Example sentences of "who had the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Who had the can ?
2 I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico .
3 From society 's point of view the only question is whether those who had the benefit of these excellent libraries in the forces will have the same access to books when they leave .
4 He contrasted their lot with what could be achieved by senior people who had the benefit of Share Option Schemes .
5 Those of you who had the benefit of tv replays and pundits blathering will actually know a lot more about it than I can recall .
6 ( b ) Contact orders A local authority must allow a child in care to have reasonable contact with : ( i ) his parents ; ( ii ) any guardian ; ( iii ) any person who had the benefit of a residence order immediately before the care order was made ; and ( iv ) any person who had care of the child immediately before the care order was made by virtue of an order made under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court ( s34(1) ) .
7 We had family prayers before breakfast with extempore prayers from Father , who had the faculty of producing these on demand .
8 Other MPs who came close to defeat were the Militant supporter Mr Pat Wall ( Bradford North ) , and Mr Ron Brown ( Leith ) , the left-winger who had the whip withdrawn for a month for dropping the Mace .
9 We had frequent opportunities for meeting the Homes , who had the next-door set of rooms .
10 His Excellency was accompanied by the following members of the Embassy , who had the honour of being presented to Their Royal Highnesses : Senhor Virgilio Marques de Faria ( Counsellor ) , Senhor Emilio Sofia Rosa ( Head of Protocol ) and Senhor Mario Alfredo ( Financial Attache ) .
11 Sir Patrick Wright ( Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ) , who had the honour of being received by Their Royal Highnesses , was present and the Gentlemen of the Household in Waiting were in attendance .
12 Even Dean Swift wrote with enthusiasm of this speciality of Richard Hand , who had the honour to serve the Royal Family .
13 He paid regular visits to Cambridge to see Valerie , and she would return to camp from these visits absolutely dying to pour out all her troubles to somebody , and as her bed was right next to mine it was usually me who had the honour .
14 Glenys and Neil Kinnock have been regular customers for several years and it was Glenys who had the honour of cutting the ribbon .
15 For most of the eighties this post was held by Robin Catford — of whom more later — who had the privilege of having the tenancy of the best room in Number 10 .
16 Those who had the privilege to know her wanted to remember her .
17 Such qualities of judgement and personal courage over and over again inspired those of us who had the privilege to work closely him — his intense concern for human rights and his determination to take Amnesty 's campaign right to the doorstep of the perpetrators .
18 ‘ He had a commanding presence in meetings and was held in great esteem by all who had the privilege of working with him . ’
19 In these works he had to endure the rivalry of the city architect , John Smith ( 1781–1852 ) , who had the advantage of being longer established in their profession .
20 I could n't do that er with the officer who had the shield .
21 Good for Annabel , who had the sense to quit the circuit in good time and launch a successful new career .
22 The elimination of Mr Santos , who had the support of President Jose Sarney has reduced the November 14 poll to a contest between the Workers ' Party candidate , Mr Luis Inacio da Silva , and Mr Leonel Brizola of the Democratic Labour Party for a place in the second round .
23 This year 's Chairman was Mrs Rupert Frank , who had the support of her husband , and two of their three sons Frederick and Alexander Frank at the ball , which went with a swing from the start .
24 He was a tall thin irritable-looking man in his early forties , who had the idea that he could not ‘ take ’ restaurant food , at least of the kind served in the restaurants where the rest of the staff had their midday meal — luncheon was hardly the word for it — and therefore always brought a packed meal with him .
25 — It was Whatham who had the idea of casting Crawford , but the star best known to television audiences as a loveable idiot was not sure whether his presence would be beneficial to the plays .
26 And is it Marg the one who had the friend in America , or was that Jacky ?
27 I knew she had no morals to speak of and would go out with anyone who had the price of a couple of drinks on him and was n't too fussy about where he spent the night , and I thought these facts would surely be obvious to any casual passer-by .
28 Rabbits would dash out of their losing darkness , and the village boys would chase them with sticks and yells , careful not to get in front of the two who had the guns .
29 With the exception of very few families who had the protection of the British consulate , the Jews were defenceless .
30 It will be noted in that case that the assignee , having obtained relief under the statute , was in the position of one who had the protection of the bankruptcy laws .
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