Example sentences of "and [pron] had the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After drinks on the balcony overlooking some of the grass courts where members were playing , we had a delicious luncheon , and I had the great pleasure of sitting next to my charming French host Alain Boucheron . |
| 2 | I certainly did , and I had the magenta bum-bag to prove it . |
| 3 | money out there and I had the hundred quid that |
| 4 | And here we did see , by particular favour , the body of Queen Katherine of Valois ; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands , and I did kiss her mouth , reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queene , and this was my birthday , thirty-six years old , that I did kiss a Queene . ’ |
| 5 | On a recent visit to New Zealand , my wife and I had the good fortune to meet up with Alf and Muriel Newton . |
| 6 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 7 | Stephen Conroy and I had the same tutor , Geoff Squires , and maybe he 's a model for our life drawing . |
| 8 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 9 | These birds come from America , so they are difficult to get hold of and I had the added problem that I was looking at the end of the breeding season . |
| 10 | But you knew exactly where you were with him and I had the utmost respect for his judgement and management of the cutters . |
| 11 | I put in me bag when I go up the school and I had the little microphone hanging out . |
| 12 | annual increases that some irresponsible Labour-controlled councils were imposing and which had the sole effect of driving businesses out of many of our major inner-city centres . |
| 13 | Yeah , and you had the old bricks |
| 14 | And you had the whole kit . |
| 15 | And you had the last show , cos you 're the first looker . |
| 16 | Rather , the recession called for candidates who were above all young , sharp , bright and who had the necessary track record of success to turn businesses around . |
| 17 | Shortly after this stop , we passed Mr Adrian Boyd who lives quite near Hampton Court Palace , and who had the brilliant idea of staging a Flower Show in the park behind the Palace , which makes the most wonderful setting with natural waterways . |
| 18 | ‘ I need lads who had no ties , and who had the right character . |
| 19 | ‘ It is , ’ he mused evenly , and she had the uneasy feeling that he knew she was deliberately trying to change the subject . |
| 20 | And she had the uneasy feeling that the stormy feelings between them were n't going to blow themselves out , either . |
| 21 | They had both turned as she had entered , and she had the stupid urge to tell them to carry on , she hoped she was n't interrupting anything . |
| 22 | Her head was pounding dreadfully , and she had the awful sensation that she was going to actually throw up right in front of him . |
| 23 | She could n't just ignore him in his own house and she had the nasty feeling that she would not have been able to ignore him anywhere . |
| 24 | He turned back to what he was doing , his long fingers working quickly and expertly at the job , and she had the faintest feeling that she was being dismissed . |
| 25 | What I was saying was , just that like , they had all these pieces of furniture in there , it was supposed to be a suite , but my mum , my mum got round and tell you every single piece that was a different colour or the wrong shape , or did n't fit on the pedestal properly , or this and that , and she had the whole lot changed at least three times . |
| 26 | Paddy 's daughter was tall like him , and she had the same air of self-assurance . |
| 27 | The blue eyes studied her lazily in the mirror , and she had the strangest sensation he was toying with her as a cat would a mouse before a kill . |
| 28 | He turned to face her then , his eyes intent as they met hers for one long minute , and she had the strangest feeling that he was trying to look inside her soul . |
| 29 | The feeling of being manoeuvred came back with a rush and she had the urgent desire to get out of this stuffy office fast . |
| 30 | Pamela Wray was making good progress at St Hilda 's College at Oxford University and she had the full support of her family . |