Example sentences of "they have a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Do they have a special kind of ring round
2 Why did they have a folding table for travelling or
3 Are they designed to assess levels of intellectual ability , or do they have an ulterior motive in seeking to shine a light on a suitable psyche ?
4 This Tokyo factory is the one that makes the modern Schecter guitars as well as the Casio synth guitars and Kramer electrics ( recently deceased ) so they 've a long history of making quality instruments .
5 They 've a new murder on their hands and we ca n't keep the place closed longer than is absolutely necessary .
6 Books too — they 've a great lot of books . ’
7 They 've a revolutionary scoreboard for the fans and on the pitch soccer to set the sparks flying .
8 And he booked it over the phone , said Is it a standard flat ? which was a silly thing to ask cos to everybody who lives in a house , they 've a standard amount of furniture .
9 The Greeks distrusted this theology , even though they had a deep respect for Augustine , because they thought that it was too anthropomorphic .
10 Living in the northern cities , they had a deep commitment to the radical wing of the Liberal Party and were overwhelmingly nonconformist in religion .
11 Family was Jim and the others ; family was her women 's group and squabbling at two-thirty in the morning about whether women could be said to constitute a separate class because they had a separate relation to the mode of production , while still making each other coffee and giving each other hugs .
12 This has happened to the many theorists who thought they had a simple explanation for the confusion of thought which led to the surrender of judgment metaphor .
13 They had a mean score of 41 ( SD 16 ) , and this was used to define a normal value .
14 They had a major impact on the community , and attracted authority , wealth and prestige .
15 They had a certain prestige within the neighbourhood and influence within the world of football was part of this process of ‘ making good ’ .
16 Villains they might be , but they had a certain code of practice and the rule was that you looked after your own kind .
17 If the benefits of large families were obvious in the Irish peasant society in which we had once had our roots , they had a certain value for us too ; they scored vital points on the council housing list .
18 They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney .
19 From here , they had a marvellous view over Dennistoun and beyond .
20 A host of chances went begging and they had a cracking goal from John Hartless ruled out for offside .
21 Each man had grandiose visions , Neither was able to turn them into reality but , for better or for worse , they had a lasting impact on the Middle East .
22 BRITISH Rail thought they had a new excuse for late trains yesterday — THIEVES on the line .
23 They had a good reputation for being able to develop mechanical ideas if you briefed them well ( they had already built the TARDIS console for Peter Brachaki ) .
24 ‘ I take risks , but they 're calculated risks and I would n't take them if I did n't think they had a good chance of succeeding .
25 Even in Wessex and East Anglia the ravaged territories were not always particularly extensive at any one time , and much of the population may have reckoned that they had a good chance of escaping .
26 courses in turn , tended to select for observation those schools where they had a good relationship with the drama specialist .
27 Anyway when they had a good look at it the front half was an Escort and the back half was an Orion , half a stolen car .
28 Apart from collecting money from the offertory at Mass , which was always very well attended , they had a good income from what they charged individuals to have Masses said for the souls of the dead .
29 They had a good supper of eggs and milk and crunchy , fresh bread in the kitchen which was as clean as the rest of the house but more cheerful with a big range fire that threw out heat like a furnace .
30 They had a good diet of bread , margarine , jam and bacon for breakfast , roast beef , potatoes and greens , and rice pudding for lunch , and bread and jam for tea with cake once a week .
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