Sentence examples for had and a from inspiring English sources

Tony Secunda, a talented music manager, realized what he had, and a tour quickly followed.

"We gave it everything we had and a couple of things did not go our way.

Corella acted as though he had seen a ghost — which he had — and a ghost she remained, however beautiful, throughout.

The philosopher Daniel Dennett said evolution was "the single best idea anyone has ever had", and a "dangerous idea", too.

Its name doesn't have the cachet it once had, and a number of big-name bands have turned it down.

It was just a perception that I had and a few of my friends have it as well.

In testimony, Mr. Greenspan said Mr. Gramlich was "one of the best governors I think the board has ever had, and a very close friend of mine".

At 9 15 there were plenty of seats to be had, and a waiter who at first was pleasantly all-business pretty much vanished.

Also contains two short texts, one where Violet talks about a dream she had, and a semi-elicited narrative about a man named Eddie who keeps changing his mind about what colour to paint his house.

"I think there was a constructive kind of tension between all of the ideas that he had and a certain reality of trying to implement them," she said.

He had a sweetness that pervaded every relationship he had, and a delight in life that made his blue eyes twinkle.