Example sentences of "he had the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he was three years old , he had the scabbiest knees in the nursery from all the scrapes he got himself into . |
| 2 | Well , I said , I 'll give it a chance , I said , and if it does n't pay , Cos he was better off than I was because he had the two shops . |
| 3 | Oddly enough , the people in the Labour Party whom George Wigg most disliked were those with whom he had the closest associations . |
| 4 | He had the right attitudes and ambitions , and was intellectually capable of the job . ’ |
| 5 | Mrs Stevenson stated , ‘ He had the right qualities for the job ’ , calling him ‘ a round peg in a round hole ’ . |
| 6 | Although he only chirped , peedled and burped , he had the best lines in the film . |
| 7 | , who had felt perfectly well , was astonished to discover he had the early stages of tuberculosis . |
| 8 | Even had Gloucester wished to take a more independent line in Wales , it is doubtful how far he had the necessary connections . |
| 9 | Even had Gloucester wished to take a more independent line in Wales , it is doubtful how far he had the necessary connections . |
| 10 | He had the three tubes in his hand , and he looked at them . |
| 11 | After his fine defensive effort in the opening game , Speelman 's supporters had high expectations for the second game , in which he had the white pieces , but it all went horribly wrong . |
| 12 | ‘ He had the full transfers — between-airports-taxes-tips-and-porters-included-plan-A tour . |
| 13 | ‘ He had the biggest boots in the world — you 'd hear him dragging his huge hobnails around . ’ |
| 14 | His iron-grey hair was parted in the middle and he had the mutton-chop whiskers of a bygone age . |
| 15 | He had the most stars on his books , he had the most friends and he gave the most renowned New York parties . |
| 16 | He had the most stars on his books , he had the most friends and he gave the most renowned New York parties . |
| 17 | He was exhilarated by working with the legendary director Sir Tyrone Guthrie in the Shakespearean tragedy , in which he had the humble roles of Second Serving man and Second Citizen . |
| 18 | He would become again a Northern Ireland Protestant — though with a difference , certainly : he was no longer a resident ; he was learned ; he had the wonderful gifts both of imagination and a clear and analytical mind ; and above all his faith came of Grace to which he responded heroically , in patience and self-sacrifice — when he was aware of himself . |
| 19 | I asked whether he thought he had the same difficulties as his father : |
| 20 | He had the same qualifications as me but he was from a different department and had less experience . |