Example sentences of "they had [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The easy , informed arguments they had about the Kesselring case proved him wrong : as they talked , the two of them might have been no more than friendly colleagues . |
| 2 | Now many more MPs expressed alarm about the actual impact of the tax on their constituents and , consequently , on their chances of re-election as they discovered to their dismay that most households would be paying far more in poll tax that they had under the old rating system . |
| 3 | Both parliament and the bishops were intent on ensuring they would never again suffer humiliation at the hands of the Puritans as they had during the Civil War and its aftermath . |
| 4 | They had on the heavy black mascara and purple lipstick of female bikers . |
| 5 | Even if the units of government are not based upon the counties , people still hark back to the links that they had with the traditional counties . |
| 6 | Yet the case is different with the children in England , for when they emigrate , the vast majority will go to English-speaking countries , and they will have profited from the intimate contact they had with the English life and language . ’ |
| 7 | BSkyB will not renew the £13 million three-season deal they had with the Scottish authorities which expired at the end of last season . |
| 8 | We have not been told what , if any , relationship they had to the deceased , or why they were appointed . |
| 9 | To that end it was necessary that members of the public or other police officers should be encouraged to give any relevant information they had to the appropriate authority without fear of harassment , intimidation or use of any statement in any other proceedings . |
| 10 | He asserted that the good people of Inverness owed all they had to the previous conquest and occupation by Cromwell . |
| 11 | They went to Joseph Hyde — probably because he was the one connection they had between the Irish organization and me , and then they nearly beat him to death just so Lee could make his report to you . |
| 12 | United lit the fuse for a quality cup tie by giving everything they had against the big boys from the premier league . |
| 13 | to distrain by their lands and chattels all those who shared in that liberty , and have lands within the bounds of the disafforested districts , to contribute towards the payment of the 200 marks to the King , in proportion to the lands they had in the said district , and the advantage they gained from the disafforestment . |
| 14 | We took four years to do it , partly so people would get accustomed to the idea , and it was fantastic that during those four years people worked at least as hard and as well as they had in the previous four . |
| 15 | Rod Bristow saw universities changing more over the next five years than they had in the previous half century . |
| 16 | The funding councils no longer have the power , as they had in the original Bill , to direct institutions about how they should spend funds derived from private sources . |