Example sentences of "[adv] had [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Colonel apparently had his own rules about such things . |
| 2 | He obviously had his own reasons for wanting you to believe he owned Seawitch . |
| 3 | The problem was , however , that the ink often obscured the watermark as well as large sections of the paper which could show up the idiosyncrasies of the particular mould used ( the point being that the hundreds of paper mills in existence at the time not only had their own watermarks but that each particular paper mould had its own variations in the structure of its wires ) . |
| 4 | After butting away through scrum and old-fashioned maul for some five minutes England spread the ball wide to their backs , the defence pounced , England conceded a pile-up penalty in midfield , the New Zealanders cleared and England still only had their modest half-time lead of 10–8 as insurance . |
| 5 | Not only had her clever plan discredited the young man whom Beth had set her heart on , but in the process had driven Richard 's daughter to her knees . |
| 6 | Not only had her real mother rejected her at birth and given her away , but worst of all , her adoptive father whom she had loved so much now turned out to be her real father , a cheat and a deceiver . |
| 7 | He knew she only had his best interests at heart but he had yet to meet one of these women whose interest in him stemmed beyond his bank balance . |
| 8 | and then only had it four years , but I used to it was , it 's such a waste that washing machine , I think maybe I 've done a few shirts hand washing and all the water , whereas in the twin tub I 'd of done the light weights , heated the water up done the shirts and , erm , got the put in , maybe towels and then I 'd put , re-heat the water if , if it was n't really soiled and I could do either all the dogs stuff or , or my dusters |
| 9 | He exclaimed , " Woe is me , if I only had my two darling nephews I should not lack a champion . " |
| 10 | ‘ I only had my little Fender Super Reverb , which was basically only a 35 watt amp — undistorted it 's about 25 watts — so I could n't handle it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I only had my eighteenth birthday last week . ’ |
| 12 | The fact that it was assumed to do so had its own importance . |
| 13 | So had her dark blue jacket , white blouse and black skirt . |
| 14 | So had they both , most likely . |
| 15 | But so had we all . |
| 16 | ‘ How long had you two been lovers ? ’ |
| 17 | As a result their practice run had to be aborted , and we thus had their full and indignant attention as we came alongside . |
| 18 | The name Tolkien , he once remarked in a letter , is based on the German word for foolhardy : which is what , when he finally had his huge romance published , he must have supposed himself to be . |
| 19 | Since she no longer had her own victory brooch to hold , she thought about Mrs Hollidaye 's , pinned to the lapel of her hairy jacket . |
| 20 | ‘ People just stopped coming to shop here , and , because we no longer had our two hotels , the number of visitors dropped as well . |
| 21 | On the other hand , Dr. Rowland Atkinson had died in 1773 , and Roe no longer had his old partner to look after matters there . |
| 22 | Er no not really , they just had their local fair last week but er . |
| 23 | No they just had their own way of life and you would n't change it and they had stories to my father . |
| 24 | ‘ Those people just had something special and we got to know them well , ’ Andrew said . |
| 25 | Although Tibbs warned Benn that he needed the last two rounds , I already had him five rounds up — and so did Eubank . |
| 26 | He would sit down next to a woman who already had her own full glass in front of her . |
| 27 | We already had her last week . |
| 28 | He already had his own . |
| 29 | Larry was informed that another aircraft was on cockpit checks and would he like to fly in that , especially as he already had his flying kit . |
| 30 | Jaq already had his fatal signal concisely formulated : Ego , Draco Ordinis Mallei Inquisitor , per auctoritate Digamma Decimatio Duodecies , ultimum exterminatum planetae Stalinvastae cum extrema celeritate impero . |