Example sentences of "that [pers pn] have an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
| 2 | Or simply told the truth — told them there and now that it was n't Syl 's smile that repelled me but that I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in him , something unwholesome by virtue of being undeveloped , something that would , sooner or later , cause me to turn on him with bitter cruelty as Nour had turned on me . |
| 3 | I said in Committee that I had an open mind on the matter . |
| 4 | In that same year I was posted to South Shields on the south bank of the River Tyne and quickly became aware that I had an enormous burden to carry , simply because I had spent all of my previous service on ‘ the other side of the river ’ . |
| 5 | She alleged , too , that she had an illegal relationship with her mother . |
| 6 | It was only after she had fainted at tennis that her father took her to a specialist who found that she had an extra vertebra . |
| 7 | She felt as if she were back in a milieu which she understood , that she had an indefinable rapport with this tall , shaggy , rather solitary figure , dressed in jeans and an open-necked shirt and , as she had just observed , running-shoes . |
| 8 | The most astonishing aspect of the case was not that she had an understandable desire to disport herself in space , but that under the law as it stands a major general had to offer her an abject apology for the recruiting sergeant showing a welcome piece of common sense . |
| 9 | No , what she found so overwhelmingly infuriating was that when he had enquired tactfully , some might say , whether she was tired , he clearly had been expecting her to say a polite ‘ yes ’ so that he could then suggest that she had an early night . |
| 10 | Diana 's first public engagement as Princess of Wales was , appropriately , a tour of the principality , and it was obvious from the very first day that she had an extraordinary talent . |
| 11 | And then , after putting the note on his bed for him to read when he came back for his rest and covering it with the undyed hessian bedspread in case their child saw it , she would sit down and try to wring words out of the sleepy little boy at breakfast before he went off to school , and find that she had an empty morning in which to worry about what she had written . |
| 12 | In these circumstances it is necessary to ask whether the bank took reasonable steps to try and ensure that she had an adequate comprehension of the effect of the charge . |
| 13 | That she had an old Tom , Mary and Tom . |
| 14 | I feel , rather than see , Moira suddenly remembering that she has an awful lot of things to do somewhere else . |
| 15 | Can I ask , I know we 've got Amanda Root here , who 's going to help us in the Health Action Area Report , I also know that she has an ailing child , can we then take the item eleven , health action areas now on page fifty-eight , so that we can let Amanda go back to her commitments . |
| 16 | ‘ If the creditor takes adequate steps to inform her and reasonably supposes that she has an adequate comprehension of the obligations she is undertaking and an understanding of the effect of the transaction , the fact that she failed to grasp some material part of the document , or , indeed , the significance of what she was doing , can not , I think , in itself give her an equity to set aside , notwithstanding that at an earlier stage the creditor relied upon her husband to obtain her consent to enter into the obligation of surety . |
| 17 | And you said that you had an orange wall , only one orange wall ? |
| 18 | Joan , hearken to me — I know not what the future holds and I shall , if I may , elude the bonds of the French marriage — but remember always , I pray you , that you have an especial place in my heart . |
| 19 | ‘ And now , ’ she said in curt dismissal , ‘ as I can see that you have an awful lot to do around here … ’ she gave the dirty coffee-mug a disapproving look ‘ … |
| 20 | Your advantage is that you know Oldenburg , that you speak Russian , that you 're a trained professional and that you have an excellent cover . ’ |
| 21 | First , place your design in front of you , ensuring that you have an excellent source of light . |
| 22 | You feel sure you are in touch with the salient aspects of the situation and that you have an important contribution to make . |
| 23 | To obtain access to change the module , you should ensure that you have an active DC , referencing the module(s) , through this package . |
| 24 | Two years ago I did n't know that we had an immune system . |
| 25 | The fact that we had an armed guard lowered no one 's spirits ; made everyone feel a lot more comfortable , including , if they only knew it , the ex-FAKINTIL chief sapper himself . |
| 26 | At the beginning of this erm programme he admitted that we had an excellent education service in Oxfordshire , and he 's now , having taken no part in managing it for the last five years , he is now claiming that in fact it 's due to what happened before . |
| 27 | Assume that we have an additional relation which is also in TNF giving details about the students taking modules and the lecturers teaching on those modules . |
| 28 | We should carry out the sampling procedures and proceed with an analysis as soon as possible , so that we have an accurate baseline for future measurements . |
| 29 | ‘ There is no doubt in my mind , ’ she says , ‘ that we have all lived many lives before and that we have an individual life-force which never dies but chooses to come into incarnation at various times . |
| 30 | ‘ There is no doubt at all in my mind that we have all lives many lives before and that we have an individual life-force which never dies . ’ |