Example sentences of "he had [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all very well for Bragg to instruct him to go the rounds of prostitutes ' haunts , but he had precious little idea of how to go about it . |
| 2 | Any ‘ different ’ dream he had around that time might have served to give him the ‘ vehicle ’ he was seeking . |
| 3 | Did Boy ever ask himself why he did n't dream about men , when he got home from The Bar — why he had instead these strange dreams of shoots , bulbs and roots ; roots kept in the dark , waiting to flower , needing a gardener 's attention ? |
| 4 | And he had even more reason to now . |
| 5 | It describes how Archbishop Lyfing spoke to the king about the freedom of his church , and then rejected Cnut 's offer of a new charter of freedom with the complaint that he had plenty such charters if only they were good for anything . |
| 6 | Coy about his age , but we reckon it 's 63 , he had rather more success at the veteran 's Wimbledon last year , winning a first round match in two hours 38 minutes . |
| 7 | Yeltsin had given a dramatic description of tanks closing in and said that he believed that he had not much time left . |
| 8 | He learned about world events rather as a Trobriand Islander might — from chance remarks and accidental contacts — and , from the little he had heard , he had not much desire to know more . |
| 9 | On seeing my person , he took the opportunity to inform me that he had just that moment finalized plans to return to the United States for a period of five weeks between August and September . |
| 10 | Then he phoned , he had just this minute phoned , to ask her what she thought of Jay . |
| 11 | When The Chameleons split , Fielding went from revered admiration ( especially in the United States ) to a council flat in Middleton where he had just enough money to get by . |
| 12 | He had just enough energy to plan an escape . |
| 13 | But he had just enough quality not to blame others for his guilt . |
| 14 | Marlene had stolen his jacket when he went to the loo , he had just enough money in his trousers to pay for the meal . |
| 15 | Daum now wants UEFA to accept that the rules regarding foreign players are for everyone else — but not for him because he had yet another excusable lapse of memory . |
| 16 | He had n't much chance of catching Caspar , not at the rate the dog was going . |
| 17 | He had n't much time . |
| 18 | The poor man had obviously given up hope and I could tell by his apathetic manner that he had n't much faith in this latest ploy . |
| 19 | You can add secretive for good measure though he had n't much to be secretive about . ’ |
| 20 | all things in mind that are possible on er , on er , on er computer , and he said that he had n't much time to think about it and said well look , maybe over Easter |
| 21 | He had n't any sense , I thought , but he did have fear , which was almost as good a life preserver . |
| 22 | And so , whenever one of Steven 's movies touched upon an adult theme , he was unable to link it directly to his own experience , because he had n't any . |
| 23 | They 'd suspected him , but of course he had made sure that there was no evidence and anyway he had n't any motive . |
| 24 | He claimed he had n't any but he jolly well had ! |
| 25 | He had n't any of those either . |
| 26 | He had n't any money so he had to borrow it off Gillian . |
| 27 | He had n't enough time to return to the dormitory to get help . |
| 28 | He had n't enough money for a taxi so they took the bus back to Champney Crucis . |
| 29 | At four hundred feet he had n't enough altitude from which he could recover if he went into a spin . |
| 30 | You know he had about half a dozen in there , you know he |