Example sentences of "had [art] terrible [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mengele was obsessed with twins , and five of the twins who had the terrible misfortune to figure in his ‘ studies ’ talk about what they went through and how they have coped with the memories in Sunday 's Everyman : My Brother , My Sister ( 10.20pm , — Gazza ‘ azza gon na to Italy at last , but the ups and downs of a year when his comeback looked anything but certain are charted in Sunday 's hour-long documentary Gazza The Fight Back ( 4pm , Tyne Tees , 5.30pm Yorks ) . |
| 2 | Adam had only heard one other make these sounds and when he first heard Anne make them his memory escape failed and those two nights were startlingly evoked , so disturbingly in fact that he had the terrible delusion that Anne was doing it to mock him . |
| 3 | She had the terrible feeling that if she told her too much , gave her an excuse to poke and pry , somehow , all the safe fabric of their lives would be rent apart . |
| 4 | As she ran up the garden , her legs felt soft and boneless under her ; she had the terrible feeling that they might collapse altogether if she did n't hurry and find somewhere private , somewhere nice and safe and dark . |
| 5 | I had a real ambition to ride round Badminton , but had a terrible fall which left me with two broken legs before I could do that . |
| 6 | We had a terrible quarrel … |
| 7 | 4 I had a terrible dream — I was being chased round the Tower of London by a gyre frabjous. 5 Seventeen whiffling Jabberwocks burbled at the vorpal dagger brandished under the Tumtum tree by our brave hero . |
| 8 | changing headmasters at his school and they had a terrible reputation one time . |
| 9 | I am immensely relieved — she had a terrible anxiety feeling , and the move might have killed her altogether , and must have as a writer , I think . |
| 10 | She had a terrible temper , and it always made him double up when she swore at him and clenched her fists . |
| 11 | ‘ He had a terrible problem which he could n't talk about but I want to sort it out for him . ’ |
| 12 | I — I had a terrible row at home this morning . |
| 13 | A poignant reflection on the situation occurs in the entries for Thursday and Friday , October 10th and 11th Thursday : ‘ Had a terrible row today ; Elfed told me to go back to Pontrhydyfen . |
| 14 | I had a terrible shock when you opened your eyes and looked so steadily at me . |
| 15 | An ‘ unpretending ’ cottage in Rodmell , in the Ouse valley south of Lewes , it had a terrible kitchen , no hot water , no bathroom and a primitive earth closet , which the vendors decided against showing her . |
| 16 | Both girls had a terrible faraway look in their eyes ; the result of too many alien monsters , meteor showers and allegories in the now terribly politically correct New Generation series . |
| 17 | He had a terrible sense of direction , always getting left , right , up , down , forwards and backwards mixed up . |
| 18 | What made it worse was that he had a terrible cold at the time . |
| 19 | ‘ We had a terrible check at Euston . |
| 20 | Vera , his wife — ‘ She had a terrible life with me , ’ he told Glorious . |
| 21 | Oh lovely lass , Erica really nice , been married before , but she had a terrible life |
| 22 | Madge Garland had a terrible experience , which I can sympathize with . |
| 23 | My father died erm sixteen years ago and I was put on to tranquillizers , up until that point I had never needed a drug in my life , and I was put onto tranquillizers and I had a terrible experience ! |
| 24 | Just looked at me saw how I was , prescribed the Tamazapam tablets , and I had a terrible experience with those and that 's only in the last year ! |
| 25 | And there was an old lady there and she fell down and broke her arm , we had a terrible night of it . |
| 26 | me , my mate and paul had a terrible night out after the spurs game : first we were supposed to meet two fellow norw. at a pub ( the black lion ? ) and they never showed up — then we went downtown to the marquee which was empty ( 8 quid out of the window ) and a not the place to go at a saturday nite ( no live music , just house — which i quite like — but there has to be some people around ) — then standing in queue at ‘ the borderline ’ for a couple of hours not getting in … and it was bloody cold ( hi paul ) — the wind just froze my balls of ( well nearly ) … the meet-up was cozy though — no problems finding the guys ( or rather : just look for mr cantona ) and time for a couple of pints before and after the game and no problem wearing a leeds outfit at the pub … i was not sporting my leeds away scarf when among the newcastle crowd though ; - ) |
| 27 | ‘ No doubt , ’ murmured Dr Neil , who was finding that this interchange , far from dowsing lust , was fuelling it , so that he had a terrible desire to fall on his knees before his skivvy , crying , ‘ Be mine , McAllister , be mine , immediately , ’ like a hero , or perhaps a villain , in a stage melodrama . |
| 28 | By then she had a terrible headache , but Hyper.0/6. one dose , relieved the headache instantly , the numbness was 50% improved after one minute and completely resolved after 30 minutes . |
| 29 | One of the seven had a terrible stutter ( not withdrawal symptoms ) . |
| 30 | Wallace : Had a terrible game . |