Example sentences of "they had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My slide shows did go down reasonably well , if only because while the lights were out , they had the chance to change places under cover of darkness in the hope of confusing you know who . |
| 2 | Most people had stayed on their feet , expectant and alert , and frankly curious to size up the laird 's domestic arrangements while they had the chance . |
| 3 | Turning round 3-9 behind , Selkirk suddenly recognised that again they had the beating of the title favourites , their match winner , Ian Ballantyne , having come into the side at short notice . |
| 4 | They had the car lights switched off for a while . |
| 5 | ‘ What lost us the match was a rush of blood to the head when they had the man sent off . |
| 6 | The Australians magnificently took revenge for their defeat last time when they had the bronze medal taken away from them , but England were happy to learn that they have a last-eight encounter today with Sweden . |
| 7 | He added that while the evangelicals had their part in the Church he did not think that on the whole they had the qualities suitable for being bishops . ’ |
| 8 | They had the same right wing , racist hard-nut minds . |
| 9 | Sports commentators had what many came to consider the most enviable job in the world ; they had the best seats for the best events in return for talking about what they loved anyway . |
| 10 | Any family could join in provided they had the money and were not Jewish — racism thrived tolerably well in meritocratic suburbia where Jews sometimes had to form their own clubs . |
| 11 | Rather more docile than when she had entered , Frau Nordern agreed that she would give notice , ample notice , more than enough notice to make sure that they had the room and raised her glass in salute as the manager beamed on Erika and then withdrew to welcome the first of his evening guests , stout , prosperous looking men in heavy dark suits : officials , with their wives . |
| 12 | ‘ From then on , ’ he recalled , ‘ we learned to snatch our stories from the headlines and they had the ring of truth . ’ |
| 13 | The Americans must have felt as if he was taking revenge on them for what had happened , but they had the final laugh since most of Rank 's films were n't very good . |
| 14 | When the Prince and Princess of Wales quite rightly scrapped their tour of the mainland , they had the opportunity to make a contrasting point in Hong Kong . |
| 15 | As a couple , they had the Jack Sprat symmetry of the man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no lean . |
| 16 | Sir Anthony concludes that the DTI did not adopt this tactic ‘ as a matter of urgency ’ because of the ‘ inadequate grasp within the Licensing Unit of the detail of their powers under the Act which they had the task of administering . ’ |
| 17 | They had the same size shoes and they wore the same clothes quite often . |
| 18 | Much emphasis was put on the importance of identifying the key decision-takers and making sure that they had the right information — much was made of the necessity of their getting a balanced picture on which to take their decisions . |
| 19 | Dot avoided the danger of the swivelling eyes in case they had the same compelling powers . |
| 20 | Thursdays , half past five until six o'clock , was when they had the use of Mrs Parvis 's bathroom and as much warm water as trickled from the gas geyser into the tub . |
| 21 | At least they did n't stand there looking stupid : at least they had the decency to look shocked and horrified . |
| 22 | Indeed , once families were earning over £3 per week in the Midlands and the South East , where the car industry and the new consumer industries were developing , they had the prospect of a much improved standard of living and a significant improvement in their life opportunities . |
| 23 | They had the names . |
| 24 | They had the right religion , they were hard-working , and had small families which they could afford to keep in decent circumstances . |
| 25 | The police became adamant : they had the power to decide what was fit , what unfit , in Ajdabiya district . |
| 26 | The other consequence was that , if Stewart kings did not live and reign until a ripe old age , they had the immeasurable advantage of always having been kings ; most were barely aware , some not at all , of any time in their lives when they had not worn the crown . |
| 27 | Sometimes they had the help of the same Major Pond who had visited Spurgeon 's Metropolitan Tabernacle . |
| 28 | In the forests of Dean , Windsor and Clarendon the wardens took the pannage dues , and in Cannock , Sherwood and Inglewood Forests they had the profits of after-pannage — that is , money paid for the agistment of pigs in the king 's demesne woods after 11 November . |
| 29 | For this 1990 vintage they had the outstanding winemaker from Martinborough in New Zealand working there . |
| 30 | When Beerbaum and Classic Touch won the Everest Grand Prix at the Horse of the Year Show last October , they had the only clear round in the jump-off . |