Example sentences of "[conj] had a [adj] sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the industry 's senior engineers and managers met him , he appeared to them as a strong-willed , humourless , puritanical idealist , but he was sane , reasonable and had a strong sense of the practical realities of power . |
| 2 | ‘ She was a lovely girl who loved the outdoors and had a great sense of adventure , ’ he said at their home in Hillingdon , Middlesex . |
| 3 | ‘ We were over the moon and had a great sense of achievement — as if we 'd done something terribly clever , ’ says Susi , who has just given birth to her first baby . |
| 4 | She danced with zest , sang sweetly and had a fine sense of comic timing . |
| 5 | According to his pupil , Norman Swindin [ q.v. ] , he was inclined to be irascible at times but had a dry sense of humour and the ability to recognize and laugh at his own mistakes . |