Example sentences of "[pron] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , habit was to help me to find Aunt Louise with the assurance of a homing pigeon ; now , hesitant of asking the way ( being unable to read on the faces of those I encountered whether they were patients or helpers ) , I had great difficulty in finding the right building ; and then — up ill-lit stone staircases and along corridors — in finding the ward to which I had been directed . |
| 2 | Although I was hungry , I had great difficulty in digesting and so my nights were bad . |
| 3 | When I left the army a couple of years ago , I had great difficulty coming to terms with my change in status . |
| 4 | ‘ I had great difficulty coming to terms with it and adjusting to the problem . |
| 5 | I found coming into Suffolk from Hertfordshire I had n't heard the , any East Anglian dialect before at all erm I did n't find it difficult , there were only two cases and I can remember thinking there were two people er , one of whom is still alive , er who I had great difficulty in understanding and I thought when I can follow both of them without any difficulty I shall know I really belong . |
| 6 | And I I think I had great admiration for the er in particular for the the woman who was the erm president of the tenants association . |
| 7 | I had great pleasure in seeing that extension and I would be surprised if the hon. Gentleman had not visited it and was not looking forward to its opening . |
| 8 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
| 9 | I had great hopes for him , and for the school under his leadership . |
| 10 | I also did a great deal of business with Alfred Gates , director of Ackermann 's , and I had great respect for him . |
| 11 | Though I had small scale maps at three inches to a mile for some areas they are not produced for all the Sahara , nor could I have afforded the hundred pounds they would have cost if they had been . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I liked everything about it , I liked everything about it , mind you I had sore fingers to begin with , very sore , with the filing you see , but also er I was used to thing in a way because there was a little lock shop in mother 's yard er and erm home-made er home-made locks and he used to er and now he used to do them and stamp them and I us I worked his hand press for him before I was fourteen and they were for and they are still and my mother used to take them to Birmingham and erm I think he used to give me sixpence for doing everything I did for him . |
| 14 | All the same , I had sore feet and was feeling sorry for myself . |
| 15 | I had tremendous rows with Planxty , especially when I feel people are n't giving good value for money . |
| 16 | She now speaks of those hours of heady emotion in a voice of wry amusement : ‘ I had tremendous hopes in my heart . ’ |
| 17 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 18 | And I had total confidence in Robin as , very touchingly , he had in me when we climbed on the mountain . |
| 19 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 20 | I was invited to join in but always found excuses not to do so , saying that I had early afternoon lessons . |
| 21 | In each round I had good lane draws and ran comfortably . |
| 22 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 23 | B : Nicest — I had good fun |
| 24 | I had good reason then to suspect that it could well be . |
| 25 | I felt I had good cause . |
| 26 | I had good cause to enjoy the many favours bestowed upon me by my inspector friend with the Cambridge police . |
| 27 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 28 | I had post-natal depression , and I was tired and everything . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ She even shook my hand a second time after I told her I had full-blown AIDS . ’ |
| 30 | I had dark hair then |