Example sentences of "[noun sg] had a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Credit Services Association had a Code of Practice which was strictly enforced , and all creditors were advised to stick to CSA agencies . |
| 2 | Swathes of coloured gauze separated silver benches , and a twisting staircase on one side had a cobweb of azure spangles hanging over it . |
| 3 | She said an ex-boyfriend had a house across Lake Pontchartrain they could use for the weekend . |
| 4 | The memory of this episode had an impact on government — industry relations and on the future development of pricing policy . |
| 5 | Though Niki 's car had a series of defects , his low placing was also the result of his own mistakes . |
| 6 | Except my agent had a will of sponge , so instead of telling the charity committee to go take a bath in some sulphuric acid , I 'd find myself trekking off to Bodmin to give my all for the local branch of the Cats ' Protection League . |
| 7 | Charlie was born and raised in Glasgow 's Maryhill , where the Jags hailed , the Mental Fleet sailed and the neighbourhood had an obsession with football . |
| 8 | But men who showed no signs of cardiovascular disease and had desirable levels of cholesterol at the start of the study had a risk of death that increased only slightly , due to ageing , from 1.7 per cent to 4.9 per cent . |
| 9 | As an economic structure , patronage had an effect on Leapor 's poetry . |
| 10 | Viewers of Channel 4 's series The Secret Cabaret had a taste of Drake 's brand of gory trickery . |
| 11 | And Big Flame had a reputation for humanity compared with other ultra-left sects with their habit of expelling people en masse in a hail of jargon-ridden abuse , and demanding Moonie-type self-criticism from slackers who failed to meet newspaper sales quotas . |
| 12 | And e every week the admiralty had a clerk of works going round watching the progress . |
| 13 | With financial help from the Rockefeller family and Gere 's own money the organising committee had a base of £300,000 from which to create the exhibition . |
| 14 | In Oslo yesterday , diplomats warned that the Nobel committee had a reputation for security and the leaked forecasts might prove wide of the mark . |
| 15 | In the display the Godfather 's desk had a number of books on it ; the waxworks owner reached for them one by one . |
| 16 | In the second half Leeds looked slightly better but almost went 2–1 down when poor marking let one the Crewe forwards in with a chance , the ball came across from the right wing and the bloke had a shot at goal from about 12 yards out that only just missed . |
| 17 | The parliamentary battle had an air of shadow-boxing about it , for the ultimate outcome was certain from the start and the timetable could be predicted almost as easily . |
| 18 | Waste Management had a facility in Philadelphia that originally took in recyclable materials for free . |
| 19 | The boy had a history of fits . |
| 20 | But the inquest was told that lifts at Hamilton Hall had a history of breakdowns and students often attempted ‘ self-rescues ’ . |
| 21 | His demeanour had a kind of melancholy which was perplexing . |
| 22 | In the litigation in the English Courts arising out of the collapse of the International Tin Council the question was raised whether the Tin Council had a cause of action against its own members . |
| 23 | The trial of the preliminary issue was heard by Morland J. who on 15 March 1991 gave judgment for the council , holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation when no actual damage was alleged , and that the council had a cause of action in libel against the defendants on the basis of the pleaded statement of claim . |
| 24 | He answered the second question , which he considered as turning on the effect of section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 , by concluding that the council had a cause of action in libel against the defendants on the basis of the pleaded statement of claim . |
| 25 | Apparently her aunt had been unaware of the outdoor activities , and instead of being an undeveloped shambles Wilder 's Wilderness had an atmosphere of stability . |
| 26 | The same theme recurred frequently ; because arts students had few timetabled hours , science students tended to assume that they did little work , although one first-year physical science student did note that most of her work was done in lectures and labs , while many girls on her corridor had a lot of background work to do outside timetabled sessions . |
| 27 | This means that he asked his questions from an existing problematic ; each question had a history of answers on which he was able to draw and contextualize his own . |
| 28 | The writer filed the exhibit for future reference , happy that court case or no court case , the pop star in question had a sense of humour . |
| 29 | BELOW : Lodgemore Mill had a history of fires , the one in 1871 destroying virtually all the stone-built mill . |
| 30 | The mill had a number of owners over the years , its major business starting when , by the 1860s , it was taken over by Reece and Sandford . |