Example sentences of "had an [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had an aversion for proper names , employing instead a number of poetic circumlocutions . |
| 2 | They met through work and had an affair for five months until Mike , who was divorced , suggested Marianne should leave her husband . |
| 3 | If I had an order for thirty-six I 'd make thirty-seven , you know what I mean . |
| 4 | oh yes , but not in the ordinary er there was a huge place , where you could put tables all round the tables , you see , and , and er it was a and er I liked it , I , when they were busy , you see , I used to , especially if they had an order for these hundreds of cups of tea , er , you see , I used to go down and give a hand then , I used to like it , you see , somebody would give a shout and I would come down from the office and and left them anyway and then er I heard of this job . |
| 5 | I had an affection for that child myself . |
| 6 | ‘ He was one who had an eye for such mysteries ? ’ |
| 7 | It was a good room , she decided , severe , yet opulent She already had an eye for such things . |
| 8 | And our reporters had an eye for many a shaggy dog story . |
| 9 | The magnificence of the houses the merchants built for themselves show that they had an eye for artistic effect as well as financial security . |
| 10 | Tim had an eye for those , he was good at remembering them . |
| 11 | A bizarre by-product has been the recognition of various richly decorated fragments of the church in places as far afield as Barcelona , Venice , Aquileia , and even Vienna , presumably carried off to the West as loot after 1204 , by members of the Fourth Crusade who evidently had an eye for exotic sculpture . |
| 12 | More than that , she had an instinct for tactical manoeuvring which had helped her in her chosen profession , and which had served her well up till now . |
| 13 | Drachenfels had an ear for strange and disturbing music , and the guards he placed here — two Guardian Spirits ( see New Monsters ) — are still present . |
| 14 | The upshot of the matter was that although the Butcher had an account for 30 odd years they did not think him worthy of an invite . |