Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It had identified itself as Churchill 's private secretary , Jock Colville , and said they realized he had some news to tell them . |
2 | It was felt inadvisable , for obvious reasons , to use the dementia sufferers as informants about their family , care or housing circumstances , but , in addition to the OBS and Depression scale questions , they were to be asked whether or not they felt they had sufficient company and adequate help at home . |
3 | The idea is that if elderly people can be encouraged to think back to the times when they had lots of relationships , and when they felt they had some status and worth , then they are able to feel that status carry over more into their present life . |
4 | They said she had pulmonary embolism and 7 days later , she died . |
5 | Oh they had they had big house parties you know . |