Example sentences of "had a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian Richardson and Nisbet had a decisive edge in the line-out and Worrall , who was playing in his 20th Inter-Service match , provided a smooth link with his backs . |
| 2 | While he bent over the cot , she watched him with a mischievous look ; after a little , she said she had a curious pain in her chest . |
| 3 | The three Corporals had a dull time in Lille and would often invite prostitutes in from the town to cheer up their afternoons . |
| 4 | The association had a tidy office in the busy Avenida del Sol . |
| 5 | Niki was lucky when he began at Ferrari in that he had a powerful intermediary in Luca Montezemolo , a gentleman in the Italian style , enormously suave , even-tempered , civilized and amiable . |
| 6 | In the 1960s it was also argued that government departments dealing with domestic questions should be decentralized so that civil servants who had a powerful voice in matters of economic planning could be kept in touch with regional and local interests . |
| 7 | Kuwait in particular , with its vigorous political and commercial life , had a powerful voice in GCC affairs . |
| 8 | Every piece of evidence that I have seen shows that the service that is now being delivered is substantially better than anything that was ever done , not least when we last had a Labour Government in office delivering those services . |
| 9 | He was only interested in making recordings and he had a legal base in Switzerland , which also helped him avoid a lot of problems . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , Mama had a nice line in that , as well as Papa , ’ said McAllister , remembering for once to use the past tense when speaking of her parents . |
| 11 | Yes , I said , you had a nice place in Chelsea . |
| 12 | They had a nice tea in the Rectory , with a yule log iced by Mrs Ellenby , and like good children did not receive gifts but brought them , wrapped relinquished Dinky toys and woolly animals to be redistributed to Dr Barnardo 's . |
| 13 | In Bangkok the little band had a final celebration in December 1941 . |
| 14 | Notwithstanding the British unhappiness , the proposals were accepted at the meeting of foreign ministers in London , where Britain had a final victory in defeating a proposal from France and Italy that the new body should be named the European Union . |
| 15 | He argues convincingly that loan-words from Old Norse which had final inflectional syllables ( vowels ) retain such syllables as -e into ME ; similarly , Old French loans which had a final vowel in the accusative singular retain final -e into ME verse ; and native OE words that ended in a vowel in the nominative singular retain final -e in non-genitive singular usage ( see the summary on p. 78ff . ) . |
| 16 | It seemed they had a mutual acquaintance in ‘ freelance , W. Dennis Suit , president of Overseas Press Services , whom Coleman had met as a ‘ consultant ’ to Pat Robertson 's Christian Broadcasting Network and with whom he had kept in touch , on DIA instructions , because of Suit 's involvement with Oliver North 's ragtag army of conmen , yahoos and armchair mercenaries from |
| 17 | Ronald and Daphne parker had a mutual problem in handling and using anger . |
| 18 | had a controlling interest in many important tramway systems throughout the country , their only other interest in the London area was a small motor-bus company using the fleet name ‘ British ’ . |
| 19 | By the time Horsley met him he had won the franchise for Lancashire Cable , had a controlling interest in Merseyside Cable , and was looking for other cable companies . |
| 20 | There was certainly nothing oppressed about Marjorie , who not only slept around the Midlands circuit , but had a controlling interest in his finances . |
| 21 | The tradition of writing ‘ effusions ’ in blank verse had a long history in the eighteenth century , culminating in The Task by William Cowper . |
| 22 | On the contrary , the idea of the Kingdom had a long history in the life of Israel , and the coming of Christ coincided with a feverish wave of expectancy within the nation . |
| 23 | They had a long chat in Afrikaans ; Herbert specially mentioned the language because it was only the survivors of the family 's oldest generation who still habitually spoke it . |
| 24 | Knowing that she had a long day in front of her , Laura decided to follow her friend 's good example . |
| 25 | In August we had a long weekend in the Lakes , with Rob , Joyce & Ewan which went well , & also a week in Telford with Richard which we thoroughly enjoyed . |
| 26 | He had a long career in the university , becoming bachelor and then ( c .1284 ) doctor of theology as well as master c .1290 . |
| 27 | Mr Walton , a private helicopter pilot , said all his family had a long interest in aviation . |
| 28 | We had a long debate in Committee on sustainable development . |
| 29 | The hall had a sparkling past in its City location . |
| 30 | Nothing was said to indicate she had a proprietary interest in the house . |