Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] had [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm only sorry I had a prior engagement , otherwise I 'd have been here much earlier . ’ |
| 2 | Now I was a man of property , the joint owner of a large house in North Oxford , with investments so extensive I had no detailed idea of their scope and access to current and deposit accounts totalling well into six figures . |
| 3 | But despite all this I had a successful Championship , winning the 100 metres and tying , in an exciting race , with John Regis in the 200 . |
| 4 | In this I had the enthusiastic support of the Prime Minister who believed that the state scheme should be replaced by individual private pension provision with a minimum compulsory requirement . |
| 5 | I 'd a proper I had a proper drill , oh you 're talking about the new ones ? |
| 6 | ‘ When you had them fresh you had a concrete floor . |
| 7 | She glanced sharply at him , and although his expression remained inscrutable she had the fleeting impression that his reasons involved a woman . |
| 8 | He did not approach her sexually ; he did not pretend grand passion ; he wanted to share his interest in Møn with another who had a similar love of the island . |
| 9 | Kevin Wilson was another who had a fine game ; he has developed into a player Northern Ireland can not afford to be without . |
| 10 | We were extremely well looked after by Per Sorum , a sprightly 70-plus year old who had a beautiful house in Aasen . |
| 11 | He explained why he sent on Platt : ‘ In the first half we had a great deal of possession but we needed to move the Brazilians about , we needed to hurt them a bit more . |
| 12 | As a father-of-six I do know a little about babies and this one had a healthy cry . |
| 13 | This one had a .44 Colt on his hip and his hat tipped forward with the brim curled almost to a point , the hat loose on his head but seeming to be part of him . |
| 14 | Ordinarily , I get a trifle fidgety around females who ca n't leave their faces alone , but this one had a good excuse and anyway it was like watching an artist in front of a canvas . |
| 15 | This one had a whole lot of switches on so it can be altered from outside without going inside . |
| 16 | If it was stormy people were too busy looking after the farm and the animals to bother much , but when it was clear we had a nice meal . |
| 17 | Despite this they had a wonderful tranquillity in such a foreign place , so far from home . |
| 18 | It was quite clear they had no real feeling for their mother , and were almost looking forward to her death . |
| 19 | They had been geared up to use so much physical energy that even when they were very old they had a dynamic force within their bodies for which they had no outlet . |
| 20 | Over this he had a black mackintosh ; there were five belts strapped around his waist and a sort of grey linen nappy attached to the back of his trousers . |
| 21 | Among East Anglian property pundits , alarm over what Mr Lamont might be planning for the region 's property market turned to relief as it became clear he had no major upsets in store . |
| 22 | Now it was clear he had no real need of her assistance despite his claim to the opposite . |
| 23 | By the age of twenty-one he had a managerial post in charge of fifteen people . |
| 24 | When I found some it had a strange smell — of sweet and sour sauce — and it seemed to be very moist . |
| 25 | The British delegation of eight comprised of two Principals of Oral Schools for the Deaf which had a combined total of less than 25 students ! |
| 26 | At thirteen she had an extensive collection of Esther Williams photos in glamorous swimsuits and the most advanced information available about what to do with boys . |
| 27 | Well now in nineteen twenty six we had the general strike , and the conditions in Ipswich were so violent that our Borough Police we could n't cope with them , and our Chief Constable , he had to apply to the Home Office and he got permission to have men from East Suffolk and West Suffolk Police , Cambridge County Police , Huntingdon Police sent some , and they were billeted in hotels in the town centre . |
| 28 | Congress has always been better staffed than its counterparts elsewhere in the world and by 1979 it had a total staff of 23,056 . |
| 29 | Mm apart from that you had a great time |
| 30 | On the twenty eight of September nineteen eighty eight she had a major operation on her left wrist . |