Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] had [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another accident we had with an a wardrobe two of my lads had which was a funny one in retrospect but I some when you carry a wardrobe , funnily enough , the easiest way often if you 've got a tight corner , you know as you go round a corner in a staircase you 'll come from a landing and often turn right or turn left to go down , if you put it at an angle like that then you wo n't get it round the corner without catching the bannister . |
| 2 | My ancestors had plenty of practice , it 's second nature to me by now . ’ |
| 3 | He was quick , she noticed , to take her up on any casual remark and supposed that his interest in other people 's affairs and their reactions had something to do with the novelist in him . |
| 4 | In December 1812 one of her creditors had her arrested for debt , as he was entitled to under the still operating Lords ' Act of 1759 . |
| 5 | And , although the meeting of their lips had none of the searching hunger that they had shared before , there was something in the touch that reassured her . |
| 6 | She undressed quickly , as if against time ; but the speed of her movements had nothing to do with desire . |
| 7 | There was a group of children in our sample who either because they could still remember harsh treatment at the hands of a parent , or because their parents had themselves ceased contact , deserted them , or showed no interest in them , had no desire to meet the parents or maintain a link . |
| 8 | There are many generations of qualified town planners who would have failed their examinations had they suggested such a thing . |
| 9 | But Christian soon made it clear that his plans had nothing to do with the fire at the manor , although he admitted that Tom being placed in charge of the manor farm did affect what he had in mind . |
| 10 | The shock of his words had her narrowing her eyes as her heart began to beat uncomfortably fast in her chest . |
| 11 | For a moment Sophia was afraid that Mark was going to speak sternly to her , for his eyes had their rather distant look and his mouth was in a firm line . |
| 12 | His heroes had none of the traditional grandeur appropriate to demigods and he reduced the customary high language of the genre accordingly . |
| 13 | He knew that Siward , finally , might have just enough extra power to prevail , upon which his men had their orders : to give way ; to appear to fly ; to cross the Forth somehow at the wide ford , having got rid of the bridge . |
| 14 | Alan Ball admitted his men had it all to do after his men crashed to South Africa , the Australian wicket went for a duck as a defending champion slumped said we are going to have to do it the hard way now , we just did n't play very , we did n't get it together against New Zealand in the first match and today we were never in the picture , our brothers never really had a chance of any attempt of a hundred and seventy , but full credit to South Africa they are a rate , a better to side |
| 15 | He talked through the whole drama again with them , explaining the various problems their son had had , discussing the probable outcome of each of his injuries had he survived , and then , when there was no doubt left in their minds that he should have died , he gave them even more . |
| 16 | But his colleagues had their curiosity whetted ; they would n't let go . |
| 17 | He was being waltzed around by his captives and he bellowed for help but his colleagues had their own problems . |
| 18 | Each of our experts had his or her concept . |
| 19 | One of the arguments of the present paper is that the reforms would have made more sense and been more appropriate for our purposes had we successfully translated and adapted the lessons learned from the North American experience with case management , focused on the real messages of the PSSRU experiments , and waited until the RDP case management evaluation was complete ( Cooney , 1992 ) before contemplating the introduction of the reforms . |
| 20 | You 've said in the past that you thought the band stood or fell purely by your music , that your personalities had nothing to do with it . |
| 21 | I have not found this a problem because many of our members had their own private sites and were not interested in coinshooting . |
| 22 | You may say I do n't swim sinusoidally like a fish — you 're quite right , but it 's not why you have them , it 's why your ancestors had them . |
| 23 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |