Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [adj] sons " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Thomas household had five sons by the time Edward was ten years old . |
| 2 | He and his wife had three sons , all of whom became railway engineers , and one daughter . |
| 3 | The cottage we had rented in Dorset was attached to a farm , and the farmer had four sons , the youngest of whom was about my age . |
| 4 | The vicar had two sons much about the same age as my brother and myself , so we were often invited into the vicarage to play . |
| 5 | He married Sarah Lomax in 1983 and the couple had two sons , Tom and Freddie , seven and five . |
| 6 | His mother had two sons , and she said they 're not going to be helpless , you 've lost it stupid . |