Example sentences of "[noun sg] they have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are usually made with unbleached wheatflour and extra virgin olive oil , and as a result they have a lovely texture and fresh taste . |
| 2 | From the roof they had a splendid view , not only of the proceedings below but also over the houses in King Street and Parliament Street , which forked at the end of Whitehall and led into Parliament Square . |
| 3 | erm in the days when they had terraced houses back to back terraced houses erm well anywhere in the country I guess but but where I come from it was fine for the people who lived with their doors on the on the road but the people who lived at the other side of the block they could n't get from the road so every so often down the down the terrace they had a little alley way an entry I think you 'd probably call it in Scotland , do n't they ? |
| 4 | Traditionally , African beer is drunk from a large cup , passed round the groups of drinkers , but in this village they had a different technique : they brewed the stuff in an old oil drum and served it up in buckets . |
| 5 | In the secondary sector they have a long history of influence as local employers . |
| 6 | ‘ And thank goodness they had a successful lunch . |
| 7 | FBI spokesman Bob Ricks said : ‘ I believed from the very beginning they had a certain time agenda . |
| 8 | From the beginning they had a solid lack of confidence in King Edward VIII , ‘ S.B. is distinctly nervous about him , ’ Jones recorded on the first day of the new reign . ’ |
| 9 | I suppose it would be when they well when they dressed that was the night they had a big celebration was n't it . |
| 10 | Also , if care is taken in the choice of ink used and the quality of paper they have a proven longevity for archival storage . |
| 11 | Atoms ( or ions ; the difference need n't concern us ) float around free in solution , but if they happen to encounter a crystal they have a natural tendency to slot into position on the surface of the crystal . |
| 12 | When Mlanenko and Fran Mravak arrived in Cornwall from war-torn Crotia they had a battered car and just £400 to their names . |
| 13 | In addition they have a shared philosophy about the contribution of management development to business success . |
| 14 | And of course they have a marvellous view of the beautiful new stand that we 're sitting in . |
| 15 | From the outset they had a bewildering variety of names : e.g.The London Institution for the Employment , Relief and Religious Instruction of the Adult Deaf and Dumb , The Manchester and Salford Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Association , The Yorkshire Institution for the Aid of the Adult Deaf and Dumb and The Mission to the Deaf and Dumb of the Diocese of Carlisle . |
| 16 | 17.10 When children first come to school they have a large body of language experience to draw on . |
| 17 | Twice a year they have a heavy coat moult which is fairly dramatic , but although they are a big , active breed they eat surprisingly little . |
| 18 | In fact , he says , they are rule governed and functional : ‘ In informal conversation they have a proper role , as they are one of the main means language has of expressing the various alterations in the force and direction of argument that we find ourselves using ’ ( Crystal , 1976 , p. 24 ) . |
| 19 | He took stick from everyone his mates said it was about time they had a good laugh . |
| 20 | Someone , a bit of a wag , said , ‘ Time they had a new stick to hit that there bell . ’ |
| 21 | She had other daughters in the town but she always wanted me and if ever she wanted anything to do with her papers and books and financial things , she used to ask my husband to go in , you see the day after we got there she brought us a huge dish like that with mushrooms which er grew f er well there are houses built there now but er at that time they had a big meadow there sort of a copse er in it with a bunch of trees and you see and all these mushrooms grew , you see , and they were , you know , they 're nice you see . |
| 22 | This time they had a big Rottweiler with them . |
| 23 | Weeks went by and months went by ; in the course of time they had a little son . |
| 24 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
| 25 | It has long been the case that the fact of winning is far more important than the manner of doing so , and since they have found a winning formula they have a powerful argument for keeping it , especially now that the financial rewards are considerable . |
| 26 | A spokeswoman for Dollery Waller , who are handling the sale , said : ‘ I doubt the fact they have a famous son would add to the value of the house . |