Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they mentioned he had an excellent game — and from the goals showed the scot goalkeeper could have done much better on two of the italian goals … specially the first one — a flat shot from far out and at an angle too . |
| 2 | He sneaked a look at her , and found he had an excellent view of the back of her head ; she was staring out of the passenger window at the darkening vista of St James 's Park . |
| 3 | By their third single , he believed he held an important position in the group because Solowka and Gregory were often absent from concerts . |
| 4 | He told he had an important engagement and must go , on the Saturday night . |
| 5 | Too many puddings and mince pies had wreaked havoc with Santa 's waistline , and all those narrow chimneys to wriggle down on Christmas Eve meant he needed an instant solution . |
| 6 | She knew he had an early appointment with one of his lawyers and hoped that that was what was distancing him from her this morning . |
| 7 | How did he know an explosive device was being smuggled aboard ? |
| 8 | On the other had he constructed an entire model railway , ad again the result was most successful . |
| 9 | Had Handsome Henry tried to foreclose — or , seeing how pretty Mrs Yardley was , had he suggested an alternative form of payment ? |
| 10 | Never in all their years together had he lacked an ironed shirt or clean underwear . |
| 11 | In the garage Mr Carbert said he noticed an old rope hanging down from one of the beams . |
| 12 | You said he had an Irish manner . |
| 13 | A police officer said he suspected an enormous volume of explosives was stockpiled inside one of the buildings and that it exploded due to careless handling . |