Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] have a [adj] sense " in BNC.

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1 You always had a silly sense of humour , did n't you , Frederick ? ’
2 She also has a good sense of humour .
3 She also has a great sense of reserve .
4 She also has a great sense of humour .
5 But she too had a keen sense of making the best of whatever was given .
6 So , although it seems likely that we too have a magnetic sense , this is as yet unproven .
7 People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past .
8 As far as I could tell Frank had recovered from the breakdown we witnessed in late 1986 and , despite the months alone and the awful beatings he 'd received in the Pigsty , he still had a great sense of humour and told us hysterical episodes from his life , many of them against himself .
9 He therefore had a lively sense of what the Library 's readers expect and require , and of the scholarly standards that the Library must maintain .
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