Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] a heart " in BNC.

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1 Council put the central heating in when we got advanced in years and when it became necessary in the doctor 's opinion for me to have central heating because I had a heart complaint .
2 Of the 1,533 men under 5ft 6ins , 118 of them suffered a heart attack compared with only 62 of the 1,533 men who were over 5ft 10ins .
3 In August 1910 she suffered a heart attack , and two years later she had a stroke which left her a paralysed cripple .
4 I do not know whether she had a heart or a soul or whether she could be moved by emotion ; she was simply the Grand Mistress !
5 Though no one could say Miss Phoebe was sour — ninepence to the shilling maybe , but she had a heart under her flat chest .
6 She had a heart attack and drowned .
7 The Manageress there erm I was there and she , I , after I 'd been there eighteen months , she had a heart attack and the girl took up her tea tray , one of the girls took up her , because she was n't on duty till about just quarter to six to do the money .
8 She had a heart operation just 3 days after she 'd been born .
9 Then very shortly after her birth on New Year 's Day it was realised she had a heart problem .
10 ‘ She was well known in Aspull and it had been said she had a heart of gold . ’
11 In union negotiations , for example , I always found that if you had a heart to heart with the opposition , the single leader , you could probably gain something .
12 His son had a heart , the stupid , randy little bastard , and what good were brains and charm if you had a heart ?
13 ‘ If you had a heart attack this minute and had to call a doctor , that doctor would be a university graduate .
14 It was that determination which gave her doctors and parents such hope when she underwent a heart and lung transplant ; a last ditch attempt to save her , after her lungs were virtually destroyed by the disease Cystic Fibrosis .
15 He spoke in stories or parables , so that the simplest might understand if they had a heart to see and hear .
16 Following Liberty Vallance he suffered a heart attack which forced him out of movies and into a career as a composer and painter , in the way that many Hollywood tough guys conceal a private sensitivity .
17 Asimov 's extraordinary output of 10 books a year did not let up , even after he suffered a heart attack in 1977 and triple bypass surgery two years later .
18 Instead ‘ Akkawi was taken back to interrogation where he suffered a heart attack .
19 He suffered a heart attack early in the game .
20 A few weeks later he suffered a heart attack , and on recovery was ordered complete rest .
21 Although the VP won local elections in February 1991 , there was evidence of increasing discontent within the party over Lini 's leadership , accentuated in May 1991 when he suffered a heart attack .
22 At 72 and in poor health , he suffered a heart attack while police officers were still searching for clues .
23 At 72 and in poor health , he suffered a heart attack while police officers were still searching for clues .
24 He suffered a heart attack at a meeting of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities ’ education committee earlier this year .
25 A year ago he had a heart by-pass which had to be re-done and for a while totally lost his sight because of a clot in the blood supply to the eyes .
26 Three years after giving all that up he had a heart attack .
27 I believe he had a heart attack .
28 In the last year of the nineteenth century the French president , Félix Faure was enjoying his mistress 's favours in a specially designed sex chair when he had a heart attack and died on the job .
29 Jim added : ‘ He had a heart of pure gold . ’
30 He had a heart attack … ’
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