Example sentences of "had the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I had the average child 's thirst for blood and a more than average thirst for romance . |
| 2 | Despite these dashes of earnest high-mindedness , I had the outer appearance of normality . |
| 3 | To make the point more sharply , the Samaritan document invalidates the theory that Jewish Hellenizers had the decisive word in persuading Antiochus IV to transform the Temple of Jerusalem into a temple of Zeus Olympios . |
| 4 | Tonight , her craving to correct had the sharp tingle of sherbert . |
| 5 | Thirdly , it was not just the bald declarations of innocence that impressed me , but the nature and quality of those declarations : there were passages in both books which , as in Meehan 's letters to me , had the sharp ring of truth . |
| 6 | Crowe then had the vulgar audacity to offer me a pitiful ten quid if I revealed the manager 's name . |
| 7 | Inside a minute he had the substitute microphone and its extra wires in his hand . |
| 8 | But from the soft laugh that followed her she had the ominous feeling that he was no more convinced by her protests than she was herself . |
| 9 | Had he stayed , there was every chance that he might have been forced eventually to join the Militia — a thing few Titfords would face with relish ; but most significant of all , perhaps — apart from his obvious inner resilience and entrepreneurial spirit — he had the singular advantage of having well-off relations to latch onto in London . |
| 10 | The infantry went to church in their new uniforms for the first time on 9 September , and had the singular honour , a month later , of joining their fellows in the cavalry who were escorting the funeral cortège of the late Earl of Cork ‘ in slow and decorous movement suitable to the solemnity of the occasion ’ . |
| 11 | He it was who had pressed for the creation of Christ Church parish , and he became its first incumbent ; Benjamin and Elizabeth had the singular distinction of having him officiate at their marriage — poor surroundings , then , but in the presence of a minister of great reputation . |
| 12 | The ECSC had not conditioned the European public in favour of supranationalism , nor had the key interest groups in coal and steel , whether the industries were publicly or privately owned , emerged as a vanguard of European integration . |
| 13 | Before I left for London next day Margaret had the official confirmation of Dickie 's examination results . |
| 14 | Self-sufficiency was recommended since the ‘ doing business craze ’ still had the official blessing at this time . |
| 15 | Their approach was in great contrast to what might have been the position had the official Opposition been in government . |
| 16 | The study of the Old Testament also had the practical purpose of explaining and justifying the organisation of the Church which was foreshadowed in the history of Israel and now through the sacraments offered all peoples the hope of salvation . |
| 17 | Although the right was vested in Germany , the allies had the major interest in enforcing the provision . |
| 18 | With Black Fury Warner Bros had just gone a little too far by even referring to strikes and labour problems at a time of mounting industrial tension but the popular and critical reception to the movie showed that the company were not wrong to believe that they had the technical ability and the actors to make films whose reality would be appreciated . |
| 19 | Paul had the technical know-how to copy Edison 's Kinetoscope when he realized the American inventor had n't covered all the necessary patents , to make his own camera when Edison cut off the supply of films and produce a film projector , the Theatrograph , within two months of hearing about Lumière 's invention . |
| 20 | And when I was younger we had n't a binder , we just had the ordinary mower . |
| 21 | The pens had the ordinary steel nibs and it was essential that they had just the right amount of ink on them or blots resulted . |
| 22 | If we further take account of intergenerational differences , then the coefficient of variation over all generations , denoted by , is the weighted sum of individual plus the coefficient of variation obtained if everyone had the mean income of their generation ( the ‘ between-generations ’ inequality ) . |
| 23 | Forty five patients we looked at , age ranged fifty to ninety one , had the mean age of seventy three . |
| 24 | Is he the one who 's dad had the electrical shop ? |
| 25 | The room was sparse and tidy , as fresh-looking and tasteful as the rest of the apartment , and like the rest of the place it told her nothing about Carson — except , perhaps , that he employed somebody to clean up for him , because it had the impersonal neatness which could only be achieved by an outsider . |
| 26 | It I think forty five they started negotiating forty five forty to forty seven and er when we tried to alter the national agreement or change it in our minds for the better you always had the solid block of these wee fellows up and down the country sticking by the national agreement because they got such a good deal out of it it brought their standards right up to the the best that was going . |
| 27 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer had the tedious task of creating more money — of writing out Emorian bank notes to pay the weekly salaries . |
| 28 | I would n't be surprised if they were the sort of people who had the stolen bicycle down in the bushes . |
| 29 | All four informants confirmed that the United States had the Iranian Embassy in Beirut under electronic surveillance prior to the disaster . |
| 30 | At first Milan was ruled by the della Torre family ; Martino della Torre had the revolutionary idea that the city should be governed by the people , with taxes calculated on ability to pay . |