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

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1	Obviously , I had a very deep sense of pain and loneliness — that was n't a happy person .
2	He said : ‘ I undertook work as a Justice of the Peace because I think I have a highly developed sense of fair play .
3	‘ If anyone tries , ’ she said steadily , very conscious of the steel strength of his hands , ‘ they 'll find that I have a highly developed sense of self-preservation .
4	I know of anything that is happening down at the rear , I can tell you I have a very keen sense of smell . "
5	She has a very strong sense of duty and a great capacity for making relationships , and so far , by some miracle , perhaps because of the very close bond between her and her mother , her experience does not seem to have coarsened her or made her cynical .
6	As she wheeled her bicycle down the vicarage drive , she had a purely professional sense of having done nothing , but nevertheless of having been of use .
7	He told his audience at the French Academy of Political and Moral Sciences : ‘ One of the joys for me of being in France is that you have a particularly strong sense of the ultimate cost to the human spirit of unrelenting migration from the countryside to the big cities . ’
8	That quietness was typical of us ; we had a very strong sense of etiquette you see .
9	They had a very good sense of humour and could tell long sophisticated stories in what is called the spaccato , the real dialect of Parma .
10	They have a highly developed sense of curiosity .
11	They have a highly developed sense of national identity but almost no sense of responsibility towards the state they live in .
12	‘ My conversation with him this evening made me realise that he can be quite devious , and also that he has a rather cruel sense of humour .
13	Sometimes , however , it has a more specific sense , when used by authors with a materialist view of nature and human history .

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