Example sentences of "had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This focus on kinship had an influence on both Marx and Engels which culminated in their enthusiasm for Lewis Henry Morgan whose two principal books had a decisive effect on their later work . |
| 2 | Brian Richardson and Nisbet had a decisive edge in the line-out and Worrall , who was playing in his 20th Inter-Service match , provided a smooth link with his backs . |
| 3 | There was mounting anxiety among the Jesuits lest Galileo had a decisive argument against the Tychonic system , which he was bound to conceal . |
| 4 | Visually and socially the local authority houses also had a decisive impact . |
| 5 | and there was this dump truck sort of about two foot out , he 'd obviously changed his mind and sort of had er stopped , had a Reliant Regal , you know a Reliant Regal it was right up to the windscreen and there was a pile of glass in , you know everywhere it was |
| 6 | Furthermore a student who had a fragile grasp of particular concepts and skills would have a reduced chance of getting much further in a graduated test scheme . |
| 7 | Severiano Ballesteros also had a 70 for a total of 213 but he must have been kicking himself for it included a seven at the 13th . |
| 8 | He finished last of the Europeans , two behind David Feherty , who had a 70 for his best round of the tournament . |
| 9 | He had a perfunctory elementary education in Exeter and Nottingham . |
| 10 | ‘ I had a curious strain of not attending to things which failed to grip my interest . ’ |
| 11 | He had a curious sing-song voice which was a handicap , but the voice had musical timbre and was attractive . |
| 12 | Some of the houses had a curious cruciform shape , with mottoes carved into the lintels , usually invoking God 's blessing . |
| 13 | It had a curious history , for it miraculously survived the destruction of the Tuileries and turned up at Chislehurst in 1871 by unknown means . |
| 14 | He had a curious mixture of enthusiasm and impracticability in his approach to some everyday things , as for instance studying a most complicated recipe from one of his cookery books ( they included Mrs Beeton and Elizabeth David ) , then going out to buy not only the ingredients but equipment too . |
| 15 | It had a curious brass handle , embossed with leaves and fruit . |
| 16 | I had a curious brush with the law myself once when I was sent by my employer to attend a day seminar on drugs to be given at the local university by a police sergeant . |
| 17 | He had a curious feeling of release ; other people had taken portions of his grief upon themselves , and they were expressing it on his behalf . |
| 18 | In addition to the other openings it had a curious window-like aperture on the side of the snout with sloping sides , rather like a basin . |
| 19 | She had a curious feeling that greater good fortune would yet be hers , that she was destined for high places . |
| 20 | She believed what she had said and yet those last words had a curious prophetic ring — as if somewhere in those uncharted seas which man calls Time , they were echoing and re-echoing into the future . |
| 21 | While he bent over the cot , she watched him with a mischievous look ; after a little , she said she had a curious pain in her chest . |
| 22 | And while we 're on the subject of outrage , those sexy boys from FABULOUS had a curious welcoming committee in Bournemouth on the first night of their current tour . |
| 23 | We had a curious patient , an English nursing officer working in Nigeria , who had chylous urine but no evidence of filarial infection . |
| 24 | He had a curious , heavy growth of fur on the crown of his head , which gave him an odd appearance , as though he were wearing a kind of cap . |
| 25 | He had a curious way of stressing words in the wrong place , sometimes swallowing them completely , but there was a hypnotic singsong quality to his voice which made it very hard to concentrate on what he was actually saying . |
| 26 | Helen now had a curious pricking sensation up and down her spine . |
| 27 | Her beautiful red hair was arranged in its usual chaotic beehive , but there was something strange about her eyes which had a curious bruised look about them . |
| 28 | The voice had a curious quality , husky and high-pitched as if uncertain whether it was a light tenor or a throaty mezzo-soprano . |
| 29 | In retrospect the debates on the Bill had a curious air of unreality … government spokesmen often seemed to be stating simple lessons in economic theory … |
| 30 | LARNE had a controversial decision by referee Leslie Irvine in the dying minutes to thank for keeping their Cup hopes alive . |