Example sentences of "that [pron] had [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I saw that I had new books by my bedside .
2 On page 37 of his volume of reminiscences [ Burton was to write in an article on rugby ] , Mr Williams is kind enough to suggest that I had distinct possibilities as a player were it not for the lure of tinsel and paint and money and fame and so on .
3 When I played in the Wimbledon final , I knew that I had certain kinds of weaknesses .
4 Before leaving the village I consulted a chart outside the coastguard station , which confirmed that I had five hours before high tide ; this would give me time to get to the end of Worm 's Head and safely back onto the cliffs without danger of being stranded .
5 Unfortunately , just as we were on the verge of starting an affair , he heard that I had other irons in the fire . ’
6 ‘ It was just that I had other things on my mind .
7 Oh yes indeed , indeed , well only last week I said do need some flowers , come on Thursday they 're fresh , I said I want them now Lionel , I hate to be without flowers in the room and he said well have two for the price of one , he would insist that I had two bunches for the price of one .
8 Erm , I erm , employ people , so I decided to have an employment section , six months later when I was reviewing the daytimer , I discovered that I had one sheet in my employment section , er , about a lady I had interviewed and not employed , whereas I had a prospect section that was overflowing , and needed drastic sub-division .
9 No matter that I had little knowledge of regional variety .
10 I commented to Miklós that I had little hope of the New World solving the problems of the Old when it could not face up to its own difficulties .
11 And it meant that I had free access to the whole of the so much so , I had a key to the bottom of entry in er access to the firm and I could get in when I liked .
12 It seemed all wrong that I had horizontal loops across the face of the work .
13 I told him that I had another shop in Westmead which has been approved by the Ministry of Environment and the RSPCA and that this one will be run in the same way .
14 The only snag was that I had bad after-effects from the anaesthetic .
15 Oh I did n't feel that I had any gripes from our point of view .
16 Without really still thinking that I had any chance of success , I went back down to the Circle Line and journeyed on to Liverpool Street .
17 No way could a person eat something like that — not that I had any intention of killing and consuming the poor creature , now that my eyes had been opened .
18 ‘ Not that I had any doubts on the score , ’ Penry assured her as they set off towards Haverfordwest .
19 I can claim that I did , and that I never breached that trust , assuming that I had any information of a sufficiently intriguing character to make it worthwhile betraying a friend .
20 I should add that I had some entertainment on learning that not so long ago the local minister had run off with a young man .
21 I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland .
22 The doctor arrived and after examining me pronounced that I had some sort of mystery virus , and there was nothing he could do for me .
23 To the late Dr Melville Clark , the Reader in Rhetoric , I owe the discovery that I had some talent for editing text .
24 I was very annoyed over the whole business this end , when it transpired that nobody had any information on the subject either .
25 Sally found that she had good abilities in this area .
26 I was moved to see that she had absolute faith in my goodwill , for she took the bag without glancing at the contents .
27 His voice sounded so matter-of-fact that she had little difficulty in ignoring the more flattering words .
28 Maria Iñes was dumpy and talkative ; Maria Teresa was dark and very like João , though not quite so good looking , and Maria de Graça was taller , plainer , and so intent upon winning herself a place in Heaven that she had little conversation for anyone apart from Padre Jorge , an oily man with plump little hands and a great anxiety to be first to agree with Dom João in everything he said .
29 He noticed that she had one button of her blouse more than usual undone .
30 Rosie said , ‘ Er — um — ’ and Shelley guessed that she had other plans for Saturday .
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