Example sentences of "[adv] had [art] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those days had passed , and she only had the Chapel for consolation ; even they , alas , got her name wrong — were the three sisters so alike that no-one could decide who was who ? — and when sickness payments to her started in November , 1857 , she was erroneously entered as ‘ Mary ’ . |
| 2 | These founding companies , the names of which are listed opposite , already had a reputation for quality products and quality customer service and , as such , recognise the benefits of a quality culture . |
| 3 | Modigliani was blamed later for encouraging Soutine to drink , but Soutine already had a taste for drink when he came to Paris . |
| 4 | Scotland always had a passion for building three and four story high tenement buildings . |
| 5 | As Granpa Charlie and I always had an apple for breakfast , the arrangement sorted out our own needs and also gave me the chance to sample what we were selling to the customers . |
| 6 | Hari prided herself that while she had the skill and the strength of any shoemaker , she also had a flair for design that most cobblers lacked , Emily would learn that lesson to her cost . |
| 7 | He also had a love for soccer but his father , Harold , steered him away from that as well , fearing that his son 's competitiveness , allied to his lack of inches , might lead to him getting hurt . |
| 8 | A reconstruction of the prehistoric Diatryma gigantea suggests that this two-metre high bird also had a predilection for meat — in this case , the carcass of an early horse . |
| 9 | The griffin also had a lust for treasure and hoarded caches in lofty mountain caves . |
| 10 | He also had a feeling for phrase and idiom and a very personal way with English , all of which endeared him to his audience . |
| 11 | She also had the gift for innovation , something the more practical-minded Emily lacked , a fact she readily admitted to herself . |
| 12 | Oh no — he never had no time for learnin' , not then . |
| 13 | As well as being technically superb , the pictures reveal that Thomson certainly had a gift for composition and a feeling for light and atmosphere . |