Example sentences of "his [noun sg] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The king and his part had a feast at the edge of the forest . |
| 2 | His presence had a telling , if quieter , effect on Leonard than that of Dudek or Layton , but it was nevertheless very important . |
| 3 | His girlfriend had a heart transplant . |
| 4 | His car had a puncture early on , but roared back to win its class . |
| 5 | Fortunately , though all memory of the accident had been erased , Niki was not unconscious for very long , therefore his mind had a chance to work . |
| 6 | His demeanour had a kind of melancholy which was perplexing . |
| 7 | He was going to be told his beloved had a baby by another man and that man was probably going to threaten to ruin him . |
| 8 | To her , his body had a firmness she had never felt before . |
| 9 | Hincmar may have idealised ninth-century consensus politics ; but his picture had a basis in reality . |
| 10 | His caddie had a hand on the driver but Andy shook his head and chose the 3-wood . |
| 11 | His room had a smell that could be found nowhere else in the house . |
| 12 | ‘ Er — he 's out playing golf , ’ her mother replied , and , while Leith was beginning to wonder how long it would be before her father discovered that his joint savings account with his wife had a dent in it , her mother was swiftly changing the subject . |
| 13 | Later in Edward I 's reign he and his wife had a series of disputes with the Dublin government . |
| 14 | He also told his son that the only reason that he had remained in Salzburg was to ensure that his wife had a pension after his death : |
| 15 | They decided to move after his wife had a stroke , on their doctor 's advice . |
| 16 | So when her son married and his wife had a baby girl she felt as if she 'd regained the daughter she 'd lost . |
| 17 | THE Duke and Duchess of Kent became grandparents for the second time yesterday when the Earl of St Andrews and his wife had a baby girl . |
| 18 | Der summat like that , and his wife had a baby at the same time as Elaine 's so she our midwife would come and er , so the she kept in touch really of of what they were because they wanted to , I 'll take the place off , they wanted to take it over . |
| 19 | After a few initial displays of outraged incomprehension , Brian had been forced to accept this as a fact of life , explaining to his colleagues and superiors , with a wry smile , that Constance was a friend of his wife 's : his wife had a taste for the eccentric , since she was the daughter of a famous artist , and , oddly enough , believe it or not , Constance was a skilled silversmith . |
| 20 | His father had a heart attack when he heard the news ! |
| 21 | While there is a history of heart conditions in the Souness family — his father had a by-pass operation three years ago — there is no doubt that the added pressures of managing one of England 's top clubs has accentuated the problem . |
| 22 | His father had a way of losing himself in some private absorption , of not hearing when people spoke to him , and then of apologizing concernedly . |
| 23 | Cos his father had a bypass did n't he ? |
| 24 | His father had a lot of money in BCCI . ’ |
| 25 | His father had a ship , and my friend said to me , ‘ We 're sailing to London tomorrow . |
| 26 | His nanny had a cure for nits . |
| 27 | And his voice had a note of self-mockery in it which surprised her . |
| 28 | His voice had a touch of irony in the tone . |
| 29 | his love had a pattern mine may follow ? |
| 30 | His parents had no piano , but his grandmother had a baby grand and he taught himself to play that whenever he visited her . |