Example sentences of "they had [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | to get rid of the abscess , oh god it was painful , it really was , in fact I had it once , I had a load of penicillin , did n't finish the penicillin and it came back again and they had to give me a stronger drug then for five days |
| 2 | they 'd take a piece with them and that was all they had to sustain them the whole day . |
| 3 | The addicts thought they were injecting a synthetic heroin , instead they had given themselves a permanent Parkinson-like condition . |
| 4 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 5 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
| 6 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I would have signed if they had offered me a few bob more . ’ |