Example sentences of "[num] [noun] had [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirteen cars had their Vambac equipment removed and replaced with conventional controllers , commencing in January 1964 . |
| 2 | More than half a dozen traders had their shops damaged . |
| 3 | Not many impartial observers agreed — two of the three judges had him trailing — and the trio showed their displeasure with such sceptics at yesterday 's news conference . |
| 4 | In 1984 IBM had its most successful year ; but in the middle and late 1980S the company certainly faced a different competitive situation . |
| 5 | Some 200,000 people had their journeys cancelled or disrupted . |
| 6 | Three windows had their green blinds perpetually drawn against morning sun or any damage from afternoon light . |
| 7 | Six and a half thousand homes had their power supplies cut off when a fire broke out at an electricity sub-station . |
| 8 | It meant 11 Townsmen had their back against the wall for an indirect free kick ; an incredible sight within the 6 yard box . |
| 9 | Only around 80 people had their leave of absence extended beyond six months . |
| 10 | Twenty thousand women had their tests rechecked when it was disclosed mistakes were made in the labs at Inverclyde Hospital in Greenock over a five year period . |
| 11 | By June 1990 a total of 95,000 Germans had their applications for citizenship approved by the West German embassy in Bucharest , while the mayor of Sibiu , Mircea Tomas , was reported by Tanjug as saying during a visit to Belgrade that the German community in Romania had fallen to only 80,000 . |
| 12 | The former Page 3 girl had him banned from their £750,000 mansion after a fiery row and the couple announced they were to split . |
| 13 | Bolivian miners marched on La Paz to protest and , when the government refused to meet them , 29 miners had themselves ‘ crucified ’ for 24 hours at the university . |
| 14 | Refrigerators were especially expensive and only one in ten consumers had them by 1957 , while washing machines ( few of which were automatic ) had reached only one home in five . |
| 15 | By ensuring the transmission of local versions of organizational ‘ common sense ’ ( that ‘ you 've got to include the minions , ’ as one wag had it ) these firms help to push the essential decision criteria and the wherewithal for decision making well down into the organization . |
| 16 | For example , one practice had its relation to the authority average increased by 30% for cost and decreased by 10% for items ( fig 3 ) . |
| 17 | They were cheap to install , economical to maintain , and by 1914 twelve stations had them . |
| 18 | Not by even one sign had he shown that he wanted her to stay in any capacity at all . |
| 19 | One woman had her finger cut off in a slicing machine and never received any compensation . |
| 20 | Becuase five people had their lives cut short by his appalling driving . |
| 21 | When five o'clock came , however , and not one word had she heard from Naylor , Leith , with something akin to relief , realised that she had been mistaken . |
| 22 | One man had it down to a fine art — Lee Marvin . |
| 23 | One man had his ear sliced off in the fight and another was arrested , but later released . |
| 24 | One nation had their own pension . |
| 25 | Within a week fifteen children had it , including Evelyn , and Biff was only too glad to accept volunteers for extra shifts . |
| 26 | Earlier this month , a pregnant mare was killed and mutilated in fields near St Austell , Cornwall , and 16 colts had their manes and tails cut in an attack near Weymouth , Dorset . |
| 27 | It could only be one source — only one source had his number here . |
| 28 | In the 1920s and 1930s London had its ‘ Drury Lane Boys ’ , ‘ Fulham Boys ’ , ‘ Waterloo Road Gang ’ , ‘ Chelsea Boys ’ , and many more . |
| 29 | Jeffrey Sachs , a Harvard professor who advises the Russian government , argues that trade within the former Soviet Union would be made easier if each of the 15 republics had its own freely exchangeable currency , which could then be pegged to the rouble if any issuer were mad enough to do this . |
| 30 | In one area … four halls had their roofs burned off . |