Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both 1981 and February 1982 the Fine Gael/Labour coalition had a PV of 46.4 , but its PS fell from 48.2 to 47.0 . |
| 2 | it does n't say about contacting a solicitor , but er , er each er purchaser had a solicitor appointed and further information was provided to that solicitor |
| 3 | At the end of WWII , the Beverley , East Yorks firm of Richard Hodgson 's Tannery had a Memorial to those employees who lost their lives in the two world wars displayed on the outside wall of their social club . |
| 4 | It 's a bit like a boxer dog because Derek 's sis sister had a boxer dog and he used to we used to walk along country lanes and then he 'd pi , he used to see something he used to go straight through the hedge ! |
| 5 | I also reported that the Duchess of York 's sister had a new job . |
| 6 | For this was Gold Cup day , and Norton 's Coin had a very small supporting role in a performance that Thursday afternoon which would see the hugely popular grey Desert Orchid set off fresh waves of fanaticism with a second victory in the most coveted prize of the National Hunt season . |
| 7 | His own father 's mistress had a habit of always being there . |
| 8 | Though Niki 's car had a series of defects , his low placing was also the result of his own mistakes . |
| 9 | ‘ The average tramp 's cell had a bed with a mattress , a straw pillow , and three blankets . |
| 10 | Ritchin 's demonstration had a serious purpose : " The computer is at the heart of a revolution in image-making . |
| 11 | The negotiators immediately ran into a problem : no-one on Louis 's and Charles 's side had a thorough knowledge of the whole " empire " ( totius imperii ) . |
| 12 | In the display the Godfather 's desk had a number of books on it ; the waxworks owner reached for them one by one . |
| 13 | Comte 's work had a significant impact in Britain . |
| 14 | Lavoisier 's chemistry had a new language , but it had no system of symbols like the Arabic numerals . |
| 15 | George told Stella that St Aloysius 's orphanage had a block-booking . |
| 16 | Jed 's room had a raunchy , hot , savage smell . |
| 17 | Before Ronny Jordan was born , his mother 's landlord had a dream in which he pictured her beside a guitar . |
| 18 | My father 's wallet had a thong |
| 19 | It so happened that the novelist 's wife had a younger brother at this Academy who knew Ivanov . |
| 20 | One farmer 's wife had a 52-week job as a seamstress , with an average of 24 hours per week . |
| 21 | The man 's shako had a red , white and blue cockade , and some of the shako 's overlapping brass plates were missing from its leather chin-strap . |
| 22 | DMITRY 'S FATHER HAD A GLOBE , and he would point out to Dmitry the different countries and continents , and would make young Dmitry memorise the names of their capital cities . |
| 23 | Matilda 's father had a fine crop of black hair which he parted in the middle and of which he was exceedingly proud . |
| 24 | Bowler 's father had a watchmaking business in West Hampstead . |
| 25 | Two weeks after her twenty-sixth birthday , Jenny 's father had a heart attack . |
| 26 | The ‘ poor widow ’ of Chaucer 's Nun 's Priest 's Tale had a diet consisting mainly of milk and brown bread , with broiled bacon and the occasional egg , and this may represent a fairly normal diet . |
| 27 | Henry 's Reformation had a far wider and deeper significance in Sussex than the original legal moves and seizure of estates had implied . |
| 28 | Captain R.R. ( Bill ) Baldwin 's platoon had a patrol out under Corporal Palmer when the Japanese launched their first attack ( see map p. 77 ) and the platoons withdrew through enemy patrolled country , laying ambushes in the scrub . |
| 29 | Oldham 's attack had a fruitless afternoon against a Rovers ' rearguard in which Kevin Moran was outstanding . |
| 30 | There had seemed , in the carriage ride from Bodmin , to be no snow in Cornwall , and the air when she stepped out in front of Aunt Emily 's door had a faint , sharp tang of salt , a whiff of the sea . |