Example sentences of "that [pers pn] had [adj] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | That you had some reason to distrust him ? ’ |
| 2 | It would be a defence for a person charged to prove that he/she had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him or her in a public place . |
| 3 | If the security services were so concerned about this then it clearly suggests that they had good reason to believe that Blake had not been forgotten by the Russians . |
| 4 | The continuing electoral hegemony of the Conservatives rested not only on the division of the anti-Tory vote between Labour and Liberals , but also on the fact that large numbers of manual and white-collar workers , benefiting from the rapid growth of new industries , services and housing in the Midlands and the South of England , felt that they had good reason to be grateful to the Government . |
| 5 | After sitting in the stalls and watching the summer show , the other two were convinced that they had good reason enough to want him . |
| 6 | Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise . |
| 7 | That Act also places the onus on the knife carrier to show that he had good reason for possessing it in public . |
| 8 | She moved , uncomfortably aware that he had good reason to be annoyed . |
| 9 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 10 | Manners replied that he had three reasons for appointing Scott in preference to the other two prize-winners . |