Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] had [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Do n't you know that Freddie Nash is now sharing Major Hallett 's cottage , where we had that party before Christmas ? |
2 | I kept banging my way to and from the can , where they had incredible pictures of nude chicks front magazines all over the wall . |
3 | He was thus well fitted for his long stint as justiciar of Ireland ( 1245–56 ) , where he had private interests through the dower of his wife , Isabel ( daughter of Hugh Bigod , third Earl of Norfolk ) , who was the widow of Gilbert de Lacy of Meath . |
4 | HP 's Larry Lytle , loaned to the Open Software Foundation back at its inception to handle recruiting , has made a 180 degree turn after a stint at Netwise as strategic relations director where he had philosophical differences with OSf : He 's now gone to Unix System Labs as director of corporate communications . |
5 | He became a Swedish citizen in 1937 in order to take up the offer of teaching posts in the Royal Opera School and the Music High School ( later renamed the Royal Academy of Music ) , Stockholm , where he had great influence on a generation of singers , including Birgit Nilsson and Jussi Björling , whom he taught privately . |
6 | The failure of the Warsaw uprising , where it had several adherents among the Russian officers of the garrison , dealt the organization a severe blow . |
7 | He turned out to be an efficient chairman of the BBC but my first impression was amply confirmed since , although I had frequent dealings with him , he seemed to have absolutely no interest in what to me really mattered . |
8 | The camera hones in on a platinum blonde Madonna , poured into a slinky , strapless white dress that she swears ‘ took more fittings than I had shooting days in the movie ’ . |
9 | £ And then in the tiny house lived a widow , Elizabeth Treadwell , with one sergeant and two other lifeguards , so she had 3 soldiers in that tiny house . |
10 | Linda had her own part-time job helping out at Oxfam and listening to infants read at the nearby Primary School , so she had less time in fact than her husband , for Frank had been made redundant from his job in electronics in October . |
11 | Although we had little notice of the tour , branches were keen to help and the Association will receive £6,628 representing 50% of the total profits . |
12 | ‘ Although we had regular contact with our Field Officer , some modules had never been assessed before . |
13 | Although we had three rooms for the sessions , conditions were very cramped and there were last minute hitches with pupils discovering their recorders would n't work or the plug points were too far from the place allocated for the interviews . |
14 | Although before this year he 'd been to fewer golf tournaments than we had cold drinks on that hot September afternoon , he still has fond memories of watching Arnold Palmer win the Colonial NIT close to his hometown of Dallas in 1962 . |
15 | Luckily , Felton were at full strength , so we had little chance of losing . |
16 | Some of the rebel leaders , notably Litster , may have appreciated their military weakness , because they attempted to involve members of the gentry in the revolt , and although they had little support of this nature , the very fact that they hoped to obtain it must argue against an interpretation of the revolt simply in class terms . |
17 | The committee of inquiry found that many of the teachers they met held the view that Afro-Caribbean pupils ‘ inevitably caused difficulties ’ and were unlikely to achieve in academic terms , although they had high expectations of their potential in sport and the expressive arts ( Rampton , 1981 , p. 13 ) . |
18 | What they wanted to provide very rarely brought expenditure close to this ceiling , so they had little problem in deciding whether the project could or could not cost-effectively support a client ( see Chapter Six for further details of the cost of care ) . |
19 | In the 1950s , the government of Colonel Oscar Osorio ( 1950–6 ) passed a law prohibiting prostitution in El Salvador , although it had little effect beyond filling the prisons for a short time . |
20 | Eastwood 's superb kicking was the vital difference between the sides , although he had little chance of grabbing the try he needed for a career total of 100 as Hull took a winning route up the middle of the field . |
21 | Although he had four years of orgies with Debbie Harry and Joan Jett at the paper between 1978 and '82 , he never kidded himself that he was on first-name terms with pop . |
22 | Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise . |
23 | Although he had full access to legal counsel , he was not allowed to reveal details of his abduction to the judges . |
24 | The routes the Sweepers used were restricted access , so he had little fear of detection . |
25 | It was just after seven so he had two hours before his appointment with Elisa Stasi . |
26 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
27 | If I had one wish in the world it would be to stop all this hurt and pain I 'm causing . |
28 | If I had flipping cameras round me all the time I 'd tell them where to go . |
29 | ‘ If I had that kind of money I would try to go out and buy the best players available — I would pay the price needed as Kenny has done . |
30 | They asked me if I had 30 pieces of silver , to pay for my disloyalty . |