Example sentences of "had [art] passion for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Secondly , he had a passion for Arthurian legend and lore and searched for the Grail and Excalibur . |
| 2 | The Duke had a passion for practical jokes-wetting people with hoses and putting itching powder in their beds — and he was a devoted animal lover , always surrounded by dogs and preferring the ugliest because no-one else would be kind to it . |
| 3 | A small , dapper , decisive man who wore a trilby and glasses , the canon lived in the next village and had a passion for small neat things like himself . |
| 4 | Morrissey had a passion for sixties British pop , Dusty Springfield , Sandie Shaw . |
| 5 | Throughout his life Edward had a passion for solitary swimming , often for an hour at a time , in the sea at Felpham in Sussex , in the small lakes in the Black Mountains , or the larger ones in the Lake District . |
| 6 | Two centuries later Flamininus was emulated by the Roman emperor Nero ( AD 54–68 ) , who had a passion for Greek culture and who , in AD 67 , exempted all Greek cities , by then incorporated within the Roman province of Achaia , from taxation and Roman interference in local administration . |
| 7 | She had a passion for fine music and fine art . |