Example sentences of "that [pron] had an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |
| 2 | Like Lotus 1-2-3 and SuperCalc , Quattro Pro 's printer support is very good — although having to tell all these programs individually that I had an HP LaserJet IIIsi made me realize how easy it is telling Windows just the once for all your applications . |
| 3 | The fact that I had an admirer in Thomas 's wife just made matters worse . |
| 4 | It is not sufficient that someone had an opportunity to examine the goods , it must be shown that the manufacturer could reasonably expect that person to make an examination . |
| 5 | Could it be that someone had an interest in keeping it alive ? |
| 6 | Now , at the age of twenty-six , she travelled widely , searching out hidden gems , secure in the knowledge that she had an outlet for them with the clientele she had built up . |
| 7 | Sally-Anne had finished putting her things down , and was feeling enormously hungry as well as thirsty — Papa had once said that she had an appetite as indecent as his own , and the wonder was that neither of them ever put any weight on ! |
| 8 | She also realised that she had an advantage over her mother 's generation because she had worked , and was more inclined to go out and do things in her retirement . |
| 9 | Then he actually made a paper aeroplane so that she had an example in front of her that she can look at to see what she is aiming for . |
| 10 | At this point she was aware that she had an audience . |
| 11 | He discovered that she had an IQ of genius level and announced that she needed firm discipline and intellectual stimulation . |
| 12 | For the first time Janine felt that she had an ally , and it made all the difference to her . |
| 13 | She too was saying that she had an urge to go down with her broom and sweep up the these building works . |
| 14 | It 's my guess that you had an affair in Australia , and that 's what kept you so long . ’ |
| 15 | You told me that you had an abortion in the nineteen thirties . |
| 16 | Detestable stuff , but my Dad always insisted that we had an egg cup full , once a week . |
| 17 | And er wash the cups and And he used to have to go running er down with messages down to or down to the head office rather that we had an office in where where our fitting shop was where there was a draughtsman 's office . |
| 18 | And the other subject , that we had an essay on oh ! |
| 19 | On proportional representation the Chingford Skinhead had quipped that they had an election in Belgium eight weeks ago and no one yet knew who had won it . |
| 20 | However , as the epitome of laddish nonchalance , the Inspirals seem unconcerned : Tom says he 's simply grateful that they had an experience — however fleeting — of life as arena-rockers , while bassist Bungle is sure that the pared-down stuff on ‘ Revenge Of The Goldfish ’ is far better suited to compact places like Rock City than cavernous concert halls . |
| 21 | He felt that they had an opportunity of spreading to a greater extent than ever before . |
| 22 | However , as professionals they were not content to act as mere checkers , but felt that they had an obligation to express an opinion of the work they saw before them , and found they had an extraordinary agreement with the views of Burn , much to the resentment of other judges . |
| 23 | They actually said then that they contr that they had an influence on how on the cost and where they bought it from . |
| 24 | ‘ I had seen them live and thought that they had an energy . |
| 25 | The magnificence of the houses the merchants built for themselves show that they had an eye for artistic effect as well as financial security . |
| 26 | ‘ This was the time when the group should have started to become a real group , but it seemed that everybody had an opinion on how the record should sound and we ended up becoming less of a group . |
| 27 | ‘ Obviously , in the last few years when you look back and see that it had an impact in the field , then it becomes a possibility . ’ |
| 28 | His pupil , D'Eslon , formulated laws under which animal magnetism seemed to operate : it was a universal , continuous fluid , which was subtle in that it had an ebb and flow ; it was concentrated in the human body like a magnet ; and could be accumulated and communicated over a distance . |
| 29 | I know my hon. Friend 's view and I believe that he had an Adjournment debate on the subject last week . |
| 30 | Now the son , Paul , would replace this patriarch merchant , about whom the kindest words an outsider might have offered were that he had an ability to survive and prosper and stay as far away from conflict as possible . |