Example sentences of "had an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few seconds as they descended , he had an unimpeded view through a gap in the trees of the west front of the chapel . |
| 2 | She had an audacious plan in mind . |
| 3 | Thus he had an inherent antipathy to the idea that law , even Church law , canon law , could achieve anything that was good for the Church . |
| 4 | PUPILS from Langbaurgh School had an extra history lesson when they met the Mayor of Middlesbrough , Coun Eddie Bolland , in his parlour yesterday . |
| 5 | I mean I did that , I mean it , it , er , er , at Exmouth when they all measured er , they had an extra window like and I sort of you know , do you want , you know |
| 6 | All our kit was strictly numbered and counted , and anybody who was missing a vest or who had an extra T-shirt got kicked or punched . |
| 7 | James had an extra Goldilocks story |
| 8 | James had an extra Goldilocks |
| 9 | It was only after she had fainted at tennis that her father took her to a specialist who found that she had an extra vertebra . |
| 10 | So we had an extra hour for dinner . |
| 11 | He had an extra Archer however , grace of the Telegraph . |
| 12 | The head had an extra covering of cloth or canvas beyond that of the rest of the body , forming a kind of mask . |
| 13 | We all had an extra cup of coffee to celebrate meeting in a foreign land . |
| 14 | Clive had an extra piece of homework , too . |
| 15 | Meanwhile walkers on the meadow had an extra spring in their step . |
| 16 | The defectors were not only great dancers , they had an extra quality of independence , a strong artistic character that led them to defect . |
| 17 | The second was that a large group of junk-bond investors — the savings and loan associations — had an extra leg-up into high-yield investment because of federal insurance of their source of cash , deposits . |
| 18 | if for any reason it would help if you had an extra week |
| 19 | As a young man I listened to many yarns spun by such men as Billican Geary , Treacle Mills , and little Sparrow Martin , who had an insatiable appetite for apple pudding and who years ago as a young man dived off Rochester Bridge for a bet . |
| 20 | The public had an insatiable fascination for television and its regular performers . |
| 21 | It also had an advanced government : podestà , consuls , commune , fighting forces and cavalry . |
| 22 | As to whether the Neanderthals had an advanced civilization , there is no possible answer to this question . |
| 23 | All had an endoscopic grade 0 . |
| 24 | ‘ Everybody knows the two of them had an almighty row that evening , ’ she went on . |
| 25 | He had an almighty air of calm and assurance about him . |
| 26 | My mother had an overhead service , one of the first . |
| 27 | They also had an overhead railway which gave me unlimited pleasure and I well remember a wall covered with hundreds of tiny wooden drawers filled with different sizes of screws and nails . |
| 28 | He revealed that the town , described by Gladstone as an ‘ infant Hercules ’ had an awesome reputation for squalor and toughness . |
| 29 | Hi Jinks had an awesome range of martial skills which she practiced on small children . |
| 30 | Even at that hour he had an alert look , as aura of controlled energy . |