Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] had a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up . |
| 2 | He was saying that I had a better disguise than he did . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ The way you 're likely to believe that I had a sneaking admiration , a liking for this little harbinger of bad news ? |
| 5 | And so it was not until January , four months after moving in , that I had a reasonable chance of settling down . |
| 6 | I applied for an interview , and shortly afterwards found that I had a new job . |
| 7 | The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them . |
| 8 | It was fortunate that I had a good friend of my own age , also called Wanda : we relished being gloomy together . |
| 9 | I can remember my grandfather , in the 1940s , telling me that I had a good bump of location . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was fortunate that I had a little time to accustom myself to being in such a place and to the thought of seeing my father . |
| 13 | ‘ It would n't be very nice , would it , if I had to tell people that I had a mean niece . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I remember that I had a bad feeling about it . |
| 17 | But television was so arrogant that none of them even knew that I had a previous reputation . |
| 18 | Eventually the three of us were alone again , and I remembered that I had a large loft . |
| 19 | In my case , I think it helped that I had a modest aptitude for football . |
| 20 | But they loved me so passionately that I had a secure base to my life . ’ |
| 21 | The most obvious revelation was that I had a very ow opinion of myself and was constantly seeking the approval of others , because my mother had always withheld approval . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , what if I purchased two lots which added up to less than fifty pounds , could I pay for them with a personal cheque , assuming , of course , that I had a valid cheque card ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Did n't I mention that I had a bullet-proof skull ? ’ |
| 24 | This time my reaction to the knowledge that in all probability cancer was back with me and that I had a dreaded secondary was quite different from my reaction on first being told of the disease six months earlier . |
| 25 | Daphne was a curlyheaded blonde known as ‘ Snooty ’ , and although we were not natural friends , our predilection for cream buns brought us together — especially when she discovered that I had a never-ending source of supply . |
| 26 | I had to hang blankets over the windows at night , and in the morning they were so heavy with moisture that I had a proper job taking them down . |
| 27 | The House of Lords eventually upheld her right , recognising that she had a genuine interest , but providers of information ( particularly the BMA ) and social services staff were extremely uneasy about the apparent danger to confidentiality of client files . |
| 28 | Knowing that she had a long day in front of her , Laura decided to follow her friend 's good example . |
| 29 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
| 30 | The prize for the winner , was to share her next dinner , and ensure that she had a good time . |