Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] had [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor told Mum that Sarah had everything in her favour . |
| 2 | He knew by now that Salter had plenty of sins both of omission and commission on his conscience and he felt no compunction in letting him worry . |
| 3 | At eight Maggie had not known that her grandmother was famous , but she had seen that people had something in their manner when they looked at Rachel ; later she learned that something was respect . |
| 4 | Not that Cara had anything against tulle frills . |
| 5 | Ho must have run right into them , for he could see that Steve had him in a headlock and was dragging his kicking , struggling figure along the deserted street while Ray Shepherd followed , laughing . |
| 6 | Neither Marxism Today , Socialist Review nor Tribune had anything at all to say about the programme . |
| 7 | I said at the time that reports are ALWAYS one sided when the score is 3–0 or 4–0 , this coupled with what I actually heard on radio 5 and what Ive seen of the goals is that Leeds had plenty of the ball , just found it hard to break a 6,7,8 man defence , and norwich looked dangerous on the counter attack . |
| 8 | They were helpless , and Medoc had them at his mercy . |
| 9 | Looks bigger than umm Cos mummy had it with her when you came down on Saturday . |
| 10 | Cos Christopher had his on his head , do you remember ? |
| 11 | Sarah had her hair in plaits , and Mouse had his in a ponytail . |
| 12 | And Willis had it in his heart to be sorry for old Dreadnought , as she struggled to rise against the increasing load of water . |
| 13 | Me and Lee had her at the same time . |
| 14 | The real swing to Labour was 8.45 per cent , but the newspapers and television had it as a mere 7.5 per cent . |
| 15 | If Africans had plenty of examples of countries that had gone through painful structural adjustments and emerged transformed , it might be easier for governments to persuade citizens that the pain was worthwhile . |
| 16 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |
| 17 | So as a result of that because it 's been erm changed in the nineteenth century the eighteen forties and eighteen fifties , architectural historians who we who were faced with a real problem with York cos York had something like fifty medieval churches and erm er about thirty of them surviving into into the twentieth century , erm and they had to make some decisions about which ones to preserve and which ones to let go . |
| 18 | His father and grandfather had it before him . |
| 19 | some people put the board under the mattress and dad had it on top ! |
| 20 | I broke it , and John had it for years and years . |
| 21 | All it takes is the necessary nerve , and Imogen had plenty of that . ’ |
| 22 | But Isabel had plenty of spirit , Guy reminded himself , ruthlessly stamping down on the protectiveness the sight of her always seemed to arouse in him . |
| 23 | When it was all over I had on a wet blouse , but Shirnette had one on too . |
| 24 | On a Friday in January it is followed by Irish stew and cheese ( not for me , that menu , but Boulestin had something for everybody ) , on Saturday by cold ham and pressed beef , a hot purée of leeks with croutons as a separate course , and fruit . |
| 25 | Ann had a good brain , but Megan had it in her to be brilliant . |
| 26 | He wanted another beer , but Gari had him on one-a-day for as long as his organic rice diet was holding up . |
| 27 | It would need strength and agility , but Daak had plenty of both . |
| 28 | But Stefan had everything under control and he could not resist the temptation to open his first new production on his own rostrum . |
| 29 | But Gandhi had plenty of enemies who would like to boast of his murder : a group like the United Liberation Front of Assam , separatist terrorists in the north-west of the country , could equally well be the culprit . |
| 30 | His views on the rights of hereditary monarchy and episcopacy were those of Charles Leslie [ q.v. ] , whom he admired , but Earbery had none of his wit or power of reasoning : his numerous works are largely made up of quantities of historical narrative , related with a strong ideological bias , often laced with personal abuse . |