Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [conj] they had [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the mining companies discovered that they had a valuable find on their hands , they took de facto control of the land in the immediate vicinity . ’ |
| 2 | Nicholas 's nephew Thomas Collett , a barrister , and his wife came to Little Gidding in 1628 but after two years found that they had no vocation for its kind of life and returned to London . |
| 3 | Obviously we will be guided by our consultants but this er er view of is er er meeting with er er great success in the villages because obviously er we feel that if there is a public inquiry then we stand a better chance of British Coal sticking to the promises made when they had the original planning application and removing all waste by train to suitable sites and there 's one at Welbeck which is waiting for the material . |
| 4 | Many of the carers complained that they had no social life ; for example a 90-year old widow 's daughter , who had her mother living with her , said she was hardly ever able to get out , and had not had a holiday for eight years . |
| 5 | After 1945 this philosophy became the conventional wisdom and governments accepted that they had a responsibility for macroeconomic management , predominantly through their own fiscal position . |
| 6 | Intense negotiations continued , with the generators believing that they had the upper hand because of the Government 's tight timetable and their insistence that they should not have to sign contracts before seeing the white paper . |
| 7 | The delegates representing the civic committees indicated that they had no wish to see a split in their ranks , and unanimously endorsed Walesa as Solidarity leader , but rejected his suggestion that the civic committees be opened to other political parties — a manoeuvre interpreted as an attempt by Walesa to broaden his base of support . |
| 8 | The protesters argued that they had a ‘ lawful excuse ’ for what they did . |
| 9 | Many of the country 's aristocratic leaders believed that they had a duty to help improve the condition of the working man . |
| 10 | " In my Opinion there can be no doubt that the chief underlying cause of the serious and widespread unrest lies in the fact that the strikers believed that they had the sympathy of the government " . |
| 11 | Yet the medical authorities would not dearly state this , nor did the police believe that they had a case capable of being taken further , not least because the abused woman could not tell us how it had happened . |
| 12 | Moreover , at four of the sessions the foresters swore that they had no presentments to make . |
| 13 | Later in the year a case which appeared only in the Sun and The Times was unusual in that the police suggested that they had a particular suspect in mind . |
| 14 | Appealing for calm in Lebanon , the State Department spokesmen said that they had no indication who was responsible . |
| 15 | All the competitors agreed that they had a challenging game and more than the usual number of wet balls and soggy bunkers ! ! |
| 16 | Providing that there was no threat to their members ' jobs , trades unions felt that they had a free hand in wage negotiations , often seeming to pluck numbers out of thin air and try it on with employers . |