Example sentences of "he had [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He had intravenous lines in his arms ; he had many blood tests drawn ; he had a tracheotomy tube — in other words a breathing tube — attached into his neck , and all these things must be somewhat uncomfortable . |
2 | While waiting , I asked if he had many riverside cases . |
3 | And I think it was Kipling who said he had six serving maids Who , What , Where , Why , When and How . |
4 | last year 's individual with us he had I think he had he had five A levels of which four were grade A and one was greed B grade B. |
5 | On the rural side he had 180 tenant farmers , each with between 50 and 130 acres apiece ; and just as the Prince wanted the goodwill of his urban tenants , so too in the country . |
6 | When seen at the age of six , he had poor muscle control and could not fasten up his buttons or tie his shoe-laces . |
7 | Although Robert Blair was born at Bullwood , Dunoon , on 3rd May 1837 , he had strong Islay connections . |
8 | He had 17 management jobs in total including Scotland , Chelsea , Manchester United , FC Porto and Queens Park Rangers , and he will be immortalised by his own self-deprecating one-liner , ‘ I 've had more clubs than Jack Nicklaus , but he used them better . ‘ |
9 | ‘ Eventually the doctors told us that he had black water fever or malaria , ’ remembered Joan . |
10 | Then they 're told he had 230 burglary convictions |
11 | ‘ William , he was seventy-five years old , it does happen , you know , and he had terrible eating habits . |
12 | Piggy felt that he had good leadership qualities , and during the voting , he held back to see if anybody was left to vote for him . |
13 | Piggy felt that he had good leadership qualities and during the voting he held back to see if anyone would vote for him . |
14 | In the end , he had two trump cards to play . |
15 | But he had two batting sessions at the indoor nets at Bradford yesterday and was sufficiently satisfied with his progress to announce his comeback . |
16 | Mr Birt was headhunted as a freelance from London Weekend Television six years ago where he had similar tax arrangements with the commercial station . |
17 | I can see why he had that heart attack . |
18 | He had that coal business , but no money , he had no money there . |
19 | Despite being a loving child , fond of his parents ' and teacher 's attention , he had serious temper tantrums at both home and school . |
20 | David was so upset about the prospect of going to a day centre that when the ambulance arrived he had uncharacteristic temper tantrums on the doorstep . |
21 | In Manchester , a deaf tramp who had roamed the country for 9 years was arrested as a spy because he had 55 Ordnance Survey maps in his possession , as well as two compasses and twenty crisp £1 notes . |
22 | In one of his operations he had British Intelligence print hundreds of thousands of fake stamps with a picture of Himmler on them and distributed them through Switzerland into Germany . |
23 | ‘ He had high blood pressure and he suffered from angina . |
24 | No he did n't know he had high blood pressure . |
25 | Referral for hearing tests revealed that he had recurrent otitis media and consequently had intermittent hearing loss . |
26 | Ooh , aye well oh what , that 's what Sam over road said I mean he had open heart surgery , said I do n't know what I 'd of done without the National Health |
27 | He had several phone calls from Japan to deal with , and a request from a Bombay-based Hindu businessman that he fly out in the next few weeks to — as Mr Kapoor put it — ‘ spring clean ’ his collection of modern primitives . |
28 | And then again this morning he had another business engagement , but this time a different one , apparently , for he had put on his best suit and bowler hat and his black top-coat . |
29 | Barber Cruikshank did ; he had special seduction eyes for me . |
30 | Nixon claimed that as President he had special executive privileges which allowed him to refuse access to the tapes . |