Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm applying for the R.C.M. I had a place there if I 'd wanted it , three four years ago , but I did n't go . |
| 2 | In both 1981 and February 1982 the Fine Gael/Labour coalition had a PV of 46.4 , but its PS fell from 48.2 to 47.0 . |
| 3 | it does n't say about contacting a solicitor , but er , er each er purchaser had a solicitor appointed and further information was provided to that solicitor |
| 4 | Er Nicola had a baby , she suffered from postnatal depression and er can I ask for a bit of hush there please , Nicola suffered from postnatal depression and she took Prozac . |
| 5 | At the end of WWII , the Beverley , East Yorks firm of Richard Hodgson 's Tannery had a Memorial to those employees who lost their lives in the two world wars displayed on the outside wall of their social club . |
| 6 | It 's a bit like a boxer dog because Derek 's sis sister had a boxer dog and he used to we used to walk along country lanes and then he 'd pi , he used to see something he used to go straight through the hedge ! |
| 7 | His own father 's mistress had a habit of always being there . |
| 8 | Though Niki 's car had a series of defects , his low placing was also the result of his own mistakes . |
| 9 | ‘ The average tramp 's cell had a bed with a mattress , a straw pillow , and three blankets . |
| 10 | Ninety-two per cent of those in old people 's homes compared with 82 per cent of those in other sorts of homes had this amenity — a difference which fell short of statistical significance — but more of those in old people 's homes had a room of their own , two-thirds against half . |
| 11 | In the display the Godfather 's desk had a number of books on it ; the waxworks owner reached for them one by one . |
| 12 | Japanese earnings rose by 5.9% in the year to January , equivalent to a real pay increase of 2.8% ; Britain 's workers had a pay rise of 9.3% , a real increase of 1.5% . |
| 13 | George told Stella that St Aloysius 's orphanage had a block-booking . |
| 14 | Jed 's room had a raunchy , hot , savage smell . |
| 15 | Before Ronny Jordan was born , his mother 's landlord had a dream in which he pictured her beside a guitar . |
| 16 | My father 's wallet had a thong |
| 17 | DMITRY 'S FATHER HAD A GLOBE , and he would point out to Dmitry the different countries and continents , and would make young Dmitry memorise the names of their capital cities . |
| 18 | Two weeks after her twenty-sixth birthday , Jenny 's father had a heart attack . |
| 19 | The ‘ poor widow ’ of Chaucer 's Nun 's Priest 's Tale had a diet consisting mainly of milk and brown bread , with broiled bacon and the occasional egg , and this may represent a fairly normal diet . |
| 20 | Three of William 's friends had a picnic by a lake |
| 21 | Captain R.R. ( Bill ) Baldwin 's platoon had a patrol out under Corporal Palmer when the Japanese launched their first attack ( see map p. 77 ) and the platoons withdrew through enemy patrolled country , laying ambushes in the scrub . |
| 22 | The child 's voice had a tremor in it . |
| 23 | Harper 's voice had a note of relish as he spoke of the fighting to Lucille . |
| 24 | ‘ Be that as it may ’ — Miss Rene 's voice had a touch of admonition in it — ‘ as I 'm always telling you : betters do as betters do ; it 's no concern of me or you . ’ |
| 25 | So Harry 's cliffs had a couple of their lines manicured . |
| 26 | Women 's magazines had a lot to answer for , thought Lydia , with their embroidered jumpers , their mackerel and mandarin oranges , their stories of the nurse who gets the surgeon , the typist who gets the boss , contrasting so starkly with the bewildered anguish manifested by their love-ruined readers on the letters page . |
| 27 | The senior surgeon at the Dreadnought Seamen 's Hospital had a series of incomparable radiographs of bladder and renal chyluria . |
| 28 | Geoffroy 's challenge had a significance beyond the purely intellectual level . |
| 29 | ‘ Handsome is as handsome does , ’ snapped Matey , who as an ex-children 's nurse had a fund of such sayings . |
| 30 | But William 's grandad had a system working for him . |