Example sentences of "[be] that [pers pn] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
| 2 | The most telling comment on the wealth of the metropolis is that it had more men worth upwards of £100 than most other towns had taxpayers of all grades ; indeed , the number of four-figure assessments equalled the total taxpayers of some tiny market towns . |
| 3 | One thing you could say for Daine is that he had good taste in furniture . |
| 4 | So indeed it might have pleased him , for as has subsequently become clear , the best that can be said about the debate , from the Prime Minister 's point of view , is that he had one facet of the truth while General Maurice had another . |
| 5 | A recurrent criticism of historical approaches in physical geography up to the 1950s was that they had insufficient knowledge of environmental processes to fall back upon which could enhance the understanding of landscape . |
| 6 | The answer to this question was that they had other means of transport . |
| 7 | That was that we had last weekend . |
| 8 | He was sort of evasive and fey and appeared relatively shy and my impression of him at the time was that he had little charisma , no star quality and not a lot of talent , and it came as a big surprise when he became as successful as he was . |
| 9 | One reason , no doubt , was that he had little tolerance for real pagan myths or for naïve mythicizers . |
| 10 | The only snag was that I had bad after-effects from the anaesthetic . |