Example sentences of "[conj] had a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The small town that had a dozen mills and a population of 10,000 at the beginning of the nineteenth century had grown by 1890 to a place of 130,000 people and 265 mills , and was called ‘ the greatest cotton-spinning town in the world ’ . |
| 2 | As I said , Sunderland played well … and had a few chances on the break — only to be expected . |
| 3 | He 's they 've opened an account with us and had a few bits and baps off us , so |
| 4 | actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone |
| 5 | He 'd been all over town and had a few vocals left , a few guitar bits , and was rather disenchanted with the studio he was using . |
| 6 | , writes : A FRIEND maintains that about 10 years ago he boarded a train in London , played cards and had a few drinks and did n't leave the train until he reached Paris . |
| 7 | ‘ So they went up to the village pub and had a few drinks . |
| 8 | How would St Jerome shape up after he 'd caught a Dinky toy in the mouth and had a few handfuls of fettucine thrust into his armpit ? |
| 9 | Mr Wogan arrived and had a few words with me — and everybody else — but once again I do n't recall what we talked about . |
| 10 | Today ( a wet Monday ) he was up as usual at 6.30 and had a few cornflakes and a pint of coffee . |
| 11 | He had such energy and drive , and liked to play hard as well as work hard , and had a few scrapes with his motorbike . |
| 12 | Gay was delighted with the games room-to-be , and had a valuable suggestions to make . |
| 13 | Close to Minton in age , Wallis lived with his mother in Roehampton and had an old-fashioned politeness and charm . |
| 14 | He was haemodynamically stable but had a few episodes of haemoptysis , and there was macroscopic haematuria . |