Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have a [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Najma , who has a degree in chemical engineering , sets off next Saturday on a tour arranged by the Arts Council -funded Asian Music Circle starting at Dundee University . |
| 2 | Saul , a visiting American postgraduate , gets involved with brainy Catherine , who has a weakness for one-night stands with working-class youths . |
| 3 | The author , who has a child with cerebral palsy , offers sound advice on all aspects of the condition , such as the causes and types of palsy , treatment available within and outside the NHS , day-to-day management , rights and benefits , education and employment opportunities . |
| 4 | Indeed it is unusual to find a fresh case of genital herpes in someone who has a history of cold sores , although it does occur in some cases . |
| 5 | ‘ Kidding aside , there 's no-one in the band who has a clue about possible singles , because the rules of radio hits change every day . |
| 6 | We also heard fine contributions from my hon. Friends the Members for Amber Valley ( Mr. Oppenheim ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) , who has a quarry of good stories from the London borough of Wandsworth . |
| 7 | Situations such as those described by Lewis and Meredith apparently fall within the range of what is regarded appropriate for a daughter who has a sense of filial duty . |
| 8 | Someone who has a lot of overt status has a great deal to do : their time and attention are very precious . |
| 9 | ‘ I love Jan , Robert 's wife , ’ says Mr Miles , who has a collection of Chinese paintings priced from £300 . |
| 10 | Often in theatre in education there is a link person who has a number of key functions , in turn acting as presenter , teacher , questioner , comic relief , sometimes , indeed , pretending not to understand and needing to have points carefully explained . |
| 11 | There may be someone who 's a bit unsteady on her feet who has a passion for old time dancing . |
| 12 | His reply so angered Mrs Ellerton , who has an interest in local history , that she wrote to the publishers in Shropshire . |
| 13 | As Thomas was apparently away in Reigate , Marina , his wife , aged 26 , who had a history of mental illness , was charged with the murder . |
| 14 | Youths rioted for two nights on the streets of Telford in the Midlands after police marksmen shot dead Ian Gordon early on Aug. 12 ; the 24-year-old black man , who had a history of psychiatric problems , had pointed a firearm at the policemen ; two witnesses were reported to have told police that the gun was unloaded and had no firing mechanism . |
| 15 | Cyrus , who had a hit with Achy Breaky Heart , said he would ‘ jump out in front of cars and scare ladies ’ . |
| 16 | More likely is the possibility that a group of craftsmen with a varied repertory worked at North Leigh , for a client who had a knowledge of fashionable geometric designs . |
| 17 | The strongest support of all for the Bill came from my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) , who had a range of interesting ways in which to stoke up the legislation to higher and higher levels of severity . |
| 18 | One major finding in the children studied , who had a range of clinical problems , was that transient UOS relaxations occurred during a proportion of episodes of gastro-oesophageal reflux induced distention of the oesophagus . |
| 19 | Matilda and Lavender saw the giant in green breeches advancing upon a girl of about ten who had a pair of plaited golden pigtails hanging over her shoulders . |
| 20 | His friend , actor Bill Pertwee , said : ‘ He was a card who had a lot of witty charm . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ When I was 16 and modelling , I got very interested because I used to see a lot of Geminis and Libras who had a lot in common , ’ says Teri . |
| 22 | Major , who had a string of previous convictions , stood trial for the bookies ' robbery . |
| 23 | Corbett , who had a string of classical roles behind him but was best known as the star of Steptoe and Son on TV , played a married travelling salesman , Brian , who is having an affair and aches for his lover after a fortnight 's absence , only to find himself sharing a bedsitting room with a religious zealot , Arnold , played by Crawford . |
| 24 | Two centuries later Flamininus was emulated by the Roman emperor Nero ( AD 54–68 ) , who had a passion for Greek culture and who , in AD 67 , exempted all Greek cities , by then incorporated within the Roman province of Achaia , from taxation and Roman interference in local administration . |
| 25 | Charley had lived in Saltash next to the Lee family , who had a fleet of small boats and made their living by carrying country produce over the river to the rapidly growing Three Towns . |
| 26 | The possible influence of maternal hyperglycaemia was assessed by analysing separately the 55 subjects who had a normoglycaemic mother and the 46 subjects who had a mother with non-insulin dependent diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance . |
| 27 | They were largely drawn from academe , retired mandarins , and BBC governors ; they were often political centrists and cross-benchers who had a belief in disinterested enquiry and collecting and weighing evidence . |
| 28 | Charles , who had a taste for mechanical devices , commissioned Gionallo Torriano of Cremona to repair it , but owing to corrosion he found that this was impossible and he agreed to make a similar instrument . |
| 29 | Who had a thing about dead people . |
| 30 | Last year 's crop of court cases at the Old Bailey reported in national newspapers included : a French master who had a store of pornographic photos of teenage pupils dating back ten years ; a religious education master who simulated sexual intercourse in front of his pupils ( the Old Bailey heard he had done this little party trick dozens of times at different schools ) ; a primary school teacher who was allowed to go on teaching after being found guilty of ‘ lewd , indecent and libidinous practices ’ against ten- and 11-year old boys ; and a music teacher in Sussex who had raped , attempted to rape and indecently assaulted hundreds of girls over many years . |