Example sentences of "[verb] they have [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know they had a big library . |
| 2 | The morning crew were a little surprised to find they had a new colleague but none of them was unduly perturbed by the intrusion . |
| 3 | However , as professionals they were not content to act as mere checkers , but felt that they had an obligation to express an opinion of the work they saw before them , and found they had an extraordinary agreement with the views of Burn , much to the resentment of other judges . |
| 4 | The children say they had a great time , eating sweets and with a pirate on board their bus . |
| 5 | They say they had a good hearing |
| 6 | They say they had a good hearing |
| 7 | The police and football authorities now say they have a good picture of who 's who in the hooligan world . |
| 8 | They say they have a democractic selection procedure . |
| 9 | RESIDENTS of a Middlesbrough street say they have an environmental disaster on their doorstep . |
| 10 | Provided that people in this country believed they had an honest system of government which dispensed even-handed justice , then there was no need to tamper with the law unless public order was threatened . |
| 11 | Martin haycock says they had a terrific start and after that it was rythm rythm all the way |
| 12 | She was n't his life : she was his youth ; Constanza says they had the same kind of public behaviour and as one gets older it counts . |
| 13 | Denis Smith says they have a good pedigree and have proved they can do it |
| 14 | He says they have an othapedic surgeon who comes to the practice once a months , so she could be treated within eight weeks . |
| 15 | Every child is special , every child should feel they have a special role in the drama , that their presence or absence will affect what happens in the drama . |
| 16 | The people were cheated into believing they had the highest standard of living in Europe . |
| 17 | It seemed they had a mutual acquaintance in ‘ freelance , W. Dennis Suit , president of Overseas Press Services , whom Coleman had met as a ‘ consultant ’ to Pat Robertson 's Christian Broadcasting Network and with whom he had kept in touch , on DIA instructions , because of Suit 's involvement with Oliver North 's ragtag army of conmen , yahoos and armchair mercenaries from |
| 18 | Like this Boston store , warehouse clubs are open to members only and though they 're pitched at businesses , individuals can join too if they can show they 've a steady income and pay their thirty dollar subscription . |
| 19 | Non-abusing parents — mainly women — in the majority of cases stated they had no prior knowledge of untoward sexual behaviour prior to investigation . |
| 20 | Graeme Stephens , John Moreland , Chris Bellis , Gordon Headley and Mike Travis played fictitious characters named Chris , Joe , Raimo , Norman and Tom , and , said Graeme , who is managing director of LASMO Colombia ; ‘ Our VIP group showed they had a fine sense of humour by entering into the fun , and no libel suits have surfaced yet ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I know they have a famous stomach in the Vatican , but this is impossible , ’ said the atheist Walloon . |
| 22 | Two of our group have been widowed already , and they know they have a familiar place and a familiar setting to settle in . |
| 23 | For example birth control , you see you could use the same argument , you could say oh the Catholics say birth control is unnatural and we know they have a whole position on that and yet the data on infertility shows that in fact most women generate antibodies to some sperm , so the , those datas suggest that actively discriminating against sperm on the part of the women is actually natural and all that is happening in modern birth control technology is that women are developing or building on a natural er foundation that is already there namely to be choosy about when they become pregnant and by whom . |
| 24 | You know they have a creative market . |
| 25 | From the time they are born they have the behavioural repertoire to ‘ shape ’ their parents ' behaviours ; and their powers are important for their survival . |
| 26 | I went to Grenoble and discovered they had a small project on the outskirts , which had been a piece of wasteland ; they ploughed it all down , replanned it , had a complete new housing estate , hotel , the lot , in less than five years , where the City Council would be thinking about which bit of land to use , what to put there , how to do it , and ten years later they might think about producing a plan , and ten years after that ( that 's twenty years on ) something would appear . |
| 27 | I remember they had a one cylinder Lister diesel generator which had to be started by hand , and it was very difficult to get a good swing at the handle . |
| 28 | They both have the advantage that when smoked they have an enhanced effect which is , however , short-lived . |
| 29 | This was to ensure they had the correct commitment and were prepared to organize for quality . |
| 30 | ‘ You have to make every effort to ensure they have a rounded life and do n't miss out on things just because there is only one parent there for them , ’ said Mary . |