Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] and have [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was ignorant and had no worldly experience in those days . |
| 2 | She said I had not been meant to have this until I was twenty-five , but since I was married and had a child , they had been able to break the trust . |
| 3 | ‘ I was alone and had no idea if it was going to attack . |
| 4 | In general , we have been writing about those melodies which are complete and have a well-defined entirety . |
| 5 | ICI 's programme has centred on alternatives which include the ‘ Klea ’ family of HFC refrigerants , which are ozone-benign and have an insignificant effect on global warming , as well as a range of non-fluorocarbon alternatives . |
| 6 | The pen , which is cordless and has no batteries , looks and feels like an ordinary pen . |
| 7 | She 's tall and has a good figure . |
| 8 | She was tall and had a slender enough waist for him to have spanned it with his hands , and he was amazed at how strongly he wished he could be given the chance . |
| 9 | She was shortish and had an attractive way of cocking her head on one side and looking up with big dark eyes and a wryly amused smile . |
| 10 | The hospital said she was comfortable and having a light breakfast — her first full meal since was admitted to hospital . |
| 11 | She looked at him , smiling , and he thought she was beautiful , even though she was old and had a stiff , curly whisker or two on her chin . |
| 12 | Other girls at Group included ‘ Jolly Molly ’ — plump and good-natured ; Harriet , who was trying to improve her mind and always listened to the afternoon plays on BBC radio ( relayed to each hut over the Tannoy system ) ; Veronique , who was stage-mad and had a friend in the current London production of Lady Windermere 's Fan , and dough-faced Olive ( more about her a bit further on ) . |
| 13 | I remember nothing there except a girl in the top class , who was fair-haired and had a bright complexion , and I see her now in my mind 's eye outstretched , lying upon her back on the floor . |
| 14 | We are well and have no worries being happy together and not in need William leaving me better provided for than ever I had expected . |
| 15 | ( Of course we understood none of this really , we just thought she was fabulous ; when she left us , simply left us , taking only the jewels , we were terrified and had no idea of how to keep things going . |
| 16 | They are narrow and have a parochial view |
| 17 | The aim is to produce beers quickly which , because they are sterile and have a long ‘ shelf life ’ , are also highly profitable . |
| 18 | As I gazed after the jeep , I thought ‘ Those two , I suppose , are lucky in a way , they are alive and have a Blighty ! |
| 19 | They are severe and have a devastating effect on his personality , his physical well-being and his mental state . |
| 20 | They were heavy and had the words ‘ Do not refreeze ’ written on them , but I did n't immediately realize the significance of that . |
| 21 | ‘ Now , because everybody is busy and has a bit of money , the place is a haven of peace and tranquillity ’ |
| 22 | It 's compact and has a shortwave capacity to pick up stations around the globe . |
| 23 | Yellow Peril 's defenders insist like all good art it 's provocative and has a sting in the tail |
| 24 | It is unacceptable and has the potential to cause great harm to children who may see it . |
| 25 | A small generator can be used primarily to stop a battery discharging and it will only be able to recharge a battery if it is small and has a long time in which to do it . |
| 26 | To argue that it is computer-generated and has no human author runs counter to common sense . |
| 27 | This building is more Romanesque than other works ; it is cruciform and has a particularly fine galleried and arcaded apse dating from about 1140 . |
| 28 | The interior is most interesting : it is large and has an 11-bay nave with varying classical capitals and columns . |
| 29 | I enjoyed ‘ Futility ’ very much as it is poem with a message for all people and like most of Wilfred Owen 's poems it is timeless and has a meaning not only for the first World War but for wars to come . |
| 30 | It was dark and had a tiny window . |