Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] family [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had a confusing family background , as many children did in those days . |
| 2 | Add to those characteristics the meticulous almost fussy ways which Anthony has picked up from his father , and you have a close family likeness — yet to Anthony they are almost completely unacknowledged and unrecognised . |
| 3 | We had a big family conference tonight about Our Giving . |
| 4 | I tend to lead a sort of idiotic existence of trying to get involved in too many things and dashing about ; and this is going to be my problem — trying to sort of control myself and work out something so that we have a proper family life . |
| 5 | They work hard ; they have a strong family sense and a keen appreciation of education . |
| 6 | I am anxious to make sure they have a good family background and a stable growing-up period . ’ |
| 7 | It has a special family unit where whole families can be admitted . |
| 8 | Run by headmistress Jean Lowe , who gave evidence on Lord Althorp 's behalf during the divorce case , it had a real family atmosphere . |
| 9 | He had a bizarre family resemblance to Picasso ; saurian as well as simian , decades of living in the sun , the quintessential Mediterranean man , who had discarded everything that lay between him and his vitality . |