Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] had [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tory Anglicans believed they had nothing to fear from a popish successor whilst those in control of the mechanisms of local government were determined to enforce the laws designed to protect the Church . |
| 2 | But Gascoigne sacked Jane in April — no reason given , though Jane suspects it had something to do with the fact his girlfriend did n't like her . |
| 3 | It was quite obvious Mr thought he had something up his sleeve to embarrass the Labour party and Liberal Democrat parties of this , this council . |
| 4 | Rain wished he had someone to make sure he spent part of the proceeds on smartening up his flat . |
| 5 | Newman sensed he had something he wanted to say and was n't sure how to put it as he opened the gate for Paula . |
| 6 | When he looked questioningly at Hunter-Blair the man shook his head to show he had nothing to contribute . |
| 7 | We sang marching across the muddy fields in front of the farmhouse , we sang in the cookhouse tent before we were allowed to eat , we sang at parade before we went off to exercise , and at any point that the staff thought we had nothing to do , it was out with the songbooks . |
| 8 | The government says it had nothing to do with the case . |
| 9 | Players bought who had nothing to do with the Liverpool way of life . |
| 10 | When there was time , the Princess and the movie star discovered they had nothing but lust in common . |
| 11 | He gave her a smile then , a kind of comradely one , as if her sprain and his stiff knee meant they had something in common . |
| 12 | There can be no doubt that the people themselves in Zambia felt they had something to say : some 1,500 contributions were received , more than 1,100 from individual members of the public , the remainder submitted by local , district and provincial seminars , parent-teacher associations , teacher associations , church organisations and other bodies , including schools themselves . |
| 13 | For example , it may be permissible to use the Apple logo for brandy ( providing it has not been registered against the wines and spirits class ) and there would be little danger of the public thinking it had anything to do with the computer company . |
| 14 | It 's now emerged that one of the women was pregnant … her mother says she had everything to live for . |
| 15 | But after my mam died I had nobody to look after the baby , so I could n't go any more . " |
| 16 | Mr Sjogren repeated that his client insisted he had nothing to do with the explosion that brought down PanAm 103 . |