Example sentences of "had a [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judges clearly had a predilection for this style , the Second Empire mode as Hitchcock calls it , as out of the total of fourteen prizes for the offices , seven were awarded to designs in this style , including the first and second in each class . |
| 2 | I knew sexual love and had a love for those very close to me — perhaps half a dozen people in all — but for the rest of the world , well , they really were just the Mafia . |
| 3 | Lancashire County Council , who with local government reorganisation , had a responsibility for developing policies in respect of public passenger transport , accepted that the Blackpool tramway was an integral part of public transport in the area and they made finance available towards the operation of the tramway including renewal of the tram track . |
| 4 | After 1945 this philosophy became the conventional wisdom and governments accepted that they had a responsibility for macroeconomic management , predominantly through their own fiscal position . |
| 5 | The Department was reorganised into five geographical districts , each managed by an assistant director who also had a responsibility for particular service areas . |
| 6 | By 1960 the company had a factory for 10 000 workers in Leeds and a chain of shops nationwide . |
| 7 | Speaking at the funeral of 17-year-old Damien Fegan , Fr Martin Kelly said the dead youth 's mother had a message for young people involved in the craze . |
| 8 | I do n't know what I 'd ha' done if t'owd dear i n't next bed had n't a had a daughter as worked i n't chocolate factory in York , kept her supplied wi' great bags o' rejects she could n't bring herself to eat on her own — funny that — they get put right off , working wi' chocolate , she had a craving for salty things , them roasted peanuts she was always popping in and Smith 's Crisps . |
| 9 | And also it 's true today , you go where your family wants to go and that was , this was er they had a yearning for that and they were not settling down so |
| 10 | We had a name for that cove and we used to shout it outside his house until he came out and chased us away . ’ |
| 11 | The old people had a name for that as well . |
| 12 | I stroked the long handle of the trowel , wondering if my father had a name for that stick of his . |
| 13 | Mr Wray had a warning for other parents . |
| 14 | This afternoon police had a warning for other youngsters who carry similar weapons . |
| 15 | The geese nomes had a knack for that . |
| 16 | I had a cheque for some thirteen hundred pounds raised by the local branch of National body , a body like Round Table , although it was n't Round Table , it was another body like that , and that will buy thirteen houses in Everland in Southern India . |
| 17 | To demonstrate the size of such numbers , one is driven to make strange comparisons ; for instance , if we had a cube for each of the 4.325 X 10 19 patterns , they would form a stack about 260 light years long ; and a volume consisting of one cube for each of the 8.858 X 10 22 patterns with marked centres would be about three-quarters the volume of the Moon . |
| 18 | Well direct sales you you know I always tried to sort of stay away from companies that you know had a reputation for that . |
| 19 | He 's made 2 escape attempts and had a reputation for persistent violence . |
| 20 | They had a reputation for honourable conduct . |
| 21 | Kitson locos had a reputation for good workmanship and innovative design . |
| 22 | Even in a service which had a reputation for snappy dressing , he was an exquisite . |
| 23 | The only section of the court that had a reputation for some seriousness and probity was that around the Queen . |
| 24 | At one time , Taissy had a reputation for red wines comparable to that of Hautvillers . |
| 25 | We had a date for this afternoon but when I heard about Francis it seemed the decent thing to postpone the arrangement . |
| 26 | Realizing that they had a fight for Naval survival on their hands , the Admiralty took the unprecedented step of ‘ going public ’ to win support of opinion-makers , politicians , industrialists , and Commonwealth representatives in London . |
| 27 | We had a fight for 15 minutes , then we had a quick five-a-side and worked on our set pieces for a couple of minutes . |
| 28 | My boss was telling me about some old boy right he had a beard for all his life yeah ? |
| 29 | They used the concept of place value and also had a symbol for zero . |
| 30 | The woman who had a haemorrhage for twelve years , and probably suffered from haemophilia , touched the cloak of Jesus believing that this was all she had to do to be healed . |