Example sentences of "[adv] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five constituencies were the preserve of the country 's four recognized religious minorities — Zoroastrians , Jews , Assyrian Christians and Armenian Christians — which together had 21 candidates standing for election . |
| 2 | As organizational head of all CIA operations on the North American continent , Hayman literally had greater power than heads of State or European monarchy . |
| 3 | ‘ Suppose you suddenly had that feeling — tawdry — while you were walking up the aisle with George Beador . |
| 4 | In his whimsical way the British prime Minister observed , ‘ This argument naturally had some appeal to me on general grounds ’ : but he did not respond . |
| 5 | Snell 's wife was Susannah and he apparently had one son . |
| 6 | This apparently had little impact on the extent of these intra- and extra-mural zones , though it may have encouraged the enhanced development of the central area in the third and fourth centuries . |
| 7 | Alain apparently had several secretaries . |
| 8 | Furthermore , many of the great nobles enriched themselves through war : the Earl of Arundel , for example , was reputed to be fabulously wealthy and apparently had 43,981 marks in bags in the tower of Arundel Castle when he died in 1376 and another 57,000 marks elsewhere . |
| 9 | He then ran back to his position , foolishly had another go at the midfielder with his elbow and was given the first dip in the Chester bath . |
| 10 | The regime perhaps had little choice but to win support by making grants of land which might otherwise have gone to augment royal resources , and Mortimer and Isabella rapidly ran through the very substantial treasure inherited from Edward II . |
| 11 | These ranged from the high-profile national bodies like Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and the Council for the Protection of Rural England , who all had professional advocates to put their case , through to smaller but persistent participants like the South Wales Women 's Support Groups ( defending the interests of mining communities ) and the Irish Sea Project ( concerned about marine pollution ) . |
| 12 | He added a 72 to tie with England man , Andy Rogers ( Ealing ) , Steve Barwick ( East Berks ) and Stuart Cage , who all had matching scores of 69 , 68 for aggregates of 137 , only one over the record for the event . |
| 13 | Shostakovich obviously had good reason for these references , but they are to music so well-known that I worry about finding them in someone else 's piece , even a composer of the supreme integrity of Shostakovich . |
| 14 | Caddies were hit often and painfully and several took to wearing crash helmets , and one well-known caddie , who obviously had other priorities , used to wear a cricketer 's box . |
| 15 | Captain Burrows obviously had great expectations for his new offspring . |
| 16 | His intellectual ability was never pushed at you , yet he obviously had great potential . ’ |
| 17 | He was dignified , he was knowledgeable , and he obviously had great feeling not only for British art but all kinds of art . |
| 18 | ‘ T was regrettable , of course , though you obviously had little choice but to abandon modesty when the need was so imperative . |
| 19 | ‘ Livesey obviously had classical tastes . |
| 20 | You only had that sample of five , Sin Iguales . |
| 21 | However , as Nafis Sadik , head of UNFPA , pointed out : " Even if every woman only had 2.1 children [ the replacement level ] the population is already so large [ at just over 5.5 billion ] that we will be headed for 8.5 billion people no matter what " . |
| 22 | And I only had one scene with him . |
| 23 | As the Renfrew field only had one runway the forecast predicted a change in wind direction which would make landing difficult , if not impossible . |
| 24 | When the hotel only had one toilet , it was the board master 's privilege to have first use every morning . |
| 25 | Hitler was fit only for the loony bin , his generals would kill him within five minutes if he ever declared war , and he only had one ball . |
| 26 | The great Fangio ( Arg ) was also in the Maserati team but they only had one race together as team-mates before Fangio moved on to Mercedes . |
| 27 | ‘ When I took over in 1990 , Nigel only had one cap and I was n't absolutely convinced that he would be an integral part of the team . |
| 28 | I was like one , I was like half way through the tape and I had , I only had one name to go |
| 29 | Mary only had one idea in her head . |
| 30 | It transpired that his mother only had one leg . ’ |