Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] have [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 One argument against dinosaur endothermy is the fact that bones have growth rings in them , somewhat similar to tree rings , especially those found in regions indicative of a strongly seasoned climate .
2 In so acting it acted for a dependent reason , for the assumption is that individuals have reason to wish for a convention and hence reason to take action to help form one .
3 The houses are traditional Austrian with lovely wooden shutters and balconies ; all the windows and balconies have boxes overflowing with bright flowers .
4 By a happy accident , all the Dolby sound films now available on home video tapes and discs have surroundsound buried in the soundtrack .
5 The boys talked nostalgically about the way fighting had been a part of their fathers ' world ; ‘ about the time old man MacIlroy , half-pissed , had taken on ali the men folk of his very extended family , at his sister 's wedding , and stili had time to call for more beer .
6 The race of the wild route that torn the Thresian bard in rodderpee , where wood and rocks had ears to rapture to the savage clamour drowned both harp and voice .
7 Some individuals have advantages heaped upon them ( for they are so valuable ) , while others have disadvantages heaped upon them ( for they are so valueless ) .
8 But the intention of the rebels was to bundle Baldwin out of the leadership before opinions had time to come to terms with the election results .
9 Why is it , I wonder , that when books have things spilt on them it is always bottled sauce or gravy of the thickest and most repellent kind rather than something utterly exquisite and delicious ? ’
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