Example sentences of "[noun prp] ['s] [noun] had the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wall Street 's decline had the usual effect on the drug sector , with Glaxo falling 9 to 747p and SmithKline Beecham ‘ A ’ off 22 at 830p . |
| 2 | Mrs. Hilson 's Gemma had the waggiest tail and Mr. Spooner declared he would ‘ most like to take home ’ Katy belonging to T. Hatcher of Alton . |
| 3 | The idea was sound , but events of 14 July made it futile , for Bismarck 's telegram had the desired effect . |
| 4 | A seventy-two-year-old boot and shoe maker living with his daughter 's family in Outram 's Yard had the splendid name of Euclid Shufflebottom . |
| 5 | Castro 's declaration had the immediate effect of widening the gap between himself and the people who were against socialism , and it narrowed the circle of those he could count on for support against the invasion . |
| 6 | The rural life had denied her Jane Sharpe 's fashionable pallor ; instead Lucille 's skin had the healthy bloom of country weather . |
| 7 | For instance there is a long , sober and sensible-looking decree about the cult of Hephaistos , moved by Hyperbolus ( IG 182 ) ; ostraka show that Hyperbolus ' father had the good Greek name Antiphanes ( ML p. 46 ) , which refutes ancient charges of slave origin ; and serious policy issues lay behind his ostracism ( p. 139 ) . |
| 8 | THE flurry of worry about the absence of women in John Major 's cabinet had the odd effect of making Mrs Thatcher s premiership look almost progressive on women 's issues . |
| 9 | Paulette 's questioning had the guileless innocence of a child . |