Example sentences of "he [adv] had [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Gundovald first arrived in Gaul he apparently had an considerable quantity of treasure with him , which must suggest that he initially had the backing of the Byzantine emperor , whose concerns about the Lombards in Italy may well have stretched to a desire to see a close ally established in Francia . |
| 2 | He obviously had a detailed account of the origins of Rome . |
| 3 | but they can come and go , I mean the year four they lost two teachers in the last two weeks cos their husbands got other jobs and the contracts were just terminated and , so it 's quite a , a moveable circle of people , er , but just , they have actually sacked one of the lads that came out with us , they wo n't be renewing his contract next year , he only had a two year contract |
| 4 | He only had a little bit , but they put him away for three years . |
| 5 | Within a few months these hopes were dashed when a majority of the Manchester committee insisted on recognising an American evangelical , the Rev. Fred Hemming , as an official agent to raise money for the anti-Garrisonian abolitionists in America although he only had the general support of Lewis Tappan and apparently regarded the Garrisonians and their British sympathisers as ‘ infidel abolitionists ’ . |
| 6 | And yet he felt he alone had the whole worry of what action to take , and the responsibility for her life as well as his . |
| 7 | So the head of a major I ca n't think of the guy 's name and he just had a major acquisition and this guy was |
| 8 | I mean you did n't get the card , he just had the one card |
| 9 | He already had a vague idea of how Dame Frances had been killed and , sniffing carefully at it , caught the foulsome stench of burnt animal fat . |
| 10 | It is not open to Mr Tillson subsequently to say that he had no need of a tenancy of the occupied land because he already had a possessory title which gave him a freehold interest in that land … |
| 11 | He already had a verbal agreement with Forest for another year , but chairman Frederick Reacher was anxious to put it in writing at a time when the anti-Clough lobby was growing in strength . |
| 12 | I tend to think of Basil still driving around the West Riding in his black Morris Minor , but in fact on a most memorable trip to Scotland , buying work for the West Riding schools , he already had a grey station-wagon . |
| 13 | He had found him as a young officer in the Prenzlauer Berg division when he was no more than eighteen , but he already had a considerable appetite for the harsh and cruel police work that the Stasi required . |
| 14 | On 3 September 1939 he still had no criminal record , though his name occurred with some frequency in the secret reports of the Special Branch and M15 . |
| 15 | As far as I could tell Frank had recovered from the breakdown we witnessed in late 1986 and , despite the months alone and the awful beatings he 'd received in the Pigsty , he still had a great sense of humour and told us hysterical episodes from his life , many of them against himself . |
| 16 | Afterwards he dismissed the defeat as no more than ‘ irritating ’ and said he still had a good chance of winning the match . |
| 17 | He still had a low boredom threshold — which was why he was spending less time going to Equity Council meetings . |
| 18 | Even after his stroke , he still had a charismatic presence , and people valued his company . |
| 19 | He was not in pain now , but he still had a red tear of blood on one cheek . |
| 20 | His handsomeness was a little battered now , but he still had the wolfish look she remembered from years ago — long face , strong jaw , broad brow ; his mouth was full and slightly lopsided , which gave him a crooked grin . |
| 21 | He still had the jewelled dagger hidden in a barrel on board his ketch , and he had put the sack with the money belt in an old sea chest left to him by his father . |
| 22 | He still had the numbed feeling on him , and that in itself was frightening , for as yet he could feel no sorrow for either Martin or Mr Smith . |
| 23 | He always had a deep mistrust of other people 's lavatories and , indeed , would never allow a visitor to his own flat to use his . |
| 24 | He always had a deep interest in siege engines and the construction of scale working models of these machines ; one of the memorable events of the Chateau Gaillard conference at Durham University was witnessing David 's experiments with his machines on the campus lawns , using marbles for ammunition . |
| 25 | For example , it meant that whenever the King of France wanted to stir up trouble , he always had a legitimate grievance to hand . |
| 26 | Moreover the young hero was never alone ; he always had a pure process , waiting for him , holding the thread of life which would protect him from the flames and the teeth and the dark belly of the monster . |
| 27 | Even when he was an altar boy , he always had a high regard for you . ’ |
| 28 | Erm Dr was the medical officer of health , part time , and Dr was a character , he always had a white carnation , he rode round in a carriage on occasions , and he er wrote copperplate . |
| 29 | ‘ He always had a special affinity with horses . ’ |
| 30 | He once had the impossible job of being PA to Ted Heath in sulphurous exile . |