Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pers pn] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After we got that fixed , we stopped in Yellow Stone Park where they had these loos that were just holes in the ground and I dropped the keys to the van down one of them . |
| 2 | After we got that fixed , we stopped in Yellow Stone park where they had these loos that were just holes in the ground and I dropped the keys to the van down one of them . |
| 3 | Blair and I also walked out to another , superb loch where we had splendid sport , Scarilode ; about two hours ' walk along a good track from Market Stance , past Rueval , where Charles Edward Stewart lay waiting for Flora Macdonald , prior to his flight from the Hebrides . |
| 4 | We had every other Sunday off , you see , but otherwise we worked and did n't get any extra for it but of course the girls like myself well erm we could n't lift these huge urns of tea so they had two men keep them on , you see , and er , and we were er perhaps I know one day we did n't finish until five o'clock in the morning |
| 5 | It was always worse going down , and spiral stairs were the very devil in the dark if you had big feet . |
| 6 | They even , praise be , asked skiers at the end of the day whether they had enjoyed the experience , hopefully so that they could take positive action if they had any complaints or worthwhile suggestions . |
| 7 | For instance I have given one which is in the last ten years we have nearly one and half million more people in work than we had ten years ago . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister greeted the day in a much calmer mood than he had forty-eight hours before . |
| 9 | During 1860–2 he had found his title and ideas for some of the leading incidents , including the story of a young man feigning death and living with an assumed identity , but was unable to set himself to the writing until the autumn of 1863 , when he determined not to begin publication until he had 5 numbers in hand , since he was now writing so slowly , with care and with difficulty . |
| 10 | For example , fire risk clients could be sustained at home if they had 24-hour-a-day surveillance . |
| 11 | With such experiences of life it would be no wonder if he had few scruples about how he got what he wanted . |
| 12 | If we have the same amount of cold weather this winter as we had last winter , we will more or less double the coverage of the benefit as a result of the changes that I announced earlier this year . |
| 13 | We could purchase our own houses while they lived in police colonies , denied the privilege of house purchase until they had fifteen years ' service ; this classified them as ‘ peasants , serfs , living in the feudal world of tithed cottages ’ . |
| 14 | HP 's Larry Lytle , loaned to the Open Software Foundation back at its inception to handle recruiting , has made a 180 degree turn after a stint at Netwise as strategic relations director where he had philosophical differences with OSf : He 's now gone to Unix System Labs as director of corporate communications . |
| 15 | Bergkamp equalised for Ajax a minute after the interval although they had several opportunities to add to their score . |
| 16 | Yesterday , the CA was deciding whether to ask the EC competitions director if he had any powers over the move . |
| 17 | The Late Pleistocene humans in the Philippines seem to have lived in the savannas , so that the pre-historic Negritos probably did not move into the forest until they had seasonal access to cultivated starchy food unavailable in the forest itself and they evolved a lifestyle to collect forest produce for trade . |
| 18 | Outside , the Chelsea Pensioner pub would have have been doing good business if it had any drinks to sell , but it was purely decorative ; part of garden by Hereford Wyevale Garden Centre called the outer sanctum which won a silver-gilt medal . |
| 19 | Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers . |
| 20 | In Stafford , soldiers were forbidden from bring their families into the town unless they had enough funds to keep them for a quarter of a year , due to the large number of camp followers registering for charity . |
| 21 | Peter added : ‘ It 's a shame because we had four teams ready to play this year — more than in any previous year . |
| 22 | I did n't employ you on that business because you had other duties . |
| 23 | Poor Philip was particularly bothered by this symptom because he had perfect pitch and being in the music business used to go over music in his mind most of his waking hours . |
| 24 | The vicious , open-handed blow landed on Isabel 's cheek before she had any warning of the Empress 's intention . |
| 25 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 26 | Riven caught Bicker 's eye as he had that afternoon , and the dark man threw him a rueful grin . |
| 27 | I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home . |
| 28 | 11am The Government Commissioners came on board to ask every person if they had any complaints to make for the treatment during the voyage . |
| 29 | Oh I went to the doctors last night cos I had that check up did n't I ? |
| 30 | PEOPLE enjoying an evening out in Edinburgh pubs , clubs and restaurants were asked by police last night if they had any information about two men involved in the fatal stabbing early last Saturday of a student , Paul Sheldon . |