Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I stopped right there , where I had an uninterrupted view , and watched the rim of it flatten out , spreading fire along the ocean 's edge .
2 However , as was pointed out by the Court of Appeal in Coward v Comex Houlder Diving Ltd ( 1988 ) ( reported in Kemp & Kemp , Section M , para27-322 ) the conventional percentage does not necessarily apply where the wife had been earning a considerable sum herself prior to her husband 's death or presumably where she had a substantial private income : see also Davies v Hawes ( 1990 ) reported in Kemp & Kemp , Section M , para27-323 .
3 She rubbed her arm , where she had a large bruise above the elbow .
4 Before the provision contained in rule 3(7) was enacted , the law governing standing to apply for prerogative orders was , in simplified terms , as follows : a person could apply for certiorari or prohibition provided he or she had a genuine grievance or , in other words , provided the applicant was a person aggrieved by the challenged decision .
5 His Offensive Weapons ( Scotland ) Bill would put the onus on the person carrying a knife to prove he or she had a valid reason for doing so .
6 During our journey we had been taken to Sherwood Forest , where we had a short while to look around and similarly at Chatsworth house .
7 That day we walked from Glaramara to Castle Crags , where we had an excellent view over Derwent Water before crossing the valley to explore Grange Fell .
8 We returned to the Duke 's house in the forest , where we had an excellent dinner .
9 Most of them would also have borrowed in the open market , maybe from a clearing bank where they had a current account and the manager had allowed them to draw over and above what was in it — an overdraft ( the cheapest way of borrowing ? ) — or perhaps a Personal Loan .
10 courses in turn , tended to select for observation those schools where they had a good relationship with the drama specialist .
11 Then , putting it on and pulling the collar tight about her throat , she lit the candle that was standing in a holder on her bedside table , and went quietly out and along the corridor to the kitchen , through it and into the scullery , where they had a running tap above a shallow stone sink .
12 In a spoken message we notice the quality of the voice as well : maybe the speaker 's voice was shaking , or they had a particular accent , or hesitated , or slurred their words .
13 Some men could hide there , where he had a small tower .
14 The body of Arthur Brumhill , who was 76 , was found last Friday in the basement of a pet shop where he had a part-time job .
15 The body of Arthur Brumhill , who was 76 , was found last Friday in the basement of a pet shop where he had a part-time job .
16 He subsequently went to King 's College , Cambridge , where he had a distinguished career as exhibitioner , scholar , and fellow .
17 Alongside this and particularly following the Exeter commission , Fowler also maintained his connection with his native county where he had a long-standing patron in William Courtenay , tenth Earl of Devon , his works including the Totnes bridge ( 1826–8 ) , a small group of churches , and alterations to the Earl of Devon 's Powderham Castle ( 1837–48 ) .
18 And having found a vantage-point where he had a clear view of the meadows and was himself sheltered , he halted his pony and stood to watch , narrowing his eyes to single out coat-armour , and number the forces in the English party .
19 He stayed in Buckingham Palace where he had a special classroom just for him .
20 Three hours earlier a lilting voice had told me that I had a nice big cock .
21 I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up .
22 Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis .
23 ‘ The way you 're likely to believe that I had a sneaking admiration , a liking for this little harbinger of bad news ?
24 And so it was not until January , four months after moving in , that I had a reasonable chance of settling down .
25 I applied for an interview , and shortly afterwards found that I had a new job .
26 I recall at this period that I had a new second pilot by the name of Saltzgaber , who was first generation Canadian but German born , The target was Mannheim , When we got into the area we found that thick cloud covered what we thought was tie target , so we went down , But there was no way we were going to get under .
27 He went on to say that he had heard from a mutual friend whom he had met in Alexandria that I had a good job , and added : ‘ Mother said , in an old letter which took months to reach me , that it was in the Foreign Office .
28 I can remember my grandfather , in the 1940s , telling me that I had a good bump of location .
29 The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them .
30 I will always maintain that I had a good time in service , and from what I heard there were n't many bad places in the Teesdale area — just the odd one here and there .
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