Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] had [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She should try to forget him , but the memory of their afternoon together had the power to make her cheeks rosy , and so they stayed while she put on the plainest gown which she could find in the wardrobe which she had left behind , with her personal maid , when she had pretended to go with the Parslows . |
| 2 | The photographer only had the opportunity to do it because it was a benefit and he had access to the models that he would n't normally have . |
| 3 | For the record , too , the Press spokesman said the president only had the haircut because he was assured that doing so would not tie up traffic at the airport . |
| 4 | His action only had the effect of helping to throw the Moravians too into the arms of Byzantine Christianity . |
| 5 | Kassin , Ellsworth and Smith ( 1989 ) found that 70% of a sample of 63 experts felt that this phenomenon is reliable enough for psychologists to present in court-room testimony — the experts in this study generally had a PhD in psychology and over half of them reported having actually testified about eyewitness testimony . |
| 6 | Glenn Rainey opened the scoring for the home team after minutes but a more experienced Lurgan side always had the edge and goals from Kennedy , Williamson and Smith sealed their victory . |
| 7 | In most cases of detinue there would be a concurrent liability in conversion based upon a demand and refusal to return but as we have seen conversion required a positive act and had never lain where the defendant once had the plaintiff 's goods but was unable to return them because they had been lost or negligently destroyed . |
| 8 | AT the outbreak of World War Two in September 1939 Coastal Command still had a number of biplane flying-boats on operations including , Saro Londons , Short Singapores and Supermarine Stranraers . |
| 9 | Johnny was an old friend of my father 's and as a carrier still had a number of horse-drawn carts in addition to his expanding fleet of ex-Army lorries . |
| 10 | In 42 of the country 's 50 states the electorate also had the opportunity to vote on a varying number of referendum questions known as propositions . |
| 11 | But its opposition also had a base in the property-owning , rural peasantry , and middle-classes , who had in the nineteenth century paid a heavy price for their liberation from oppression and whose status became rooted in their property , land , and livestock . |
| 12 | By that stage the RRA 's opposition also had the support of Crosshaven , Currabinny and Carrigaline Community Associations , Cobh and Middleton Urban Councils and Passage West Town Commissioners . |
| 13 | Defender also had the distinction of having the first woman finisher , Mandy Gallow . |
| 14 | This doorway also had a display of flowers arranged behind glass . |
| 15 | Political freedoms were not abolished and parliament ( the Supreme Soviet ) and president both had the right to issue laws . |
| 16 | This new liability principle contained res ipsa loquitur provisions in accordance with which the carrier now had the burden of proving freedom from fault . |
| 17 | The President now had no alternative but Federal action if the law was to be upheld , and he sent 1000 paratroops to occupy the school and its surroundings . |
| 18 | " But I do n't think that soldier even had a gun . " |
| 19 | I do n't think my boat even had a name . |
| 20 | The Blushing Groom colt never had a moment 's worry on the soft ground , sitting in fifth position until straightening for home and then powering away from his rivals inside the two-furlong marker . |
| 21 | My parents were very young when they met , and Mum already had a son , Jack , from a previous marriage . |
| 22 | ‘ The child effectively had no father . ’ |
| 23 | The ceiling obviously had a word with Mr X , who was note perfect the next day . |
| 24 | If the parish council already had a report to submit , work could be carried out as soon as possible . |
| 25 | ‘ The council already had the opportunity to buy this land and would n't . |
| 26 | When Cooper lobbied government to get rid of him it persuaded M.P.s that Cooper just had a bee in bonnet and was not to be taken seriously . |
| 27 | If rugby ever had an own-goal masquerading as a laudable aim this is it . |
| 28 | ‘ Because , ’ said Caspar patiently , but wondering where these three had come from , for goodness ' sake , ‘ because Reflection once had a bit of a — well , more than a bit really … |
| 29 | and this bloke nearly had the sense , he said he 's coming up on the Friday ? |
| 30 | Hall later had the honour of being presented to Johnson . |