Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pers pn] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through its low branches I had a latticed view of the buildings that made up my home . |
| 2 | The election of the Prime Minister has done much to dispel that idea and to show the general public that in my right hon. Friend we have a Prime Minister who is frank about his business background and honest about the employment difficulties that he faced as a young man . |
| 3 | It was only six miles from the English Border , but in his day England was friendly , and as well as an English wife he had a great many links with the southern kingdom , in which he owned large lands and from which he had brought so many sprigs of the Norman and Flemish nobility to settle in Scotland . |
| 4 | If they are in different rooms they have a spatial barrier . |
| 5 | If they are in different rooms they have a spatial barrier . |
| 6 | But on my way through the old garden I had a strange feeling that something was wrong , and I ran back upstairs to check that Miss Havisham was all right . |
| 7 | Like other marine organisms they have a planktonic larval stage that assists their dispersal , but almost all adult echinoderms lead a bottom dwelling existence ; a few sea lilies have successfully cast off their anchorage to the sea floor and become widespread swimmers . |
| 8 | Today , in Latin America we have a young movement , a movement which incorporates hundreds of thousands of workers , but which is , from the ideological point of view , very confused and , from the organisational point of view , very weak . |
| 9 | Powered by a souped-up , 80 bhp Mini engine it has a tough steel frame and fibreglass bodywork . |
| 10 | I would say conditions were a wee bit easier a wee bit you had a wee bit more freedom because they knew they could not replace anybody if they gave the sack . |
| 11 | hiding Joe remembers : ‘ In my early days I had a big following in Barnsley , bigger even than at home in Bradford and I played Alex there one night for a few pounds . |
| 12 | From an early age she had a strong dislike for conventional aristocratic ‘ society ’ . |
| 13 | Tomorrow night on Central News we have a special report from Aghanistan , a country devastated by years of civil war and grinding poverty . |
| 14 | Over her orange-blossom headdress she had a long flowing veil which flowed down her back ; her dress of white satin rustled and crinkled as she walked . |
| 15 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 16 | In actual fact he had a deep-seated aversion to all dogs , almost amounting to a phobia , which increased in direct proportion to the size of the breed . |
| 17 | For obvious reasons we have a close professional tie with those of you in the educational world . |
| 18 | The David of 2 Samuel is far from being an exemplary character , yet here in the gloom of the surrounding narrative we have a bright flash of faith , wisdom and humility . |
| 19 | I carried out stone from the cave , and after many days ' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill . |
| 20 | As up to 4() per cent of their income comes from corporate profits they have a vested interest in working for the common benefit . |
| 21 | And er we cast during the dark days of the war , when toys were n't available , we a few older blokes er apprentices used to I remember being at it for a couple of hard week we had a hard week , well evening during the evenings anyway . |
| 22 | Very pale with very large bubbles it had a harsh aftertaste and was generally quite disappointing . |
| 23 | At first I could n't see them , but when I heard a little quack I had a close look and saw them all there huddled together and trying to keep warm . |
| 24 | From Jewish tradition we have a clear statement of God 's inescapable presence : |
| 25 | Outside their little house she had a little plot of land . |
| 26 | There is a rough division between east and west which became apparent in Peter Webster 's study of Severn Valley wares found on the Wall ( 1972 ) , for , although there is not a great quantity it has a definite western bias , which suggests that the means of transport was by the sea . |
| 27 | To reflect their extraordinary skill they have a higher weapon skill than most troops . |
| 28 | Good job I had a four card had nothing else |
| 29 | Good job I had a good pair of drawers on . |
| 30 | For all his simplicity and rough appearance he had a certain grace of figure . |