Example sentences of "they had [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you er did but they had n't built a ship in Porthmadog since nineteen thirteen . |
| 2 | That non-enrollers were more likely than migrants to say that they had n't done a course because they needed other qualifications could imply ignorance of entry requirements . |
| 3 | I was particularly thrilled with the guys who scored the points for us on the final day , Mark James , Jose-Maria Olazabal , Jose-Maria Canizares , Ronan Rafferty and Christy O'Connor Jnr. , because in the case of Canizares , Ronan and Christy they had n't scored a point in the games they played and it was nice for them to take some of the glory . |
| 4 | At about the same time as the State Department was receiving this cable from their most senior man on the spot , Secretary of State Byrnes was cabling the Paris embassy that the French were planning to reconquer Tonkin and might set up a puppet government ; while in Hanoi the French commander , General Morlière , was claiming that the US and Chinese consuls had denounced the ‘ criminal and bestial folly ’ of the Vietminh ; although apparently they had n't said a word one way or the other . |
| 5 | ‘ Before we beat Belgium , they had n't lost a game . |
| 6 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 7 | No he told me , he actually told me , they had n't got a bed for him , they had n't got a bed for him , so they looked after his own , the bungalow |
| 8 | No he told me , he actually told me , they had n't got a bed for him , they had n't got a bed for him , so they looked after his own , the bungalow |
| 9 | Erm they had n't got a survey going , they 'd got coming round to have a look at it , and they 'd got the environmental health from London to have a survey of it , and er everything . |
| 10 | And in the Bible it 's recorded that for example there are some cases where there was a big storm and they lost sight of land and all the sailors er promptly panicked because once they 'd lost sight of land they had n't got a clue where they were . |
| 11 | I think even when the police turned up , they had n't got a clue what to do with it so , it was a good training training day from This leads down down onto the stairwell . |
| 12 | You see a working , well of course they do get them up nowadays , but in th you were supposed t to stay in bed for at least a fortnight after the mother was born but you a lot of these mothers used to hop out of bed when the midwife had gone , and , and I mean if they 'd got two or three children and a husband coming in and they had n't got a mother or a neighbour or somebody to come in and do the cooking , i I mean she 'd just get up and get on with it herself . |
| 13 | Well when they put the flats up , I mean they could n't keep pets , and they had n't got a garden , and there was a period of time when er we were rather concerned . |
| 14 | But like so many other things er , they say , when one door closes another one opens , so the people in the flats , they had n't got a garden , then they er went to town on er pot plants , indoor plants . |
| 15 | we were gon na go down there , but erm nan and granddad had been down there about a fortnight ago and they said they had n't got a lot out yet , they said they would n't be out for about another three weeks , so about |
| 16 | He says she asked about the stresses of final exams , and they said they had n't got a job to go to anyway . |
| 17 | So if they had n't got a job they got nothing |
| 18 | When they got to Bridge they , if they had n't got a permit they they had to go back , the pickets 'd be there . |
| 19 | They had n't booked a table at the restaurant , but Roman 's appearance seemed to galvanise the waiters into respectfully procuring the best table , at the centre of the balcony , with a magnificent view across the bay . |
| 20 | And if she had n't brought those stupid letters , if they had n't had a row about them , it could have been fun working with him . |
| 21 | They were pleased to have a nurse you see cos they had n't had a nurse . |
| 22 | When she had been at art college , but that was just kids hunting for trophies , and they had n't meant a toss to her . |
| 23 | The sovereign people had given de Gaulle a vote of confidence , but they had also given a mandate to parties which opposed him . |
| 24 | On the other hand , they had also reached a point where they were using sufficient quantities that injecting , which requires less heroin for a ‘ better hit ’ , became ‘ attractive ’ enough to overcome any anxieties they had previously felt . |
| 25 | They had also wanted a venue where Arnold had worked previously — albeit for film scores . |
| 26 | They had also hired a French teacher , whose name Robert was unable to remember from one day to the next . |
| 27 | A successful street collection in Neston raised £154.73 for the society and they had also had a membership drive with the Heartbeat Campaign on the last weekend of October . |
| 28 | They had also instituted a ban on anything other than accident and emergency operations . |
| 29 | They had also produced a daughter , a spritely mite , five years old . |
| 30 | They had just negotiated a lock and it had been her turn to go ashore . |