Example sentences of "a [noun] have [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1986 windsurfers shocked the sailing world with the news that a board had travelled at the astonishing speed of 38.86 knots which is nearly 44 mph . |
| 2 | A drain had overflowed at the end of the road and water was running down the tarmac . |
| 3 | But if the average size of a household has fallen at the same time ( this has happened in the UK ) then the income of each person in a household may have risen . |
| 4 | A woman had enquired at the factory about the possibility of making an aluminium gang-plank for her private barge . |
| 5 | If the people sense that a vacuum has developed at the ‘ party centre ’ , and the troops are withdrawn , they will fill the same square with the same demand in a matter of hours . |
| 6 | A note had arrived at the surgery from the lady in Chester saying that after careful study of the X-rays she thought that Mr Spottiswoode 's pain might be connected with a chest problem . |