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Example sentences for "had plenty"

  • Well, I made up my mind that I would not remain in the collier; and, as the captain had gone on shore, I had plenty of time to look about me.

  • Our clothes were all in rags; but we had plenty of powder and ammunition; there were hundreds and hundreds of antelopes and gnus in the plain - indeed, sometimes it was impossible to count them.

  • That was our first adventure; we had plenty afterwards; but I think it is now time we should go to bed.

  • And having left Squire Faggus and Annie much sooner than had been intended, I had plenty of time before me, and too much, ere a prospect of dinner.

  • For though we had plenty of victuals with us we were not to begin upon them, until all chance of victualling among our friends was left behind.

  • Though I had plenty of time to think, I was taken by surprise no less, and unable to say anything; yet eager to hear the silence broken, and longing for a noise or two.

  • But in each instance I had plenty of leeway, the animal being so far off that even if my bullet had not been fatal I should have had time for a couple more shots.

  • I had plenty to learn, and the men and the officers even more; but we went at our work with the heartiest good will.

  • There were at least two rooms that were always warm, even in the bitterest weather; and we had plenty to eat.

  • But he had plenty of assurance, and quickly determined upon his course.

  • There was nothing to prevent his gratifying this wish, as he had plenty of time on his hands.

  • He had plenty of spirit, and he was provoked by the airs Oscar chose to assume, and by no means inclined to allow him to arrogate a superiority over himself, merely on account of his wealth.

  • I ought to mention that the stealing by the Johanna men was not the effect of hunger; it attained its height when we had plenty.

  • He had plenty of powder and common cloth from the Arabs, and our only chance with him was parting with our finer cloths and other things that took his fancy.

  • Meréré had plenty of ivory when the Arabs came first, but now has none.

  • It takes courage to be a good citizen, and he had plenty of it.

  • He had plenty of time, and he took up Blackstone again.

  • He had plenty of land too--I don't know how many acres.

  • It had plenty of room for enough pots, skillets, spiders, and ovens to cook for all de folks on dat plantation.

  • Yessum, we had plenty; we never did go hongry.

  • We had plenty of syrup and corn bread, and when dey killed a hog we had fine sausage an chitlin's, an all sorts of good eating.

  • In hot weather chillun wore jus' one piece; dat was a plain slip, but in cold weather us had plenty of good warm clothes.

  • As we had plenty of wood, and caution was the word, I brought up in the middle of the stream.

  • I had plenty of time for meditation, and now and then I would give some thought to Kurtz.

  • As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river.

  • I had plenty of time in Berrima Gaol--worse luck--my first stretch.

  • We had plenty of time to get ourselves or anything else ready.

  • The horses were in good wind and condition now; we had plenty of rations--flour, tea, and sugar.

  • Jim was in fine spirits, and as we had plenty of good rations and first-rate tobacco we made ourselves pretty comfortable.

  • We had plenty of good beef, and a calf now and then.

  • Both zones were heavily wired, and we had plenty of machine-guns; I wish I could say we had plenty of men who knew how to use them.

  • Even the horrors--and we had plenty of them--didn't affect him.

  • He had plenty of strength for it, and presently he would have overwhelming strength.

  • He had plenty of money again, for one thing, and he liked to find dazzlingly new ways for investing it.

  • I think there was then no purpose in his mind of building a country home; but he foresaw that such a site, at no great distance from New York, would become more valuable, and he had plenty of idle means.

  • We had plenty of stores in the ship of every description: the cargo I had taken on board was chiefly manufactures, and as the island provided fresh meat, fish, and fruit, they were in want of nothing.

  • A bear can climb fast, but is very slow in his descent--the consequence was that I had plenty of time for my arrangements.

  • I joined a privateer brig, and after three cruises I had plenty of money, and determined to have another spell on shore, that I might get rid of it.

  • I was several days employed in packing up, but I had plenty of provisions and water, and had no doubt that I should be seen by some vessel before they were expended.

  • Subsequently I had plenty of leisure and rest instead of toiling amidst other carriers.

  • The good lady had little or no English; the girls, however, had plenty, and of a good kind too.

  • I spoke to him in Welsh, and he answered in English, saying that I need not trouble myself by speaking Welsh, as he had plenty of English, and of the very best.

  • We had plenty of hard work, and were pretty well tired when the day's labours were over.

  • We had plenty of work to do after we returned home, but I managed to make a run over to the settlement to pay a visit to my uncle and aunt and Lily.

  • We had plenty of work in felling trees, and either burning them or dragging them over the snow to places where we intended to cut them up.

  • She had not forgotten her other children, but she knew they could now look out for themselves, had plenty to eat, and a good, comfortable home in the old tree.

  • So that he had plenty to eat, could have nice swims and dives, and was not molested in any way, Hippo was a very peaceable animal; but once interfere with him in any way, and it was another matter altogether.

  • Again to the same place in the afternoon, and one or two other little errands, but between whiles I had plenty of time to write.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    great share; had all; had been; had but; had enough; had felt; had forgotten; had got; had great; had lived; had much; had now; had observed; had rather; had risen; had sent; had shown; had something; had succeeded; had such; had the; had told; had used; had you; public faith; then might