Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] had [pron] [noun] in " in BNC.

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1 Lydia watched it , thinking that they had much in common except that she had her prey in her grasp and was already preparing it for consumption .
2 It is not without significance that it had its source in a campaign which effectively combined Cobdenite principles of free trade with a ‘ bellicose philanthropy ’ worthy of the most self-righteous of Victorian imperialists .
3 He says that he had his directions in prayer and reverence from the saint , and I have every reason to believe him .
4 I was stiff and shaking and I had my face in my hands , crying unrestrainedly .
5 Fearful of opposing Richard of Gloucester however until she had her sons in her charge , she resolved to take no precipitate action until she was reunited with them .
6 ‘ So if she had her claws in you , you 'd be hard pressed not to marry her ?
7 If you had your account in a bank near to your home , it would mean taking time off work to deal With money problems .
8 A b on on one day he he went earlier and he had his lunch in London , he said , and there was another man on the table and er the both reached for the salt together and upset it and there was apologies and talks and then he discovered that he was the buyer for the London County Council .
9 She had n't needed to speak Danish to realise the contents of the bottle : the water of life … call it would you would … it was pure unadulterated spirit and it had its equivalent in every country of the world which indulged in alcohol , so potent it should only be consumed in small doses as the tiny , liqueur-sized vessels that Rune placed on the table testified …
10 And then there were his eyes , burning with a fervour , an intensity , as if he had his prey in his sights .
11 Nature was dead unless it had his soul in it .
12 Terence Conran once said to me : ‘ the reason why you and I do things well is because we had our apprenticeship in restaurants , ’ and I actually think that 's a very valid point , because you 've got twenty planks to the one function of actually serving food .
13 Against Dublin Brolly was a revelation and though he had his critics in the past the Dungiven man came of age in Croke Park with one of the great individual performances .
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