Example sentences of "[num] he had a " in BNC.

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1 By the age of twenty-one he had a managerial post in charge of fifteen people .
2 In September 1647 he had a vision of the impending downfall of monarchy in England , France , and Spain , heralding the reign of Christ on earth .
3 In 1928 he had a play , High Treason , performed at the Strand Theatre .
4 By 1671 he had a nursery near St Martin-in-the-Fields , for from there he sold fruit trees for the gardens at Woburn Abbey .
5 In 1978 he had a complete change , by becoming a contracts engineer with the Rolls-Royce Product Support Division , working primarily with customers of Industrial Olympus .
6 At twelve he had a simple meal , cooked with natural foods and sea salt , which she hacked with a chisel from a damp sackful in the yard .
7 By 1980 he had a well-established track record as a campaigner .
8 Through his twenties and early thirties he had a succession of short-lived relationships with girlfriends which usually ended when they tired of his unreliable and generally difficult behaviour .
9 It was a miserable time ; the winter proved too much for him , and at the beginning of 1956 he had a severe attack of bronchitis : his coughing and choking were so bad that it induced his tachycardia .
10 From autumn 1937 he had a large class of teachers to instruct on the gospels .
11 Considering that he was the youngest player on the field at just 20 he had a memorable cap debut and seems destined to enjoy a lengthy career in Scotland 's senior squad .
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