Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] have [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork . |
| 2 | His robot companions were now to operate well away from him across a fairly large room and at key moments in the drama when there was an anticipatory silence from everyone else , he found he had the personal ‘ power ’ , and with some verbal style ( and a high degree of repressed excitement as he discovered he could be publicly effective ) he presented himself as an efficient robot controller . |
| 3 | When he moved he had the supple , easy grace of a big cat . |
| 4 | He told he had an important engagement and must go , on the Saturday night . |
| 5 | The court held that the facts did not constitute robbery because the accused was not dishonest , because he thought he had a legal right to the money ( see the discussion of s.2(1) ( a ) above ) . |
| 6 | This did not involve the King 's government in any expense ; if people went overseas , presumably they did it in order to make money , and the King could see no reason why he should provide any of his not very plentiful revenue to enrich them faster , though he might invest money of his own if he thought he had a reasonable chance of getting a dividend . |
| 7 | He thought he had the upper hand while she was trapped here , and he was right — it made her feel awkward and uneasy , put her at a disadvantage . |
| 8 | I asked whether he thought he had the same difficulties as his father : |
| 9 | He knew she had a failed marriage with a strange son , Steve . |
| 10 | He felt he had the upper hand for once , and they had n't been able to set up the Microwave Gun yet , either ; he felt cool and relaxed . |
| 11 | Come on , Rachel , think about it ; a caring man would hardly have walked out on his future wife as soon as he learned she had a crippling disease , would he ? |
| 12 | He said they had a big swimming pool with the house . |
| 13 | No she said , I 'll get you ! and he said I have the mobile phone number . |
| 14 | He said he had a new lover she was still at |
| 15 | He had no dignity to speak of , only money , but he said he had a sore throat . |
| 16 | He said he had a fundamental objection to a health campaign being used to promote the use of condoms , which was a multinational business . |
| 17 | He said he had a few days ’ work for me , five hundred and expenses . |
| 18 | He said he had the same ability as Wino but pointed out that he ( Gray ) was injured at 16 and never fully recovered , so his potential would have been even greater than it turned out . |