Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] [pron] had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Wigg says that everybody was laughing at him because the bike looked so different but he had the last laugh … won the title and that 's what it 's all about … |
| 2 | The electric bill used to be so high because we had the electric fire on all the time and we used to leave the oven on as well . |
| 3 | It would be highly dangerous if we had the choice of tampering with instinct . |
| 4 | It was good fun except for the fact that it was extremely cold and we had the wrong Bethlehem carol sheet . |
| 5 | I do n't think I 'm the only volunteer who 's ashamed of their early attitude to AIDS and I 'm only glad that we had the sense , collectively , to listen to reason before the calls began . |
| 6 | He had a bit of a chip on his shoulder because he felt that other people who were not so good but who had the right background and connections had gotten ahead of him . |
| 7 | She had lived in Paris so long that she had the appearance of a true Parisienne with her neatly bobbed hair , her brogues and long cigarette holder , inhaling the smoke as though she wanted it to reach her toes . |
| 8 | Claudia was so outraged that she had the greatest difficulty in keeping the rage she felt enough under control for her to be coherent . |
| 9 | ‘ I am so disappointed because I had the chance . |
| 10 | It was more adaptable and was less expensive as it had the quality of being effective , whether richly ornamented or not . |
| 11 | Burrows became more and more convinced that he had the right man . |
| 12 | He was wearing a grey suit with a light polo-neck sweater which made him look younger and at the same time more intimidating than he had the day before . |
| 13 | Nuadu could see that even the pale , jellied part of one eye was partly missing and he had the sudden sickening impression that it had been eaten away from within . |
| 14 | The windows of the van were wide open and they had the radio on , not playing rock , which they both hated , but Mozart , one of the better known of the piano concertos . |
| 15 | This was so nearly true that she had the grace to feel slightly ashamed of herself . |
| 16 | if , if I was really stuck and I had the , the tools , which , I would n't have you see , but if I did have the tools there , then yeah I would be able to do it cos I 've seen Martin doing it quite a few times , so |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the Budget was so unbelievably boring that it had the opposite effect . |
| 18 | I knew that I wanted neither , but was n't sure that I had the strength or conviction to refuse them should they be prescribed . |
| 19 | ‘ Initially everyone was extremely co-operative , but soon we were n't sure whether we had the backing of our district council . |
| 20 | His shirt was n't clean and he had the beginnings of a pimple at the corner of his mouth and another about to burst above the knot of his cravat . |
| 21 | and his wife , it was her second marriage , her first one had been to the doctor and he had actually examined paedophilia backed off , basically said well she did n't , she could n't get a conviction but it was quite clear that he had the motive and he 'd had the opportunity because Connie died from the fire which Harvey Jones had set cos he found out |
| 22 | ‘ It is quite true that he had the pharmacist 's poodle bitch twice in fifteen minutes on the steps of the Convent of St Mary , but he has had almost every bitch in Porto Venus over the past three years . |
| 23 | The sounds seemed very far off and yet distinct and he had the sensation of a secret , sinister busy-ness , like the scrabbling of mice behind the wainscot . |
| 24 | you were really kicking your heels and erm quite apart from which in the winter time the er conditions were pretty grim because they had the erm anti-splinter netting over the windows and erm big blinds which had to be drawn as soon as it was dusk because er , of course you were n't allowed to show a light and erm if that was it became really thick |
| 25 | I am still rather surprised that I had the good sense for once in my life to follow my hunch and come and see you . |
| 26 | ‘ We were too hurried when we had the ball and Spartak passed us out of it . ’ |
| 27 | She was mentally competent and she had the capacity to decide for herself . |