Example sentences of "be [adj] and [pron] had [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could have been wrong and I had no means of checking my suspicions . |
| 2 | Her response had been poor and she had a resistance to anti-depressants . |
| 3 | Most of the moneylenders and pawnbrokers were Jewish and they had a reputation for meanness . |
| 4 | Through an interpreter I replied that things were well and we had no famine . |
| 5 | Other facilities were good and we had an enjoyable afternoon . |
| 6 | Some said they had no listed buildings at risk at all , others that there were so many their hands were full and they had no time to reply . |
| 7 | The high spirits surrounding her were infectious and she had an insane desire to giggle . |
| 8 | I do know that he became very depressed when the times were bad and he had the mortgage payments to meet . |
| 9 | Yeah , that 's right and we had the car park last year did n't we ? |
| 10 | ’ She 's animated and she had a great look in her eyes ’ . |
| 11 | I remember when my husband was alive and we had a Sardinian couple with some unpronounceable name and it took me three months to teach her to make tea properly . |
| 12 | His voice was calm and he had a definite southern accent . |
| 13 | Our barrack room was warm and we had a stove in the middle which kept us warm in the night . |
| 14 | The harvest was early and they had a pre-season tour . |
| 15 | The road back was easy and she had the chance to look around . |
| 16 | It might be in order to lend three times the income of an applicant whose wife was also working , there were no children , a significant salary increase was likely and he had no outstanding hire purchase commitments , but not in less favourable circumstances . |
| 17 | Where he exceeded expectation and all precedents was in making the ban total , but this clearly was just the element which was negotiable and it had the effect of extending the king 's patronage of both church and laity . |
| 18 | he was late and he had a good car so he snubbed |
| 19 | It was black and he had a big shiny hat . |
| 20 | Francis was too fat , his face was podgy and he had a paunch . |
| 21 | His attention to detail in gear was meticulous and he had a clear understanding of the needs of hill men and women . |
| 22 | The apartment was ‘ burned ’ as far as the Company was concerned and they had no further use for it . |
| 23 | Its mouth was open and it had an expression on its face of someone who is going to have a lot of difficulty explaining what they have just seen , especially to themselves . |
| 24 | F.W. De Klerk was also there and he was annoyed and he had an animated talk with Tshwete in the corner of the room ’ . |
| 25 | It was rectangular and it had a lid , like a shoe box , but it was longer . |
| 26 | So , because my hair was red and I had the Elphberg nose , Rose worried about me . |
| 27 | His grey hair was close-shaven and he had no beard . |
| 28 | Her spelling was deplorable and she had a habit of adding comments of her own . |
| 29 | The house was silent and she had no idea of the time but , as it was light , she got up , dressed and went downstairs . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , Mr. Pybus , the Minister of Transport , announced in February 1932 , that the London Transport Bill was dead and he had no intention of forcing it on an unwilling House of Commons . |