Example sentences of "[Wh pn] had [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Independent clothiers of the old type who farmed a little land in addition to their work at the loom became outnumbered by a growing body of men who had no land to provide extra income but were simply wage-earners . |
| 2 | He learned his trade and was reasonably competitive in an old car for someone who had no money for either equipment or spares . |
| 3 | Narrow staircases , infested with mouse droppings , where those who had no money whatsoever huddled on the steps for shelter , coming like wraiths in the night when they were less likely to be turned away , and drifting off again in the early morning . |
| 4 | Then there was the emergency landing in The Ukraine , courtesy of a plane which did n't have any food and manned by a crew who had no money to pay for fuel . |
| 5 | Those who had no case had no such courage , either . |
| 6 | Yet some twelve months after I had graduated , I was now having my first interview with my chief constable who had no idea what I had studied or what result I had achieved . |
| 7 | Charsky , who had no idea how many nights he had spent on the face , tried to keep himself awake by recalling all he knew of Russian history , from the founding of Kiev Rus to the death of Stalin and the suppression of Hungary . |
| 8 | Mada Joyce enquired of Martha , who had no idea what Safex might be . |
| 9 | On the night of the fatal attack Tony , who had no idea of his wife 's affair , joined her lover at a pub . |
| 10 | ‘ Leave her alone , ’ the queen-dowager ordered her daughters who had no idea what all the fuss was about . |
| 11 | Alix , who had no idea of what the gossip was to be about , but who could sense its ominous crackling in the distance , wanted to go home , but tiresomely Brian , the party-hater , had managed to find his old friend Otto Werner and was deep in conversation about English social class , European intellectuals , the German education system , public schools , and the appointing of JPs and magistrates , a rich vein which they might have been able to explore for another hour at least , had Alix not been at their elbow , murmuring of departure . |
| 12 | The athletic arrogant and handsome monarch of 1977 had been replaced by a sick , befuddled man who had no idea what was happening . |
| 13 | Grunte , who had no idea what the Government 's policy was , or even if it had one , charmingly admitted to his ignorance and invited another question . |
| 14 | He rose from the ridiculous chair and made his way carefully down the crowded row , responding politely to those who greeted him by name , noting with carefully repressed surprise that two of the women who gave him private little smiles were seated next to each other , friends who had no idea they had something more than friendship in common . |
| 15 | Chief Const Keith Hellawell criticised the mechanism used to deal with young offenders in particular as slow and bureaucratic , adding his officers were having to deal with young people who had no sense of social values . |
| 16 | One governor commented that he was trying to pick off some of the weaker governors who had no sense of what their role was meant to be . |
| 17 | Eighteen normal volunteers ( 11 women , seven men , median age 45 years ( 19–75 ) , median body weight 75 kg ( 45–109kg ) , and median BMI 26.0 ( 17.8–38.7 ) who had no history of gastrointestinal disease and were not taking any medication were also studied . |
| 18 | Six healthy subjects ( two men , four women , age 26–61 years ) who had no history of gastrointestinal disease or use of antibiotics for at least three months took part in the study . |
| 19 | In Ballachulish an old man , who had no recollection of the jackdaws , told me , ‘ We all have our names for these mountains but they call them different now . ’ |
| 20 | Sir John was a local landowner who had no love for Darrel at all . |
| 21 | An angry , embittered man , Corbett concluded , who had no love for King Alexander . |
| 22 | She was stopped by the man behind the desk , who had no difficulty in recognising her . |
| 23 | The problem remained also of women who had no male to give them at least partial support , because they were widowed , deserted or never married ; the census of 1911 counted 327,737 aged between 15 and 55 and thus likely to have dependent children . |
| 24 | A heartless , power-hungry dolt who had no grasp whatsoever of what chivalry meant had brought the order to its knees , reduced its paladins to figures of ridicule . |
| 25 | the plaintiff had ‘ purchased ’ a car from a person who had no title to it and had sent it to a garage for repair . |
| 26 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 27 | A. J. P. Taylor 's grandfather , a businessman who had no doubt read the book , put the point more succinctly in the early months of the First World War : ‘ Ca n't they see as every time they kills a German , they kills a customer ? ’ |
| 28 | All of that would have been well known to the Ephesians , who had been converted from false gods who had no glory , to be followers of the one true God whose glory had been demonstrated in the splendour , the brightness and the beauty of the Saviour . |
| 29 | Phetam had been stolen from Ardakke by someone who had no shortage of credits to spend and who had access to the secretive practices of diplomats and Emissaries . |
| 30 | He asked his Chairman for a private chat they retired to the gents and Gould who had no contract said he was finished . |