Example sentences of "[coord] had [art] very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | An account of a road accident written by someone who 's learning English , and had a very limited vocabulary on it . |
| 2 | He sang ‘ horribly out of tune ’ and had a very limited repertoire . |
| 3 | A coach part of 45 strong travelled to the Albert Hall and had a very pleasant evening watching the displays ; another group of 12 from the Melbourne class went to the afternoon performance . |
| 4 | By the autumn of 1976 , halfway through my pregnancy , I fell asleep one afternoon and had a very powerful dream . |
| 5 | He wore a black uniform with a black cap and had a very black face due to the coal dust which rose in clouds when he shovelled coal into the engine . |
| 6 | I netted the same ground six weeks later and had a very good kill of rabbits , but in the whole of my long-netting career I have never known a net to be genuinely swept away by the weight of the rabbits it caught . |
| 7 | Malcolm Jubb and Jim Ridge of the Ribchester Museum acted as judges and had a very difficult task . |
| 8 | In July 1904 , he referred to Laura H. , a twelve-month-old child who had contracted measles , and had a very bad attack of broncho-pneumonia ( which was a common complication at that time ) . |
| 9 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 10 | He went back to your hotel and had a very interesting chat with the switchboard operator . |
| 11 | John is sparse of frame and comment but had a very dry humour . |
| 12 | In many respects they were not deceived by the images of life portrayed in women 's literature but had a very realistic idea of what married life held in store for them . |