Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the spare bedroom I had a demountable work-bench with a vice and an array of small tools . |
| 2 | It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll remember my sayin' I had a few aces up m'sleeve , when we discussed our lack of numbers an ’ the possibility of these people operatin' outside patrols ? ’ |
| 4 | Similarly , Cambridge English was originally sustained by the achievements of literary modernism which had a new agenda to write . |
| 5 | I had found a chiton living on the back of a rock which had a zoanthid colony growing on it . |
| 6 | So when would a rule or practice which had a discriminatory effect be ‘ justifiable ’ ? |
| 7 | Next to the central hall was a smaller tepidarium and , beyond , the caldarium which had a domed roof . |
| 8 | Amy was picking at the letters of the typewriter which had a persistent tendency to stick . |
| 9 | This phrase is proved as at point 5 , but as the case depends on this point , such evidence is best given by a reliable witness who had a good view of the vehicles concerned . |
| 10 | In this light she had a washed-out look : colourless hair and face , even lips and eyes . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're a bit early , Mr Wickham , ’ said the barman who had a fine memory for faces from television screens and newspapers . |
| 12 | On my first day at the Istituto Tecnico Macedonio Melloni , which was about twenty minutes ' walk from where the tram stopped , all the new pupils were being greeted at the top of a large staircase by the headmaster , a rather forbidding figure who had a white beard and gold-rimmed spectacles , and was dressed in a black suit . |
| 13 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 14 | Okay you 're absolutely right er we did play that at the beginning of the programme we had a little trouble with our C D what happened there Stuart it went off the air did n't it ? |
| 15 | From the roof they had a splendid view , not only of the proceedings below but also over the houses in King Street and Parliament Street , which forked at the end of Whitehall and led into Parliament Square . |
| 16 | erm in the days when they had terraced houses back to back terraced houses erm well anywhere in the country I guess but but where I come from it was fine for the people who lived with their doors on the on the road but the people who lived at the other side of the block they could n't get from the road so every so often down the down the terrace they had a little alley way an entry I think you 'd probably call it in Scotland , do n't they ? |
| 17 | Though he had no great stock of small talk he had a great store of commonplaces , which could be adapted to any subject . |
| 18 | Needless to say , being a Finnish car it had a left-hand drive . |
| 19 | It acquired and developed the original photocopier technology and in its heyday it had a virtual monopoly and made huge profits . |
| 20 | agreed that finance would be needed to form and run a North American Division , but there was an Australian Division which had a local levy to raise its funds , which might be affected by any new arrangements for North America . |
| 21 | The French menace produced a more immediate response which had a remarkable effect on the Sussex landscape , although it seems in retrospect like bolting the stable door after the horse had fled . |
| 22 | Beside him Jehana rode a mare which had a yellow coat through which fine white hairs ran . |
| 23 | Taken together , they conveyed a view of primary teaching which had a distinctive character . |
| 24 | No wonder I had a fat face . |
| 25 | There was sliding down the banisters , toys left on the stairs , a new untidiness , a quickening of life and , sometimes , in the hurdy-gurdy I had a strange sense of ‘ presences ’ , two other children , silent , well-behaved . |
| 26 | I carried out stone from the cave , and after many days ' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill . |
| 27 | The toilets and bathrooms and showers were at the end of the hall on the second floor , and from my window I had a splendid view of the cathedral , whose Gothic , Renaissance and baroque styles mingled perfectly in the dark-rose-and-amber stone to give it almost the appearance of some natural rock formation . |
| 28 | It was empty , but at the corner where the lamplight was reflected in Robson 's shop window I had a brief impression of a fleeing form and a faint echo of laughter . |
| 29 | Jess took a step backwards , muttering under her breath : ‘ God protect me and forgive me sins I did n't meant no wrong … ’ without believing in much except bruises , hunger and Fate which had a nasty way of turning the tables against her , but willing at the same time to try anything once . |
| 30 | I used to help wash bottles , both pint and half pint size , standing on a crate by the machine which had a deep tank . |