Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They assumed I had a doctorate or something . ’ |
| 2 | It showed that they were not anxious , that they knew they had a treasure . |
| 3 | ‘ They knew they had a hell of a battle on their hands and the first thing I stressed was that we had to fight to win the ball — and we did , ’ he said . |
| 4 | AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) was first called GRID ( gay-related immune deficiency ) and , by homosexuals themselves when they thought they had a monopoly of it , the Gay Plague . |
| 5 | The workers for whom employers competed were not merely the ones with the bargaining strength to make unions practicable , but also those most aware that ‘ the market ’ alone guaranteed them neither security nor what they thought they had a right to . |
| 6 | They said they had a knife and would attack him if he did n't hand over his own vehicle . |
| 7 | ‘ They said they had a gun and stuck an object into my side , threatening to shoot me if I did anything stupid . ’ |