Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] a strong [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had become a strong swimmer mainly to conquer fear . ’ |
| 2 | We only want two rooms and our keep and I 've got a strong back and I 'm willing . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've got a strong feeling I 'm going to be very happy here , ’ said Elaine , sipping her gin and tonic . |
| 4 | Um also by that time er perhaps with a bit more experience of the world you 've got a bit more to compare it with and you 've got a strong sense that this is unjust , unreasonable and that other people do n't have to suffer from it . |
| 5 | Well you 've got a strong constitution cos I 'm not cooking it again . |
| 6 | He was saying that in order to have a greater life , you have to have a strong awareness of death . |
| 7 | ‘ To be a manager you have to have a strong personality , and I 'm not really like that unless I 've had 23 pints . |
| 8 | I 'm pleased to say that in the course of the last six months we 've seen a strong recovery in profits . |
| 9 | Now in this particular game it 's a limited overs game ; fifty overs a side , one side will win tomorrow er so there will be a definite result , and we think we 've got a strong side . |
| 10 | Ralph Ellis says : ‘ Once more we have seen a strong performance from the Stoddard companies , with profit rising 28% on sales 17% higher . |
| 11 | ‘ We have made a strong start to 1993 and we expect this positive trend to continue . |
| 12 | In our analysis of the 1987 campaign we have distinguished more clearly between personal factors such as political interest and mobilizing factors such as television viewing ; and we have detected a strong trend in the balance of influence between these two influences . |
| 13 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 14 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 15 | They had built a strong relationship with audiences both at home and abroad . |
| 16 | They have made a strong bid for the 1995 World Cup with only NZ in opposition . |
| 17 | Although he has provoked a strong reaction among a sector of the community where one would have thought his support would have been strongest , Father Morrow is still determined to press on with his case . |
| 18 | He has held a strong grip over all matters at the club , from choosing the team to financial dealings . |
| 19 | Because of its widespread use in technical and scientific English in particular , it has had a strong influence on similar registers in other languages through translation . |
| 20 | It has put a strong focus on functional skills , those needed to carry out immediate day-to-day tasks to a professional standard . |
| 21 | We have been living in exciting times and it has needed a strong hand to keep order in the town , where all the disorderly elements tried to take advantage of the situation . |
| 22 | In particular , it has taken a strong line against price fixing ( e.g. dyestuffs , glass containers ) and market sharing or quantity agreements ( e.g. cement ) to the extent that such practices are now unlikely ever to be granted an exemption . |
| 23 | Labour may not have been able to maintain control of the municipal sphere for a prolonged period , but it had built a strong tradition of formal political activity which was to form the basis of hegemonic power in the interwar years . |
| 24 | In 1946 , he played in Montreal and in the following year , he transferred to the Brooklyn Dodgers , where he had to weather a strong protest by the rest of the team before making his debut . |
| 25 | As a young man he had had a strong desire to visit the United States and decided to go there for a holiday , but as the liner approached New York , he dreamed that his mother ( to whom he was not particularly strongly attached ) was lonely and missed him , and this dream made him terribly homesick . |
| 26 | Graham was standing by his window , staring out over the roof of the Comet Building across the street , and when Mike saw who was sitting at Graham 's desk , he had to make a strong effort not to show his surprise . |
| 27 | He had acquired a strong influence over his brother John in their work for the Company and in saving him from bankruptcy . |
| 28 | I , what I do n't , if Andrew obviously feels he 's got a strong process that suits him and I do n't want to knock that on the head . |