Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [art] strong [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As the midwife came into the room , I had a strong contraction which really felt as though I was in labour . |
| 2 | In a way I was happy : I had achieved something , I was winning for the first time in my life , and I had a strong sense of myself as a differentiated individual . |
| 3 | ‘ I had a strong sense of … ’ |
| 4 | We were still undecided when , unaccountably , I had a strong feeling that our pet was n't to be found here . |
| 5 | I had a strong feeling of unreality as , with other aspiring pilots , I threw muck and swill around hour after hour . |
| 6 | I had a strong feeling that Barton MacLane was no cop . |
| 7 | I wondered what would happen if I ignored the call or pretended it was n't me , but I had a strong feeling that they knew it was me . |
| 8 | I had a strong desire to repossess . |
| 9 | And I had a strong need to pit myself against her many suitors , and win . |
| 10 | But I had a strong suspicion even then that he was drinking to something other than my health . |
| 11 | I had the strong feeling the place was empty . |
| 12 | I had the strong feeling of help having been given so I clasped my hands and said a prayer , half mentally , half vocally , of thanks to God . |
| 13 | I had so far managed to avoid being kissed by the old bat , but I had the strong feeling that , by the end of the day , she and I were going to be getting physical . |
| 14 | But if these beings had left any fingerprints I had the strong feeling they would n't be the kind you get down at Scotland Yard . |
| 15 | I had the strong impression he might be tempted to come back and give us a bit more front-line colour from the other side of the grave . |
| 16 | His face looked old and crumpled and sad , and , as he picked up his glass again , I had the strong sensation he was about to tell me something I did n't want to hear . |
| 17 | Not nice but she had a strong character . |
| 18 | She had a strong sense of the dramatic , and could use it to good effect when occasion demanded . |
| 19 | ‘ She had a strong cocktail of chemotherapy , ’ added David . |
| 20 | Though a romantic at heart , she had a strong streak of realism . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , she had a strong effect on me , and an odd one . |
| 22 | From an early age she had a strong dislike for conventional aristocratic ‘ society ’ . |
| 23 | By late afternoon she realised he had no intention of returning to the office while she was in it , and she had a strong suspicion that he did not trust her . |
| 24 | She had a strong suspicion he was laughing at her , but for the moment decided to let it pass . |
| 25 | For a moment she had the strong feeling of being at a funeral . |
| 26 | On the negatives there was the er resumption of a S S A P twenty four charge for U K pensions , a little less than we expected , we had a strong revaluation in mid-year , the incremental redundancy costs that Frank has already touched upon and er the er dis er the discontinued profits not in ninety two . |
| 27 | Britain had always performed well in this competition and we had a strong team once again . |
| 28 | Luckily we had a strong team and managed to gain a lot of points which ultimately clinched it for us . ’ |
| 29 | I was eyeballing distances at that time , and had no real idea how far Roberto had to clear the out-of-bounds and a wee bank that ran round the hole , but we had a strong breeze behind us going from right to left . |
| 30 | We had a strong improvement in operating cash generation and that and the sale of brought net debt down to a low level . |