Example sentences of "have a thousand [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Trevelyan has a thousand eyes , they say , ’ Ormond added . |
| 2 | The footings and parts of the walls of around 300 chambers have survived on the ground floor ; the presence of several staircases implies the existence of upper storeys and , taking into account the destroyed upper floors as well , the original temple may have had a thousand chambers altogether . |
| 3 | . Lot forty six Trade-Mark gramophone , there it is on the screen now , Lot forty six I 've a thousand pounds offered for this , one thousand pounds , any advance on a thousand ? |
| 4 | Rodrigo was yet but a youth , and the Count was a mighty man in arms , one who gave his voice first in the Cortes , and was held to be the best in the war , and so powerful that he had a thousand friends among the mountains . |
| 5 | He had a thousand metres of nylon fishing-line on the marlin rod lashed to the port stay , three hundred kilos breaking-strain . |
| 6 | So he had a thousand women |
| 7 | He must have been a very brotherly father , since he was only three years older — though it 's true that he was a Hungarian and a Jew , and by the age of 20 had a thousand years ' experience . |