Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I reached Tintern I could go in straight lines easily and had a right wrist the size of a tennis ball that was painful to touch and crackled ominously when I flexed it . |
| 2 | What he did n't tell us was that the boats were tied very loosely and had a disturbing tendency to drift apart as you were in the process of climbing from one to another . |
| 3 | Bracewell visited a specialist yesterday and had a painful-looking array of tubes removed from his nostrils ! |
| 4 | And clearly that had a significant effect on the discussion . |
| 5 | He glared at me and then walked past and had a sharp look around the office . |
| 6 | I decided this had to be done puristically and had a young boy dressed up as a girl in the play . |
| 7 | He was n't in residence at the college now and had a small flat in Gloucester . |
| 8 | She was thinner than when Carrie had seen her before and had a transparent look , like a skeleton leaf : all her veins and bones showing . |
| 9 | We left there soon after 3pm and had a lovely ride through the counryside to one of our favourite haunts , Heaven Farm , near Uckfield . |
| 10 | She danced with zest , sang sweetly and had a fine sense of comic timing . |
| 11 | ‘ If your evening began well and had a bad middle , I hope you enjoyed the end . ’ |
| 12 | And on Monday she came over here and had a quick lunch with me because Mrs Brissett was cleaning over at Ivy Cottage . |
| 13 | They still spent Christmas quietly and had a big house party for the New Year . |