Example sentences of "had the sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank the Goddess Zambia had had the sense to get out before some scuzzie had violated hir by more than just a beating . |
| 2 | I had always had the sense of a ‘ presence ’ . |
| 3 | After setting an Open championship tournament record 283 , Sarazen said it was because he had had the sense to listen to his caddie at every tricky point through the tournament , calling Daniels ' club selection ‘ brilliant ’ , and his understanding of Sarazen 's sometimes less-than-cautious temperament uncanny . |
| 4 | If only your parents 'd had the sense to let you to go in for it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Hope he 's had the sense to go inside , ’ he mumbled and he headed in the direction of home . |
| 6 | Her parents had had the sense to realise how unhappy she was , and had made alternative arrangements . |
| 7 | If I had , I should also have had the sense to know when I had achieved it , and therefore when to start eating normally again . |
| 8 | ‘ If I 'd had the sense to be frank with her last March , maybe I could have done that . |
| 9 | Whyte ( 1955 ) agrees : ‘ As I sat and listened , I learned the answers to questions I would not have had the sense to ask if I had been getting my information solely on an interviewing basis . ’ |
| 10 | Clara had had the sense not to try to ask her mother about a possible purchase , as she could only too clearly imagine the responses to which such a request would expose her , and the abuse which would be cast upon those girls fortunate enough to have a use for party dresses . |
| 11 | What Alice could not forgive herself was that she had been taken in by it all well , she had had the sense to get out in time , and meet people who could lead her on the right path … |
| 12 | Now it seems that successive governments have just have n't lived up to their obligation to wield the stick , and Harlow council just have n't had the sense to reach for the carrot in that that local people are caught in the middle ! |
| 13 | Dan had n't had the sense to leave it in the shade . |
| 14 | He really should have had the sense to bring his emergency bag and the roll of towelling with him , but Rose 's terrified urgency had sent him on his way with all speed . |
| 15 | Most of them were good British words first , and you have n't had the sense to keep the best ones , but have left it to us to do that for you . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't like the dark , ’ she managed , then wished she 'd had the sense to keep her mouth shut . |
| 17 | ‘ In this case I 'm surprised that Stella has n't had the sense to allow Bill to take her to a doctor in Hastings right away . ’ |
| 18 | If only they had had the sense to invest in cleaning up our power stations , as the Germans have done , we would not watch electricity industry representatives and Ministers rushing around trying to find cheap fixes to meet their European obligations . |
| 19 | Notice also that there is an alternative and syntactically simpler way of expressing the second version , which is : ( 12 ) Haberup angered his golem We can see exactly the same type of ambiguity in : ( 13 ) Reg ran the engine dry The adverbal adjective version of ( 13 ) corresponding to the question what did Reg do to the engine ? tells us that Reg reduced the engine to a certain unsatisfactory state ( though he may at least have had the sense to stop at that point ) . |
| 20 | Here Brook interrupted , to make a dangerous claim that all 19th-century music was riddled with unnecessary repetition which current composers had had the sense to discard . |