Example sentences of "he had the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had the curious ability to erase , or at least pretend to erase , from his memory that which did not suit his idea of himself at the time . |
| 2 | In spite of this , sitting on his Empire chair beneath the window , head tilted to one side at an angle of acute concentration , he had the curious sensation that if he shifted his gaze from the little group mouthing in front of him his head might fall off . |
| 3 | He yearned to reach London , was no less anxious than his uncle and his brother to reach the capital — and yet he had the curious feeling that time was not on his side . |
| 4 | He had the curious feeling that the whole house had fallen silent too , as though listening . |
| 5 | Only he had the inside story . |
| 6 | You 'd like that , would n't you , Leith ? ’ he had the unmitigated nerve to put her on the spot . |
| 7 | He might even pray earnestly to Saint Winifred to protect him , he had the innocent effrontery for it . |
| 8 | Had he stayed , there was every chance that he might have been forced eventually to join the Militia — a thing few Titfords would face with relish ; but most significant of all , perhaps — apart from his obvious inner resilience and entrepreneurial spirit — he had the singular advantage of having well-off relations to latch onto in London . |
| 9 | He had the hopeless look of a cornered animal to the sergeant . |
| 10 | He had the usual run of furtive sexual fumblings and persuaded three of his girlfriends ( whom he then held in contempt ) to go all the way . |
| 11 | He had the additional fortune that the Belfast Telegraph , the daily newspaper with the largest circulation in Ulster , was strongly pro-government and anti-Ulster majority . |
| 12 | Not only was the boy outnumbered in this predominantly female household — he had the additional problem of having to contend with a rather cumbersome and unusual first Christian name : Marwood James Henry Titford had presumably been named as such by way of homage to the vicar of Curry Rivel , the Rev. Charles Marwood Speke Mules . |
| 13 | He had the occasional run of poor form , but when the runs came they came thick , fast and gloriously . |
| 14 | Adam had only heard one other make these sounds and when he first heard Anne make them his memory escape failed and those two nights were startlingly evoked , so disturbingly in fact that he had the terrible delusion that Anne was doing it to mock him . |
| 15 | He had the absurd conviction that his new boss would look after him , somehow explain things and make them right . |
| 16 | He went on , more to her father now than to her , in his light drawling voice she had to listen to in church every Sunday of her life telling them all what was what because he had the God-given power to do so and they had to listen and obey . |
| 17 | When Count Philip of Flanders suspected that his wife had committed adultery with Gautier de Fontaines he had the young man killed by hanging him upside down in a cess-pit . |
| 18 | He had the intrusive effect on the class predicted by AT3 in our initial discussion . |
| 19 | He felt he had the upper hand for once , and they had n't been able to set up the Microwave Gun yet , either ; he felt cool and relaxed . |
| 20 | He thought he had the upper hand while she was trapped here , and he was right — it made her feel awkward and uneasy , put her at a disadvantage . |
| 21 | He had the Russian love of obfuscation , and indulged it to the full in his will , in which he left several pictures to the Hermitage . |
| 22 | As a result of the meeting Devi Lal apparently believed he had the Prime Minister 's approval to reinstate his son , although Singh subsequently denied that he had given his approval to such a move . |
| 23 | He had the progressive nerve disease , which causes tremors and rigid muscles . |
| 24 | Inside a minute he had the substitute microphone and its extra wires in his hand . |
| 25 | He had the other half . |
| 26 | So , in his grief , he had the other church built near the castle itself , so no one need cross the water any more . |
| 27 | That 's right , that 's what he had the other day when they came in There you are , good girl er , what 's the plan of action this afternoon ? |
| 28 | what he had the other day . |
| 29 | The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah |
| 30 | ‘ And then he had the infernal nerve to write and ask if she was managing all right , ’ he continued bitingly . |