Example sentences of "he had an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had an address for you , and he gave it to me … |
| 2 | He had an attack about midnight , and that man of his sent for me . |
| 3 | He had an attack , a stroke , or a black-out whilst staying with us . |
| 4 | It is highly unlikely that he himself travelled to Muscovy and Guinea , as a later epitaph alleged ( though he had an elephant 's head displayed as a curiosity in his house ) , but he was certainly one of the richest and most prominent of overseas merchants in early Tudor London . |
| 5 | I know my hon. Friend 's view and I believe that he had an Adjournment debate on the subject last week . |
| 6 | Apparently Gagarin said that when he looked out of the right window of his spacecraft and glimpsed the earth for the first time , he had an experience or sense of — and then he used a word which the interpreter did not know the meaning of , so he had to go to another table and ask another interpreter to help . |
| 7 | I smelt fresh cigar smoke and I called out like you normally would to anybody there and no er reply so I searched all round the building , not a soul in sight but there was this distinct smell of cigar smoke and my colleague er Mr Martin he had an experience er a year or two after he joined us . |
| 8 | Of medium height and build , he had an air of self-confidence which irked Paula , although she recognized his first-rate brain . |
| 9 | Like my father he did not suffer fools gladly , and he had an air of considerable authority which belied his great kindness . |
| 10 | He had an air of self-containment , bordering on contentment . |
| 11 | He had an archbishop , Fisher , with a good judgement of men and with a lot of information about them . |
| 12 | I liked him , and he had an army . |
| 13 | One day Fermat was reading a book on mathematics when he had an inspiration . |
| 14 | Now the son , Paul , would replace this patriarch merchant , about whom the kindest words an outsider might have offered were that he had an ability to survive and prosper and stay as far away from conflict as possible . |
| 15 | debts liable for collection by the lender after the death of a person specified by the borrower as someone from whom he had an expectation . |
| 16 | He had an outlet for his temper at the beginning of a new day . |
| 17 | Some of us wondered if he had an illness that no one knew about . ’ |
| 18 | Suddenly he had an idea . |
| 19 | He had an idea she was about to explain Barney Summerville 's mystery . |
| 20 | He had an idea , then went into conference with Mother . |
| 21 | He had an idea . |
| 22 | He had an idea that Dinah might not be permitted to open her own letters , or perhaps would throw them aside if there were too many admirers ; but surely she would take notice of the sketch . |
| 23 | He had an idea it was a rule with libraries to stay open late on Thursday evenings . |
| 24 | He had an idea there had been a car bomb at another barracks . |
| 25 | ‘ The fellow 's twenty-two , and I swear if he had an idea in his head he 'd be a great painter . |
| 26 | He had an idea of what " Shaftesbury Avenue " drama consisted , and he had an idea of what his play should suggest ; but ideas are not enough . |
| 27 | He had an idea of what " Shaftesbury Avenue " drama consisted , and he had an idea of what his play should suggest ; but ideas are not enough . |
| 28 | He had an idea . |
| 29 | But suddenly he had an idea . |
| 30 | When Tiguary indicated the gun emplacements at intervals in the Belmont stockade and asked what they were for ( he had an idea ) , Kit waved a hand and answered , ‘ So the chickens can pop in and out . |