Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This proved to be a frustrating time for the ‘ Whads ’ , as , although fellow League clubs were losing players left , right and centre-half to the war effort , Athletico had no one fit to fight . |
| 2 | Bernice had just enough strength to raise her head and see past him . |
| 3 | David had this little compartment and used to spend his whole time in a Japanese kimono with his guitar and a bottle of this horrible Reisling wine that was full of alkaline and gave you splitting headaches , but it was all there was . |
| 4 | They show that in 1988 , Dixons had almost 18 per cent of the electrical market , Comet 7.6 per cent and Lasky — whose 58 outlets are now owned by Kingfisher — 1.2 per cent . |
| 5 | They show that in 1988 , Dixons had almost 18 per cent of the electrical market , Comet 7.6 per cent and Lasky — whose 58 outlets are now owned by Kingfisher — 1.2 per cent . |
| 6 | According to the Economist of May 26 , 1990 , Indonesia had about 1,100,000 sq km designated as " permanent forest " , of which the World Bank estimated that 10,000 sq km were lost each year . |
| 7 | Jean had straight brown hair with a few layers cut into the top ; stylist Patrick Cameron , Artistic Director for the Alan Paul group of salons , suggested a tousled look which would suit her heart-shaped face . |
| 8 | Before the veteran entertainer went home for the emotional Christmas Day reunion with his family , Leslie and Jean had together given thanks for his recovery at a short Communion service in the hospital chapel . |
| 9 | It seems clear that Branwell had so much potential , he might have been as successful as his sisters . |
| 10 | ‘ Surely only Mr Chatterton had as much to lose as you , Colonel Fagg ? ’ |
| 11 | Miss Golani had only one piece to play — as one of three irreconcilable characters in Michael Colgrass 's Strangers . |
| 12 | At Stage I VUPP had only 1.5 quotas but with the aid of transfers mainly from Armstrong ( Un ) and Maginnis ( UPNI ) as well as non-transfers from Republican Clubs the two VUPP candidates were elected . |
| 13 | These were just dreams ; foolish , romantic dreams ; and Johnny had as much need of them as anyone else . |
| 14 | Concerning costs , it has been reported in the financial press that FIMBRA merely had to take the word of Dunsdale that it was investing in gilts , as the SRO had too few staff to adequately deal with each individual firm . |
| 15 | Grandson Richard had quite long hair , which also helped when it was time to climb up on to the shoulder . |
| 16 | Any English people in Brisbane had rather less to get excited about . |
| 17 | Since Constanze had very little money , it was recommended that Mozart 's corpse be given the cheapest available funeral . |
| 18 | so she just had the rice and an egg with it and Gemma had about three pasties and I had stuffed tomatoes with rice and erm , what did I do with , I done rata , ratatouille and |
| 19 | ‘ Some neighbours of ours in Scotland had unnaturally cosmopolitan views about the best way to bring up their daughters and they had all been sent to stay with family friends in both Paris and Florence when they were about seventeen . |
| 20 | Middle schools are confined almost entirely to England ; in 1988–9 Scotland had only two middle schools and Wales one ( CSO , 1989b , p. 88 ) . |
| 21 | A similar venture in Scotland had only four full-timers in a staff of 20 . |
| 22 | A good warrior but the Bruces had as much claim to Alexander 's throne as he had , and now the throne was empty . |
| 23 | ‘ Why do you talk as if you and Jake had only one child ? ’ she whispered . |
| 24 | Ashbourne had about 25 yards , whose houses provided shelter for some 750 people , or nearly a quarter of the town 's inhabitants . |
| 25 | There were such things as occasional Hagstroms , but the Levin had only one major competitor worth having and that was the old Harmony Sovereign . |
| 26 | While in Tirana Andriessen was told that Albania had only one week 's supply of grain stocks left . |
| 27 | Leys over sixty miles long began to be discovered and soon lines of several hundred miles , such as Dion Fortune 's ‘ St Albans ’ cross , began to be described , while Kenneth Koop publicised the claim that Arbor Low stone circle in Derbyshire had over 100 leys passing through it . |
| 28 | It was , as the Duchess said in her speech , an exciting event because Derbyshire had so few smaller manor houses of this type open to the public — and what made it all the more special was the fact that Eyam Hall is still the family home of the Wrights , who built ( or rather rebuilt ) it , a few years after the plague , in 1671 . |
| 29 | Maggie had so little to do during the day that she spent much of the time chatting and gossiping with Rose . |
| 30 | Brazil had only five cases of infection but the real fear was that cholera was about to spread from the Peruvian into the Brazilian Amazonian river system . |