Example sentences of "[conj] he [adv] had the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachmaninov , almost 30 when he completed his Chopin Variations , was by contrast more cautious , setting out to compose his first large-scale solo work for his own instrument ; and , although he already had the popular Second Concerto behind him , he had also been deeply affected by the disastrous première of his First Symphony , just four years earlier , under the erratic baton of the guttered Glazunov . |
| 2 | Within a few months these hopes were dashed when a majority of the Manchester committee insisted on recognising an American evangelical , the Rev. Fred Hemming , as an official agent to raise money for the anti-Garrisonian abolitionists in America although he only had the general support of Lewis Tappan and apparently regarded the Garrisonians and their British sympathisers as ‘ infidel abolitionists ’ . |
| 3 | If Jones has outlived Smith this can not be explained by showing that he earlier had the higher life expectancy , and then arguing that this duly caused him to live the longer life . |
| 4 | Confident in the knowledge that he now had the general support of most of the top brass to his world control plan , Mueller considered that he was now in a much stronger position to start pulling the rug out from under the Regional Area Managers . |
| 5 | ‘ Having differently coloured eyes is rare enough but he also had the distinctive physique of a bodybuilder , ’ Rust said , cutting in across Kolchinsky 's words . |
| 6 | His handsomeness was a little battered now , but he still had the wolfish look she remembered from years ago — long face , strong jaw , broad brow ; his mouth was full and slightly lopsided , which gave him a crooked grin . |