Example sentences of "had [verb] a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hook had ripped a great tuft of flesh from his throat . |
| 2 | Frost , like thickly appliquéd lace medallions , patterned the bedroom window , and water in a cup by the bedside had formed a solid block of ice . |
| 3 | HAVING BEEN a close follower of The Lone Groover and loon pant ads in the NME of the '70s , I had formed a lasting impression of The World 's Greatest Rock Weekly as an impenetrable fortress of wit , intellect and sneering clever-gits . |
| 4 | The minister also said that there would be no financial or budgetary disadvantage whatsoever to any GP who had to treat a large number of chronically ill patients . |
| 5 | It was on a trip to Frankfurt with a mixed load of several 2,000lb bombs and the varied load of experimental PFF flares and early target indicator devices ; Bennett always insisted that we had to carry a full load of the hurtful . |
| 6 | Corbett pointed to the one stained glass window in the room where the artist had painted a graphic vision of demons , their eyes glaring fiercely , their mouths and nostrils poured forth fetid breath as they tore the flesh of sinners with red hot pincers and pierced their bodies with glowing iron nails , whilst others beat the unfortunates with spikes and scourges . |
| 7 | After that the conversation had gathered a startling momentum of statements , random guesses , admissions and had ended with her using her foster brother as a confidant — though now she regretted it . |
| 8 | At one time he had intended a whole chapter of The Complete History of Wimbledon to be devoted to the issue of Maltby , but somehow the chapter had never materialized . |
| 9 | I remember that he liked one in celebration of wool ; another was of everything brown or gray , for which I had arranged a large collection of natural objects , of woven and blockprinted textiles , pots , and beautiful bowls and boxes made of wood . |
| 10 | It was feared that the proposed budget for general programmes , set at $345,500,000 for 1991 , was very likely to prove inadequate if the UNHCR assumed new responsibilities in areas which had witnessed a substantial displacement of refugees , including Liberia , Cambodia and the Western Sahara . |
| 11 | What Myeloski did n't appreciate was that that was how the plane was meant to be landed in such terrible conditions , that he had witnessed a superb piece of flying by a highly trained pilot . |
| 12 | He had developed a droning style of speaking , and the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends . |
| 13 | Although she now felt a little better physically , her mind had developed a nasty habit of wandering . |
| 14 | Meanwhile speculation about the emergence of a " fresh strain of HIV " grew after reports that 30 patients in France , Spain , the United Kingdom and the USA had developed a rare form of immuno-deficiency illness with AIDS-like symptoms but without traces in their blood of known strains of HIV . |
| 15 | Every municipal corporation had a separate and different charter ; various ad hoc bodies each had their own Acts of Parliament ; parish councils arose from the operation of the common law without benefit of statute ; and Quarter Sessions ‘ had developed a rich variety of practice ’ ( Keith-Lucas 1980 : 154 ) . |
| 16 | As this summer , even hotter and drier than the last , worked its way up to August , Robert found he had developed a rich repertoire of twitches and guilty tics . |
| 17 | In France , the one country that had developed a strong tradition of vernacular opera with its own different aesthetic , it needed only a visit of an Italian company playing a repertoire of opere buffe to spark off one of the most celebrated of musical civil wars , the querelle des bouffons , a war which was renewed a quarter of a century later when the pro-Italian faction set up Piccinni in rivalry with the now gallicized Gluck . |
| 18 | Guinness Brewing Worldwide had developed a strong portfolio of exceptional , premium brands . |
| 19 | Goldthorpe and his team ( 1969 ) wanted to study manual workers with high incomes to see whether they had developed a middle-class way of life . |
| 20 | Around it they had developed a rigid code of honour — Shen-sei-go — which contained the principles according to which every Manchu male was expected to live and die . |
| 21 | He had developed a fine pair of shoulders , and his biceps bulged under his short-sleeved singlet : his arms seemed to have grown unnaturally long and appeared simian . |
| 22 | Within two years he and his supervisor , Harry Mark , had completed a controversial piece of work pioneering a way to measure the spectra of chemical reactions on the surface of an electrode . |
| 23 | By 1880 he had completed a large wing of workshops . |
| 24 | By this time , the Postman had re-negotiated a fresh pair of trousers , for all that dog-relief had worked wonders with the cloth ! |
| 25 | Contracts for these types of credit had to include a certain amount of cost information , though not the amount of the finance charge , nor an interest rate . |
| 26 | The railways had to accommodate a wide variety of produce under different conditions and at different times of the year . |
| 27 | However , when I stripped the pump off the block , cleaned it and left it on the workbench , I noticed it had leaked a small amount of oil from a 1.5mm hole located near the back underside of the pump . |
| 28 | During our ‘ inspection tour ’ I had heard a fair amount of noise from the garden , and now Miss Sowerby announced , ‘ There 's half a dozen patients , Doctor , including one who 's hurt his head badly . ’ |
| 29 | A magistrate , Ian Baker , said the case had aroused a great deal of interest because of the film . |
| 30 | An order was also sought to strike out the Crown 's application to strike out the taxpayer 's appeal because , in addition , it had delayed a fair trial of the action and was otherwise an abuse of process . |