Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I carried out stone from the cave , and after many days ' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill . |
| 2 | I had a large tumour on my right kidney , it would certainly need an operation . |
| 3 | Eventually the three of us were alone again , and I remembered that I had a large loft . |
| 4 | On her right hand she had a large pile of blanks . |
| 5 | She rubbed her arm , where she had a large bruise above the elbow . |
| 6 | We had a large factory at Bournville employing about ten thousand people and there were a great many incentive payment schemes , so that became my job . |
| 7 | ‘ We had a large colony of Nazis living in the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | We had a large table and Dad would lay them out in rows to cool , tuck their heads under their wings and put pieces of heather in between them . |
| 9 | In the year we had a large number of retirements ; Danny Davies , Gwyn Bowen , Dudley Powell and Harry Nelson from Ffos Las ; George Collis , Ritchie Williams and Vernon Williams from Gilfach Iago and John Kilkenny from Potatopot . |
| 10 | We had a large car — a Humber , with leopardskin seat covers . |
| 11 | They had a large box of miscellaneous bit and pieces of sticky tape and straws and wood and drawing pins and all sorts of things , and we essentially just left them for two weeks to do this — and they came up with some superb ideas . |
| 12 | It was called the Eel and Boot and it had a large sign outside with a welly covered in slime and an even slimier serpentine creature peering irritably out of the top of it like Ridley Scott 's alien in one of its earlier manifestations . |
| 13 | On the other hand it had a large compensation . |
| 14 | It had a large nave with massive columns separating it from the aisles ( 92 and 93 ) . |
| 15 | It had a large basement under it . |
| 16 | It had a large sitting-room with an open hearth , a refectory dining-room with wooden tables and benches , a small library in which silence was observed . |
| 17 | Mason 's was one of the largest machine-works in North Sydney and it had a large labour force . |
| 18 | It had a large earthenware sink and an electric stove where one could heat water in a huge blackened kettle . |
| 19 | It had a large membership with several members influential in local civic life and an enviable record of continuous educational activity over several years through its courses and conferences . |
| 20 | Unlike the banned groups it had a large membership and was represented in several state legislatures . |
| 21 | In the centre of the room was a deal table with a top that was scrubbed daily , it had a large cutlery drawer and one of the four turned legs was well worn where generations of cats had sharpened their claws . |
| 22 | Further investigation showed that it had a large number of actions : so large that the trade name Largactil was coined . |
| 23 | The Uruguayan agreement consisted of a barter arrangement ( Soviet oil for Uruguayan wool ) , which suited Montevideo since it had a large surplus of wool and a shortage of foreign exchange . |
| 24 | He had a large kidneyectomy for a slow-growing tumour in March last year and has since developed a secondary in his right lung . |
| 25 | He had a large backpack with him but he was going back to La Paz : he had left another bag and more valuables there while he made his assault on Cuzco . |
| 26 | He had a large gin in his hand , and at least a few inside him . |
| 27 | He had a large head with his hair cut right into the wood , piggy eyes and a broad flat nose that looked like it had been well punched in its day . |
| 28 | He had a large head and a round red face and while he repeated ‘ What a wet night ! |
| 29 | He had a large following in Germany and was a great admirer of the American ‘ Shingle School ’ of architects , notably the work of White , Mead and McKim . |
| 30 | Under one arm he had a large box of crisps and a bottle of Tizer . |