Example sentences of "had a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had a curious brass handle , embossed with leaves and fruit . |
| 2 | She had a belted trench coat over her fairy queen outfit . |
| 3 | Unusually , it had a rechargeable NiCad battery fitted . |
| 4 | The dining-room had a Victorian sash window which was loose in its frame . |
| 5 | As with other documents which can be obtained at a large number of different places , the onus to show that the vehicle had a current test certificate rests on the defendant . |
| 6 | He had a nine year history of a seronegative arthritis affecting his hands , knees , and feet . |
| 7 | Mr. Speaker , Sir , when we had a Greater London Council , the noise of lorries in London was controlled . |
| 8 | These could be monitored against referral rates if each family health services authority had a minimum contract dataset ( all of the necessary contract data ) for all patients . |
| 9 | If we had a well-oiled party machine , we should be able to move into a higher gear every now and again to win elections . |
| 10 | He had a measured reading age of only seven years and could cope with only the most basic calculations . |
| 11 | They had a cavernous basement room which they had painted apricot and white , to cheer it up ; it was furnished with a double divan , two very old arm-chairs with curvaceous rolled arms and head-rests , plum and plushy and dusty , a second-hand stained-oak office desk , where Roland worked , and a newer varnished beech desk , where the typewriter sat . |
| 12 | mind he had a Milky Way bar and then afterward he had a mini Milk |
| 13 | But none of the Dukeries villages had a Labour party branch until the 1940s , and the area returned only one Labour County Councillor before then ( in 1937 ) . |
| 14 | BUT there were very few chances ( Wallace ( ? ) had a close range effort saved ) . |
| 15 | Tony Cascarino had a close range effort blocked by Chris Woods after 21 minutes , but Chelsea finally drew level when Gavin Peacock chested the ball down for Lee to shoot past the England keeper . |
| 16 | But no doubt you had a nice tete-a-tete lunch somewhere a bit more upmarket , eh ? |
| 17 | Watched the box but we had , I do n't think there was anything decent on but yeah had a nice christmas lunch , Tash and John came and nice , had a nice time . |
| 18 | The five year old had a multiple organ transplant two months ago . |
| 19 | Such clients usually had a multiple debt problem , owing money on their mortgage , personal loans and their car . |
| 20 | She also had a tattered travelling rug — ‘ Purest cashmere , darling , just feel , adorable little goat 's tums ’ — and a string bag full of books and apples . |
| 21 | that was my twenty first birthday we bought that on , so that was before Gary was born and er , that had black screw on legs as well , the televisions had black screw , oh we did n't have a television we had a second hand television about a year after we were married and I remember Coronation Street starting , that started about when we got married . |
| 22 | Three days after giving birth to Caroline , Mrs Cossins had a second sterilisation operation . |
| 23 | Benjamin had a second XI trial with Worcester last week taking seven wickets . |
| 24 | She had a Long Island accent , though she came from Fresno . |
| 25 | Part of the lease Arthur signed guaranteed him his brewing water free of tax or pipe money , and in this regard he had a long standing feud with the city authorities which lasted over twenty years . |
| 26 | A campaign for a People 's Front would detract from their attempts to influence the Labour Party , and was felt to be inspired by Lloyd George , with whom the Communists had a long standing feud , dating back to the First World War . |
| 27 | Everyone was really excited even though we had a long coach journey ahead of us . |
| 28 | The unit had a long servicing history |
| 29 | It had a long entrance passage sloping down from the east . |
| 30 | I thought you had a long Christmas break ? |