Example sentences of "had [verb] their [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 12 it was reported that the air and naval high commands had withdrawn their support for the President , dissociating themselves from the incidents of Aug. 10 . |
| 2 | Nutty was jealous of Nails 's riding Switchback with Biddy all to himself every night but had to admit it had saved their chance for the competition . |
| 3 | It seemed that the local inhabitants had betrayed their past for the sake of the fictitious glamour which the new name was imagined to convey . |
| 4 | Visiting the Upper Nile state on Feb. 21 he again referred to the exclusion of the southern states from sharia law and said that citizens had shown their support for the " new political system and transference of powers to the people " . |
| 5 | Here , within three minutes , Mark Bailey had rounded their defence for the first of his side 's dozen tries . |