of the 19th century , Thomson had a long association with transoceanic cables . |
| 7 | And full-back Robert Turner had a miserable day with his kicking , landing only two goals from seven shots . |
| 8 | Jane had a fleeting affair with a tall , rangy Scottish lecturer , whose main pleasure was to walk for miles . |
| 9 | Measures taken by a state in order to ensure that ships flying its flag had a genuine link with it did not by any means need to contain nationality requirements such as those in section 14 of the Act of 1988 . |
| 10 | ’ Applying this to the body of Christ in Cranham , the very week that I finalised the membership of the team and announced it , one couple in the team had a violent row with others and left the new work and also the church . |
| 11 | Out west on Garbh Bheinn , Ardgour , Rab had a good day with his wife Chris , climbing the crack in the headwall left of Kelpie ( one of Murray Hamilton 's two unreported E6 's in Scotland ) , gained by traversing along the half height ledge from the left . |
| 12 | She saw that the riding crop had a flexible shaft with a wide flap of leather at the end . |
| 13 | AHT Surveys had a satisfactory year with the Aberdeen operation moving into new premises and the Great Yarmouth operation extending its facilities . |
| 14 | A borrower had a personal covenant with the lender who could still sue for outstanding debts . |
| 15 | These last were elected by all ratepayers including women , who could also be elected ; in addition to , electors had a cumulative vote with as many votes as there were members of the local board . |
| 16 | • Kenny Gates and Mark Fitzwalters had a frantic battle with these mirror carp after getting takes within 30 seconds of each other from the same swim at Old Hall Lake in their home county of Essex . |
| 17 | Sqd Ldr Jimmy Malley had a distinguished career with bomber command and flew in the legendary Wellington F for Freddie , featured in the film Target For Tonight . |
| 18 | Mr Malik had a winning way with the press release . |
| 19 | Although Dilwyn Bowles had a bad experience with the NHS , changes are in progress . |
| 20 | One advantage to the S.M.E.T. of becoming a member of the UndergrounD Group , was that their tram routes were protected from competition from the ‘ GeneraL ’ buses of the L.G.O.C. ( Thomas Tilling had a working agreement with the GeneraL ) . |
| 21 | Others were on the edge of the storm and Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott had a wild ride with young Sub-Lieutenant White , who was having his first introduction to canoe reconnaissance . |
| 22 | By 10 o'clock there were signs of drunkenness and the Manager had a quiet word with the Junior to put away the bottles or they 'd be there all night . |
| 23 | Britain had a close affinity with the liberal-democratic and colonial states on the Continent , to whom she provided large-scale military and economic aid after the war . |
| 24 | Garth McGimpsey had a sound year with consistent rather than sparkling results . |
| 25 | It was so much worse for her because all the other boys did turn up , and her friends had a lovely time with their partners . |
| 26 | Siemens and STC-ICL had mainframe alliances with Fujitsu ; Bull of France had a three-way alliance with Honeywell and NEC of Japan . |
| 27 | The late Reverend Dr Albert Holland had a close association with the Edenderry Senior CE Society . |
| 28 | Harmer had a long association with the Museums Association , of which he was president in 1904 , becoming an honorary member in 1922 . |
| 29 | Morse turned to look at the waters once more before he left , then sat silently in the passenger-seat of the police car as Lewis had a final word with Sergeant Dixon . |
| 30 | Asked if she believed Allen had a sexual relationship with Dylan , the actress said : ‘ I think sexual is not the word I used . |