Example sentences of "they had [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had breakfast by the open window . |
| 2 | They had contact with the Argolid cities too , although it is not clear from the archaeological evidence what , if anything , they imported from them : possibly the relationship was mainly a political or diplomatic one , or possibly — following the later Greek legends — the imports were archaeologically invisible , taking the form of slaves or tribute-children . |
| 3 | They had influence in the imperial and royal courts : they were the pope 's permanent delegates . |
| 4 | ‘ They had regard for the previous exemplary record of West Ham and the fact that they have already taken action against their players concerned , ’ Kelly added . |
| 5 | ‘ The French were fortunate in that they had vessels of the right kind available . ’ |
| 6 | Nevertheless , even they had qualms about the longer term . |