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Meanings of had ambition in English

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Usage of had ambition in English
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He had ambition, he thought everything of that mill, he'd made it.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
2
I thought he had ambition, but I learned that he is only greedy.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
3
She made me feel how she-loved you, Joe-shehad ambition, urged you on.
His Second Wife
4
The reception for the British high commissioner, however, had ambition.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
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I suppose that was how it began, but in addition the lad had ambition.
The Dew of Their Youth
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They have always had ambition and wanted to play rugby.
The Guardian
7
Eliphalet had ambition, which is not a wholly undesirable quality.
The Crisis — Volume 01
8
But he had powerful friends, and she had ambition.
A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
9
I had ambition, and the revolution was my opportunity.
The Light That Lures
10
She'd had ambition and the ruthlessness to chase it.
Blood and Bone
11
That he had ambition is not to be argued; but ambition is no sin if worthily directed.
A Hero and Some Other Folks
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I never had ambition for that kind of glory, and can make myself quite easy without it.
The Virginians
13
He had ambition, as I have said.
The Crisis — Volume 01
14
I had ambition once, opportunity, even wealth.
Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier
15
Why do you say you had ambition?
Princess Maritza
16
He had ambition of several kinds, and he had the virtue of not caring who knew of it.
Northern Lights, Volume 4.
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