Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a clear [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going : |
| 2 | I had a clear view of them from a branch of a tree that overhung the water , and I watched them on several occasions . |
| 3 | It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur . |
| 4 | But I had a clear view of the table last night , and it was n't there . |
| 5 | ‘ I wo n't be fining him because I had a clear view of what happened and understand what he did and why he did it , ’ said manager Kevin Keegan . |
| 6 | When she came very near , I had a clear view of her face , turned brightly to the moonlight . |
| 7 | She was forgetting everything else — the sub-language she spoke , things she knew , chunks of her past , people she had killed — but she had a clear memory of the way the world really looked . |
| 8 | Falling asleep , she had a clear picture ( close-up ) or her mouth and Miles ' perfect mouth drawing closer and closer together , to the accompaniment of swelling , soaring , unseen music . |
| 9 | By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate . |
| 10 | It was vital to give the impression at any rate that I and my board colleagues were in control of affairs and that we had a clear strategy that somehow was going to restore our business to its former glory . |
| 11 | We believed that what we were doing did n't infringe on the characters of any group of people , and therefore we had a clear mind . |
| 12 | It can of course be no more than speculation to consider whether this total concern with instalment size makes people less likely to keep up conscientiously with the payments than they would be if they had a clear idea of their total commitment . |
| 13 | He was buoyed by the knowledge that at last they had a clear suspect . |
| 14 | The Audi that thought it had a clear run had to brake hard … |
| 15 | Yet Philip 's methods were those of his father and grandfather ; and although he had a clearer notion of feudal lordship and a broader canvas on which to exploit that lordship , even here he drew on his predecessors ' achievements . |
| 16 | Deane waddled about seemingly distracted by something ( not the ball I might add ) and when he had a clear chance he headed it safely into the arms of Grobblebum . |
| 17 | He had a clear vision of the kind of Korea he wished to see created , which would be based on the repudiation of Japan and vehement antagonism to communism . |
| 18 | Short , playing black , dominated the game throughout , and at the end of the first session of play on Tuesday he had a clear advantage in an endgame with superior pieces and a very strong passed pawn . |
| 19 | He had a clear skin . |
| 20 | When he moved into this intriguing 19th-century house , he had a clear idea of how he wanted it to look and decided to design the decor himself . |
| 21 | Any witness may refresh his memory from notes or records , with the leave of the court , provided that these were made by him , or made by someone else and read over to him when he had a clear recollection of the facts recorded . |
| 22 | He had a clear picture , for there was virtually no cloud cover , with only a few wispy strips of cirrus streaked like vapour trails against the reddish-brown groundscape . |
| 23 | He had a clear picture of a sad and lonely man , deeply concerned about his health and dwelling on a future which seemed to promise only a fairly rapid decline into senility . |
| 24 | As John Coffin had listened to Jordan 's voice , he had a clear picture of the scene being summoned up so that Phil Jordan must be more of an actor than he had supposed . |
| 25 | The party did not pause on their way to the stairs , but he had a clear impression of the room , the high moulded ceiling , the two elegant pedimented doors to right and left , an oil painting of the Laboratory founder on the right-hand wall , the gleaming wood of the reception counter at the rear . |
| 26 | The snow had almost stopped falling and he had a clear view . |
| 27 | From the windows he had a clear view of the Brandenburg Gate . |
| 28 | And having found a vantage-point where he had a clear view of the meadows and was himself sheltered , he halted his pony and stood to watch , narrowing his eyes to single out coat-armour , and number the forces in the English party . |
| 29 | He had a clear understanding of his social position in Georgian society and his writings show an undue deference to the gentry . |
| 30 | He took an interest in it from a scientific point of view and his etchings and aquatints show he had a clear understanding of different types of cloud formation and their associated weather . |