Example sentences of "he had [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she arrived at the Rectory she found that Mrs Chamberlin was out , the Rectory children had been taken for a walk by the nursemaid , the Rector had asked not to be disturbed for he had both a parish letter and acute indigestion to tackle that afternoon . |
| 2 | He had both a yellow and a red stain across his chest and he was turning around with his arms out appealing for a referee , then he turned and trudged back to the farmhouse for his time penalty . |
| 3 | We may note that Lieberich also spoke again at the RI , this time on the real and the ideal in portraiture , in March 1875 ; by then he had both an MD and MRCS after his name . |
| 4 | He had barely a scratch upon him , he was hardly blown by comparison with these , and he stood off while they breathed , and at the last lighted down from his tired horse , to meet with the most valiant on equal terms . |
| 5 | He had also a strong sense of humour , which was to her mind a great asset . |
| 6 | But there can be little doubt that he had two causes in mind , and great probability that he had also a third . |
| 7 | He had also a box of groceries to pick up and some wooden and cardboard boxes that he thought would be useful for Willie 's room . |
| 8 | He reprinted articles from other publications , often in weekly parts ; translated papers such as those of Mendeleev ; and gave news of industrial developments and of exhibitions ; he had also a lively correspondence section . |
| 9 | He had also an interest in a company , Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. , and was the company 's auditor . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know how much you know about Hugh 's private life , but the fact is he had rather a crush on me . |
| 11 | And er he went round and I do n't know I never heard him playing the fiddle , but they said he was very good at fiddling , but he was a grand one for old stories , , and er he was just doing farms here and there so Then eventually he turned so old he 'd only one dog and then er he died down at the D At a place called the Doonie And this man D Duncan , he had just an er one of the er I think one of the tramps from Blair Gowrie was working to him and he came up and told my father and my father went down to see about him , you see him being in the parish council . |
| 12 | The irrational thought almost occurs that Shakespeare could n't have been that smart if he did n't realise that he had here a performer who can turn sows ' ears into silk purses , and silk purses into live butterflies . |
| 13 | I remember David had a look of amazement on his face because at this point he had quite a few gold albums , but he still did n't have the money because the rate that they made money went straight back into making the show even bigger and better , and everybody travelled in style . |
| 14 | He had quite a long way to walk to the bridge , but there was plenty of time ; he had taken the trouble to find out the train times and he had worked out at what time the train would arrive at the bridge — about 9pm — so he enjoyed his walk . |
| 15 | He had quite a few , half a dozen there in the gunroom , with the light one he got for Neil as a boy , and I used to use . |
| 16 | When it was Spencer 's turn he found that although he had quite a few hours in his ‘ Fury , the Spit was a harder aeroplane to fly . |
| 17 | He had quite a cheerful blaze going by the time she came back , with an armful of twigs and berries which she arranged artistically in a vase on the table . |
| 18 | At first I did n't mind doing it , but after two months I found out he had quite a few women . |
| 19 | After a short while he found that the gypsies were taking their horses to him to be shod ; and he had quite a busy time shoeing gypsy horses . |
| 20 | Aye well this man that I ke know he had quite a lot of money and he just gave a six pence to the kirk , and he had always plenty of money when he died . |
| 21 | He had quite a bit on Harvey , a Kennedy Catholic who had been ‘ the good friend ’ of the late Emma Kerr . |
| 22 | well he apparently spoke to erm , he had quite a lengthy conversation with Ron Atkinson apparently , cos Atkinson used to be the manager of Tettron did n't he ? |
| 23 | He had his two elder sons with him , he had quite a lot of time for enjoyment , certainly to start with , he went hunting round Woodstock quite often , and they played tennis , The erm Racquet Sport , and I think they played tennis in The Racquet Sport , I 'm not absolutely certain , was actually just erm facing onto Blue Boar Street , erm behind the Unicorn Inn . |
| 24 | and he had like a shooter thing that would er , erm a bolt or something would shoot the balls out |
| 25 | But for now , he had still a beautiful voice . |
| 26 | But he had still a trick or two up his sleeve . |
| 27 | We all knew he had only a few weeks left to live . |
| 28 | Yet , when Nicholson crossed the street to the legitimacy of a major studio , 2Oth Century-Fox , to join an all-star cast for The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , to be released in l967 , he had only a minuscule role , which had one speaking line consisting of twelve words , courtesy of Roger Corman who , for once , had landed a big-budget contract with a major studio and wanted Jack to share his momentary joy of being able to spend it . |
| 29 | He had only a few hundred yards to go as the house he was planning to visit was also in the Vomero but he did not wish to arrive with perspiration on his forehead or dust on his shoes . |
| 30 | For though Henry I had left England in a very confused state because he had only a daughter to inherit his title , Henry II 's problem was quite the reverse . |