Example sentences of "[adv] had [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They put me in the bin because I suddenly had a talking jag , ’ Edward said .
2 She stood motionless , wondering what he was about to do , and as he moved closer she suddenly had the ridiculous impression he was going to kiss her .
3 Piper suddenly had the crazy idea that all the Doctor 's masks had been stripped away , leaving him with no more armour than the truth .
4 The longer you throw , the more , good boy , it 's so well hidden in the leaves , it 's exactly the same colour that 's the trouble this time of year , but no , life is a funny thing , and I find it personally very hard to believe that only two months ago , I mean what is it nine weeks ago , and I suddenly had an enormous view
5 Neither Luther nor Sandys would have achieved much had the political conditions of the day not been extraordinarily favourable .
6 The tightening net of repression and the increased care taken to avoid ‘ risky ’ remarks naturally had a direct effect on expressions of opinion about Hitler himself .
7 No they get nothing , they 'd get , all they went on the dole , well they used to get , they used to get erm , say yeah well you would get welfare benefit what we call the club , you go on the club and you see used t I , my , apparently had a private club , you could have both you see you had the private club and you got so much from the government , the National Health .
8 A lot of the stone went to build houses for the local peasants , who apparently had a tough time .
9 Whether or not the Association regarded the method of debt collection adopted by London Manhattan 's Smelly Tramps Ltd as conforming to the highest ethical standards , it apparently had a high success rate .
10 In an interview on Nov. 18 , Fujimori said that Gen. Palomino apparently had no direct responsibility in the events , but would nevertheless face proceedings in the military courts along with the other alleged conspirators .
11 When Gundovald first arrived in Gaul he apparently had an considerable quantity of treasure with him , which must suggest that he initially had the backing of the Byzantine emperor , whose concerns about the Lombards in Italy may well have stretched to a desire to see a close ally established in Francia .
12 It would have made no difference to the example below had the aggrieved party been a German company with a branch in France tendering for factory space .
13 Those animals put down had a merciful release .
14 When I first moved from India ( where I was born ) to England , I obviously had a great tan , and I got called ‘ Indibum ’ and all.that .
15 Good public relations were made a priority , so that the atmosphere surrounding the team was always cordial , which obviously had a beneficial effect on the players .
16 He obviously had a detailed account of the origins of Rome .
17 Binnerton manor obviously had a large number of freeholders , including some members of the nobility and gentry who probably never set foot in the place let alone attended the manorial court .
18 The most extraordinary aspect of this unrelenting interference was that Ceauşescu obviously had no clear picture of what he wanted in his mind .
19 This initial investigation and the subsequent discussion ( which we will come to shortly ) obviously had the desired effect because the follow-up urging the development of curriculum policies at local level showed movement on these issues .
20 She only had a bare glimpse of the softly lit room , her struggling figure still clasped firmly in his arms , as he continued through to the en suite bathroom .
21 It was as though previously we only had a limited knowledge of what children were capable of thinking , feeling and making , until encouraged to respond in a personal way to the real world around them .
22 ‘ I only had a tiny part in Coriolanus , ’ he said a few years later , ‘ but it was the most exciting experience I 've ever had in the theatre . ’
23 You only had a tiny taste of one .
24 well we were considered to be fortunate that we did n't , we only had a small percentage that we had a problem with
25 ‘ In places like Tynedale they only had a small stock of housing anyway and that 's been reduced .
26 Well she only had a small party did n't she ?
27 But if you only had a small place it 'd be more economical to have labour than it would to buy paying out thousands of pounds for machines and
28 The second , however , seemed ideal , and was cheaper , though unfortunately it only had a small section of moat left , which had been suburbanised into a rock garden .
29 He declared contemptuously that their only well-developed mental quality was their memory , that they only had a small amount of intelligence , and that they were ‘ incapable of affection for man. ,
30 And , since the banks were now firmly closed until the end of the holiday , and she only had a small amount of currency in her purse , she had no way of being able to buy any new , cooler dresses .
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