Example sentences of "[vb past] he had a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did a DNA-fingerprint test and found he had a bus-load of people in him , linked it to some guy who was in the toilets under Centre Point the day before hiring rent boys but he did n't want the full business just wanted them to wank into this bottle thank you for your contribution young man every little bit helps going to a good home thank you mind how you go … |
| 2 | For a time he believed he had a vocation to be a priest himself but he reverted to a previous plan to save sufficient money to go to university . |
| 3 | " When the war came he had a fleet of eleven ships , most of them modern carriers of eight hundred to one thousand tons . |
| 4 | He took a physical battering , particularly from the West Indian fast bowlers , and because he was convinced that he threw he had a phobia about Charlie Griffith . |
| 5 | Southwark Crown Court heard he had a string of convictions involving animal rights activities stretching back nine years . |
| 6 | To begin with , he felt he had a right to be bitter . |
| 7 | Although , like us , he 'd had no news , either from the guards or television or magazines , he somehow felt he had a lot of information that came to him through the ether . |
| 8 | Never knew he had a wife till then . |
| 9 | He knew he had a hole in one lung , leaking air and blood that put pressure on the other lung . |
| 10 | He was the epitome of conservative respectability , but Patrick knew he had a hand in some of the most hairy activities of the secret intelligence services . |
| 11 | We thought he had a weakness for us and our Empire . |
| 12 | Not that John-William was particularly opposed to revolution if he thought he had a chance of winning . |
| 13 | Lewis thought he had a guarantee of a title shot against the winner of the Bowe-Evander Holyfield fight earlier this month . |
| 14 | Terry Venables thought he had a deal with Forest , having agreed terms with Sheringham , but then Brian Clough pulled the plug because he had no replacement lined up . |
| 15 | Caro Hunt says that at the age of five he could beat her and it was then she realised he had a lot of promise . |
| 16 | He shook during the interviews and said he had a history of mental illness . |
| 17 | He said he had a daughter about her age but she did n't really like sailing . |
| 18 | The doctor said he had a cousin in Sheila na gigh . |
| 19 | He said he had a message for me from the Duke of Strelsau . |
| 20 | ‘ Mitford said he had a row with him . |
| 21 | But the little dog I went , I took a friend to collect her little dog from the vet it 's had a double hernia , has n't it , double hernia , it , it had a tremendous operation dear little thing , but she said he had a wart under he 's eye and on it 's own accord it dried up and dropped off . |
| 22 | He said he had a van down the road , and my heart was beating , beating . |
| 23 | Swales said he had a lot of flair , but admitted he was an unknown quantity . |
| 24 | He said he had a bunch of flowers — and he really had — for Mrs Asmoyah . |
| 25 | She wished he had a letter for Alice instead ; it would be more romantic . |
| 26 | He wished he had a photograph of her . |
| 27 | Each table was cut off from the next by screens of greenery ; even so , from where he sat he had a view of what was happening at other tables and on other levels . |