Example sentences of "he have [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He has neither a running mate nor a campaign headquarters , but when he announced his bid he shot to the top of the polls .
2 He has only a one-year contract and there have been differences with chairman Bob Murray , including the failure to sign Everton 's Ray Atteveld , the loss of Paul Bracewell after a contract dispute and a boardroom veto on selling £750,000 Gordon Armstrong to Southampton .
3 He has only a one-year contract and there have been differences with chairman Bob Murray , including the failure to sign Everton 's Ray Atteveld , the loss of Paul Bracewell after a contract dispute and a boardroom veto on selling £750,000 Gordon Armstrong to Southampton .
4 Erm number one strength Alan erm although he does n't see to eye T eye eye to eye with er a lot of the city institutions and a lot of the shareholders erm he he does know his business erm and he has quite a strong character , very forceful and .
5 Works by Hogarth hung in the gallery at Slains : the library contained ‘ a valuable numerous collection ’ , and Boswell renders one of his usual excellent off-the-cuff services to our understanding of eighteenth-century domestic arrangements : ‘ The noble owner has built of brick , along the square on the inside , a gallery , both on the first and second story , the house being no higher ; so that he has always a dry walk , and the rooms , to which formerly there was no approach but through each other , have now all separate entries from the gallery . ’
6 He 'd only a vague notion of what was going to happen after this .
7 He had also a strong sense of humour , which was to her mind a great asset .
8 He reprinted articles from other publications , often in weekly parts ; translated papers such as those of Mendeleev ; and gave news of industrial developments and of exhibitions ; he had also a lively correspondence section .
9 He had quite a long way to walk to the bridge , but there was plenty of time ; he had taken the trouble to find out the train times and he had worked out at what time the train would arrive at the bridge — about 9pm — so he enjoyed his walk .
10 He had quite a cheerful blaze going by the time she came back , with an armful of twigs and berries which she arranged artistically in a vase on the table .
11 After a short while he found that the gypsies were taking their horses to him to be shod ; and he had quite a busy time shoeing gypsy horses .
12 well he apparently spoke to erm , he had quite a lengthy conversation with Ron Atkinson apparently , cos Atkinson used to be the manager of Tettron did n't he ?
13 But for now , he had still a beautiful voice .
14 Then he remembered the guard back at Wissembourg and knew he had only a limited time to cover his tracks .
15 He touched the brake gently as the Mercedes reached the bend and although he saw what lay ahead of him he had only a split second in which to react — a blue transit van parked in the slow lane of the dual carriageway and , kneeling beside it , a youth partially hidden behind a tripod-mounted anti-tank launcher .
16 She had one advantage over him ; he had only a general idea of which shops would interest Garry and his ‘ Mrs Smith ’ , but Claudia knew Dana would make straight for the most exclusive dress shops , and luckily Claudia had a very good idea which one would be at the top of her list .
17 He had only a small shop ; it was difficult , in Budapest , for a Pole .
18 He had only a weak light to work by , from a solitary streetlamp near the end of the alley , but it was enough .
19 But since he had only a vague idea about the length of the Tarvaras day , he could only guess from the position of the sun and the length of the shadows that it was mid to late afternoon .
20 Geoff Link had a firm grasp of classroom techniques and a deep knowledge of children , so he could cope with a small part of his week in exploration of a subject matter with which he had only a tenuous acquaintance .
21 Yet , when Nicholson crossed the street to the legitimacy of a major studio , 2Oth Century-Fox , to join an all-star cast for The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , to be released in l967 , he had only a minuscule role , which had one speaking line consisting of twelve words , courtesy of Roger Corman who , for once , had landed a big-budget contract with a major studio and wanted Jack to share his momentary joy of being able to spend it .
22 He said he had only a brief look at the course before the race .
23 As it was a weekend , all the bigger-wig doctors were not on duty but , knowing of Nigel 's condition and that he had only a short time to live , they brought him through .
24 His knowledge of English furniture was legendary , but he had too a sharp eye for pictures .
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