Example sentences of "[vb past] he had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Her friend came in and said ‘ Reach for the sky ’ and pretended he had a gun and she played along with him right up to the time they left together . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | When the father turned 65 he gave up work , and ‘ at last he found he had a son , as later on in his old age I helped him and Mother all I could . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I you may memory , you added he had a hand gun that 's what she told you ? |
| 6 | " When the war came he had a fleet of eleven ships , most of them modern carriers of eight hundred to one thousand tons . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In all three raids he claimed he had a gun and at one building society he told staff he was armed with a hand grenade . |
| 9 | A BRIDE-TO-BE was murdered in a frenzied knife attack by a man who claimed he had an impulse to kill . |
| 10 | By the way he was wriggling on the seat , she guessed he had an erection . |
| 11 | She discovered he had a Plan . |
| 12 | Southwark Crown Court heard he had a string of convictions involving animal rights activities stretching back nine years . |
| 13 | But when he also stepped out of his clothes , she saw he had an erection . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps he felt he had a chance to help , ’ Theodora said . |
| 15 | Briggs felt he had a mission to bring this approach to the notice of his AI colleagues , who. he said , were ‘ either above looking at ancient approaches to the same problem , or … simply ignorant that such work has gone on ’ . |
| 16 | To begin with , he felt he had a right to be bitter . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Chapman now felt he had a team capable of winning something , and he was determined that the 1929–30 season would be Arsenal 's , to keep his promise of five years before . |
| 19 | Now , watching him , she knew he had a scheme . |
| 20 | It was not because he would be embarrassed if Mrs. Hennessy knew he had a girl staying there , he told himself . |
| 21 | Never knew he had a wife till then . |
| 22 | I knew he had a wife , I did n't know whether he had children er and I knew that er he had previous history of er criminal nature . |
| 23 | He knew he had a hole in one lung , leaking air and blood that put pressure on the other lung . |
| 24 | For a second Yanto remained rooted to the spot ‘ Jesus Christ , ’ he gasped From that first moonlit glimpse he knew he had a specimen here . |
| 25 | It was a winter of doubt and uncertainty and the young Provencal only knew he had a ride just over a month before Suzuka . |
| 26 | He knew he had a duty , but a duty to do what ? |
| 27 | No one , but no one , had ever spoken to her like that before , and she did n't like it , all the more because she knew he had a point . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | We thought he had a weakness for us and our Empire . |
| 30 | We brought him to Lingfield last week and he went so well on the sand , we thought he had a chance today , ’ said the trainer . |