Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rubbed her arm , where she had a large bruise above the elbow . |
| 2 | Before the provision contained in rule 3(7) was enacted , the law governing standing to apply for prerogative orders was , in simplified terms , as follows : a person could apply for certiorari or prohibition provided he or she had a genuine grievance or , in other words , provided the applicant was a person aggrieved by the challenged decision . |
| 3 | His Offensive Weapons ( Scotland ) Bill would put the onus on the person carrying a knife to prove he or she had a valid reason for doing so . |
| 4 | During our journey we had been taken to Sherwood Forest , where we had a short while to look around and similarly at Chatsworth house . |
| 5 | Most of them would also have borrowed in the open market , maybe from a clearing bank where they had a current account and the manager had allowed them to draw over and above what was in it — an overdraft ( the cheapest way of borrowing ? ) — or perhaps a Personal Loan . |
| 6 | courses in turn , tended to select for observation those schools where they had a good relationship with the drama specialist . |
| 7 | Then , putting it on and pulling the collar tight about her throat , she lit the candle that was standing in a holder on her bedside table , and went quietly out and along the corridor to the kitchen , through it and into the scullery , where they had a running tap above a shallow stone sink . |
| 8 | In a spoken message we notice the quality of the voice as well : maybe the speaker 's voice was shaking , or they had a particular accent , or hesitated , or slurred their words . |
| 9 | Some men could hide there , where he had a small tower . |
| 10 | The body of Arthur Brumhill , who was 76 , was found last Friday in the basement of a pet shop where he had a part-time job . |
| 11 | The body of Arthur Brumhill , who was 76 , was found last Friday in the basement of a pet shop where he had a part-time job . |
| 12 | He subsequently went to King 's College , Cambridge , where he had a distinguished career as exhibitioner , scholar , and fellow . |
| 13 | Alongside this and particularly following the Exeter commission , Fowler also maintained his connection with his native county where he had a long-standing patron in William Courtenay , tenth Earl of Devon , his works including the Totnes bridge ( 1826–8 ) , a small group of churches , and alterations to the Earl of Devon 's Powderham Castle ( 1837–48 ) . |
| 14 | And having found a vantage-point where he had a clear view of the meadows and was himself sheltered , he halted his pony and stood to watch , narrowing his eyes to single out coat-armour , and number the forces in the English party . |
| 15 | He stayed in Buckingham Palace where he had a special classroom just for him . |
| 16 | I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up . |
| 17 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |
| 18 | ‘ The way you 're likely to believe that I had a sneaking admiration , a liking for this little harbinger of bad news ? |
| 19 | And so it was not until January , four months after moving in , that I had a reasonable chance of settling down . |
| 20 | I applied for an interview , and shortly afterwards found that I had a new job . |
| 21 | The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them . |
| 22 | It was fortunate that I had a good friend of my own age , also called Wanda : we relished being gloomy together . |
| 23 | I can remember my grandfather , in the 1940s , telling me that I had a good bump of location . |
| 24 | He went on to say that he had heard from a mutual friend whom he had met in Alexandria that I had a good job , and added : ‘ Mother said , in an old letter which took months to reach me , that it was in the Foreign Office . |
| 25 | I will always maintain that I had a good time in service , and from what I heard there were n't many bad places in the Teesdale area — just the odd one here and there . |
| 26 | ‘ It would n't be very nice , would it , if I had to tell people that I had a mean niece . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It was explained to me that I had a mild form which was affecting the part of the brain that triggers migraine , which is why I was having sickness attacks and blinding headaches behind the eyes . ’ |
| 28 | Not that I had a bad opinion of his character , ( I do n't know him ) , it is just that I feel most other clubs would not have even responded to you . |
| 29 | I remember that I had a bad feeling about it . |
| 30 | But television was so arrogant that none of them even knew that I had a previous reputation . |