Example sentences of "[noun sg] they had [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The astonishing speed with which the two brother radicals developed their Pantisocratic scheme was testimony not only to the transforming effect they had on one another , but to the very weak foundations upon which the whole enterprise rested . |
| 2 | Rather it is a complementary approach to the human past ; one which , by looking at the ways in which people used the land and the effect they had on it throughout human history , can enhance our grasp of how the environment might change in the future . |
| 3 | He became enormously interested in these papers and the effect they had at a time when many people thought Britain was on the brink of popular revolution . |
| 4 | BSkyB will not renew the £13 million three-season deal they had with the Scottish authorities which expired at the end of last season . |
| 5 | Last Thursday central tv showed animal rescue workers at the farm taking away 35 goats suffering from emaciation. 6 horses were in such a bad condition they had to be shot . |
| 6 | And that 's the first marriage they had in there for twenty five years were n't it ? |
| 7 | So I think bringing out the national agreement , although it was a great development for the union , and these docked a lot of the work they had to beforehand had to do , it certainly did n't help the relations and the entries in the trade union movement . |
| 8 | They settled down to a discussion of their problems , and the work they had in front of them . |
| 9 | The hybrid biplane proved at least 20 mph faster than any aeroplane they had at Mudros . |
| 10 | He mentioned some plan they had of buying old houses and converting them into flats for sale . |
| 11 | The equipment they had at Rhodes hardly justified the risks in getting ashore to use it , but the Commander had improved the original ideas and over the next two years a comprehensive yet simple range of tools would be devised for this survey work . |
| 12 | For the moment they had to be content to occupy the episcopal city and from there keep a watchful eye on their enemies . |
| 13 | I had not seen the upstairs rooms since they were finished , but I remember the job they had with the bathroom , and with this . ’ |
| 14 | The worst meeting they had with the Shah was the last . |
| 15 | I think Mao was quite keyed up on the whole situation , I think he realized that to win the war they had to erm adjust the mass support very carefully , and I think that 's basically what this I think that 's why two months later they er they er gave up this document cos he was worried then they 'd lose the middle peasants ' support . |
| 16 | Well , it was mainly altruism ; to an extent the relationship they had with William Charles , the poor relation up from the country , was a symbiotic one . |
| 17 | We shall examine the different ways in which women can be blamed , according to the degree of intimacy and stability of the relationship they had with their killer . |
| 18 | We have not been told what , if any , relationship they had to the deceased , or why they were appointed . |
| 19 | I was most impressed with the quality , variety and complexity of some of the items prisoners were making and the apparent pride they had in the quality of workmanship . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | But we have not been able to discover any contact they had in common . ’ |
| 22 | Albé was the nickname they had for Byron . |
| 23 | The group of people who form the membership of the company were drawn together to assist in achieving the above objectives with whatever professional expertise and personal knowledge they had at their command . |
| 24 | As I said , Gifford Tate and he were buddies , and it was some argument they had about colours . |
| 25 | For a start they had to be brawnier than the old stalwarts had been . |
| 26 | Even that did n't alter the respect they had for each other . |
| 27 | Two boys were fondling a large panting dog they had on a lead . |
| 28 | One remembers the substantial surge in Provisional support in the North on the occasion of the hunger strikes of 1981 , and the impact they had on Northern catholic — nationalist consciousness , one which Cox himself acknowledges . |
| 29 | The problem we have to grapple with in trying to understand the significance of the events is the contradiction between the ostensibly humanitarian instincts of those who campaigned for legal change , and the controlling impact they had on people 's lives , particularly working-class girls and homosexuals . |
| 30 | I had been asked the previous year by the Intendant , von Benda , in an arrangement they had for young conductors , but there was no rehearsal , so I declined . |