Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] had [art] " in BNC.

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1 While the proven track record of the French in launcher rockets caused relatively little objection to the Ariane 5 preparatory programme ( where Germany had a 22 per cent stake ) , the Hermes programme ( German 30 per cent stake ) was increasingly criticized by both Germany and Britain , which had their own designs for space aeroplanes — Saenger and Hotol .
2 The Bradford & Bingley had a similar experience .
3 Patrick , much better but still weak , had become a paying guest ( Jack paid ) at Moxie 's house , where Moxie had a self-contained flatlet , often let to a student , and where she could ‘ keep an eye ’ on Pat .
4 The MPs for Mansfield and Brecon & Radnor had the smallest majorities in the 1987 general election .
5 I 'm never quite sure really to be honest whether these individuals had an interview with Jesus or Jesus had an interview with them , because whether they thought that Jesus or whether they thought they were doing the , the probing and the questioning really it was Jesus who was in charge of the interview , you may of watched er certain chat shows on the , on the television or heard them on the radio and er depending who the person being interviewed is , very often it actually changes , and its the interviewer who really is being put through it , its the , its the person who 's being interviewed is in charge of the situation and that was the case here Jesus .
6 I 'm never quite surely really , to be honest , whether these individuals had an interview with Jesus , or Jesus had an interview with them .
7 His secular school-work proceeded as well as that in Hebrew school ; particularly well in English literature where Leonard had an excellent and sympathetic teacher by the name of Waring , ‘ A fond , kindly man , ’ in Leonard 's phrase .
8 After the Macleods ' modest grandeur and great hospitality , Raasay House became a hotel , and now the bare boards of the Adventure School thud with young feet ; they sleep in bunks and merry community where Johnson had a room to himself , which , as he told Mrs Thrale , ‘ in eleven rooms to forty people was more than my share ’ .
9 Before either her mother or Lydia had the opportunity for a quiet chat with Martha , the even tenor of life in the kitchen was disrupted the following day , by the arrival of Tamar .
10 And if she or Allen had an opportunity to look inside would they be any wiser ?
11 It is a return to the capital for German-born Mr Nitschke , who was here from 1985–87 managing The Dorchester , where Regent had a management contract .
12 Thankfully , though , there still remained one stark difference between the two men ; because where Luther had a cruel and vicious streak in his character , David was a gentle soul , generous and accommodating to a fault .
13 We may doubt that Beerbohm had the acumen or the catholicity to respond to this provocation as conclusively as he should .
14 Carver knew for a fact that Hauser had a collection of Roosevelt film clips , that he studied them to perfect the famous American president 's mannerisms .
15 But he was surprised that Holmes had no luggage and that he appeared so unexpectedly .
16 Thunder rolled over and round them from every direction so that Trent had the sense of being in the interior of an enormous drum on which giants beat from all sides .
17 Although Taylor had a number of players out injured , Hateley was left out for the next match .
18 Thus it was argued that William had a legitimate title to the throne because he won it by right of conquest in a just war .
19 Mr Smith started to give him new clothes but soon realized that William had no wish to be clean , as on the next visit the new suit would be filthy .
20 Although Sihanouk had no communist sympathies Soviet leaders were prepared to provide the assurances he needed against the right-wing regimes in South Vietnam and Thailand in the form of multilateral neutrality guarantees .
21 They were unanimous in finding that McLaren had the rifle and ammunition without a licence .
22 ’ The man gave an address in Manhattan , then the name of his gallery , checking that Kemp had the details right .
23 Foreign Affairs Minister Adrian Nastase affirmed to Parliament on June 24 , however , that Romania had no territorial ambitions toward the Soviet Union , and added that it " had to accept the idea that there are two Moldavian nations developing in their separate directions " .
24 In June the government stated that Romania had no territorial claims on Yugoslavia .
25 He could pay off Newton from a fraction of Amaryllis 's dowry — he must see that Newton had no idea as to the real size of it — then he could be rid of him .
26 It is well-established that Newton had a most difficult personality , revealed on occasions in outright insanity ; so much so that his name routinely appears on lists , such as those compiled by Prentky and Karlsson , of psychosis among the outstandingly creative .
27 Alexandra Mutch , of Barnston Road , Thingwall , whose husband was the manager of the ADS team , told the court that Newton had the ball when Mr Hallam knocked his legs from under him .
28 That was all I needed to feel sure that Harvey had the half-dozen eggs that were stolen from me at London Airport .
29 Willey held things together for a while and the total reached 252 , helped by no fewer than 52 extras since the ball was moving around so much that Murray had a very hard time behind the stumps .
30 This tells us that Potnia had a sanctuary dedicated to her in some part of the Labyrinth at Knossos , since this temple — and only this one — was referred to in antiquity as the Labyrinth , at least as far as Crete was concerned .
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