Example sentences of "he had a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Over the trav'us door , on the top , he had a hooked ring ; and he tied the horse to this ring . |
| 2 | Insufferably put , and probably not his own thought but something he has read , out of one of his damned French books that his father loathed seeing about the place — he had a phenomenal memory for things he had read . |
| 3 | He was out of place among the pots and pans and plaster Alsatians and bread crocks ; he was an Easter Island figure , ungainly and antique , put together on another , earlier pattern than that of most men , so that you would not guess , to look at him , that he had a loving heart . |
| 4 | Gone to his widow , ruminated Boyd enviously , and wished he had a friendly widow , too . |
| 5 | He had a Golden Labrador with him . |
| 6 | He had a conciliatory air and he looked uneasy when Troth turned his back . |
| 7 | He was only interested in making recordings and he had a legal base in Switzerland , which also helped him avoid a lot of problems . |
| 8 | He believed on those grounds that he had a legal right to the tyres . |
| 9 | The court held that the facts did not constitute robbery because the accused was not dishonest , because he thought he had a legal right to the money ( see the discussion of s.2(1) ( a ) above ) . |
| 10 | And he had a nice voice . |
| 11 | He did n't always speak correctly , but still he had a nice voice . |
| 12 | He had a nice temperament and you could go up to him and stroke him without fear . |
| 13 | He had a nice laugh , she thought . |
| 14 | He had a nice laugh , deep and musical and infectious . |
| 15 | If a man could love flowers and arrange a garden like that , then he had a nice side to him . |
| 16 | He had a nice face and I had got used to him . |
| 17 | He had a nice mouth too , generous , well shaped , not thin-lipped like Ryan 's , the thought intruded . |
| 18 | He had a nice room . |
| 19 | He had a great sense of humour and was more like a teenager than a man nearing retirement . |
| 20 | It was said when he first arrived at Wigan that he had a great act to follow after Lowe but that becomes even more relevant this time for fellow Aussie John Dorahy who takes over the reins . |
| 21 | In many ways he had a great influence on me . |
| 22 | He had a great capacity for friendship , though his demands upon it were sometimes heavy . |
| 23 | His specialities were country houses , churches and vicarages , and he had a great love for bricks , which he used brilliantly and ingeniously . |
| 24 | He had a great love of music and when the rehearsal rooms were rented out would join the musicians . |
| 25 | he had a great attitude about him . |
| 26 | He had a great genius , first of all , for making a kind of recitative fit into the characteristics of his aria style . |
| 27 | He might well have written ‘ Thank God I am not a Freudian ’ , even though he had a great concern with preserving psychoanalysis as a coherent method and theoretical approach to human action . |
| 28 | He had a great respect for his rival , but its letters simply cheered him up . |
| 29 | As I talked to him , however , I soon realized that he had a great aura of authority and self-assurance . |
| 30 | A Northumberland collieryman ‘ of a most tender , humane disposition ’ chose his grandson as ‘ a frequent companion ’ on long walks , as well as racing , climbing trees , and teaching him to swim : ‘ he had a great liking for children , and was full of little plans and devices to interest and amuse them . ’ |