Example sentences of "[adv] had [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Five constituencies were the preserve of the country 's four recognized religious minorities — Zoroastrians , Jews , Assyrian Christians and Armenian Christians — which together had 21 candidates standing for election . |
2 | Snell 's wife was Susannah and he apparently had one son . |
3 | Furthermore , many of the great nobles enriched themselves through war : the Earl of Arundel , for example , was reputed to be fabulously wealthy and apparently had 43,981 marks in bags in the tower of Arundel Castle when he died in 1376 and another 57,000 marks elsewhere . |
4 | However , as Nafis Sadik , head of UNFPA , pointed out : " Even if every woman only had 2.1 children [ the replacement level ] the population is already so large [ at just over 5.5 billion ] that we will be headed for 8.5 billion people no matter what " . |
5 | And I only had one scene with him . |
6 | As the Renfrew field only had one runway the forecast predicted a change in wind direction which would make landing difficult , if not impossible . |
7 | When the hotel only had one toilet , it was the board master 's privilege to have first use every morning . |
8 | Hitler was fit only for the loony bin , his generals would kill him within five minutes if he ever declared war , and he only had one ball . |
9 | The great Fangio ( Arg ) was also in the Maserati team but they only had one race together as team-mates before Fangio moved on to Mercedes . |
10 | ‘ When I took over in 1990 , Nigel only had one cap and I was n't absolutely convinced that he would be an integral part of the team . |
11 | I was like one , I was like half way through the tape and I had , I only had one name to go |
12 | Mary only had one idea in her head . |
13 | It transpired that his mother only had one leg . ’ |
14 | Some graduates stride to the front of the little hall so easily you would not guess they only had one leg . |
15 | ‘ Now if he was dyslexic , or only had one leg . |
16 | Her husband only had one leg , and he used to sit in the corner all the time and wave his stick at you if he thought you were pinching anything . |
17 | They only had one objective — to save a few bob for the government . |
18 | Until recently , competitors only had one chance to win because it was only open to men in their first year after indenture to the Company of Watermen and Lightermen — so winning the buckled shoes , white stockings , silver badge and scull cap which complete the scarlet raiment is no mean feat . |
19 | ‘ They only had one chance , ’ she says . |
20 | That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper . |
21 | She only had one cow , it was all she could afford , but it provided enough milk to go with the porridge in the morning and the potatoes at other meals . |
22 | ‘ One option would be for all schemes to be channelled through a single agency , so land managers only had one port of call for payments , ’ said the commission . |
23 | I only had one candidate round |
24 | I only had one ski , and I could n't walk down . |
25 | She only had one stick in them days — seven years back , I reckon . |
26 | But they only had one goal to show for all that effort , that came on the half an hour from top goal scorer Martin Foyle . |
27 | It only had one wing . |
28 | When the sun rose we did all the necessary and then noticed this cat only had one eye . |
29 | I only had one stillbirth . |
30 | Five of the crew had remained loyal to the Orynthia , though Robert only had one mate to rely upon — and that was a situation which would be little short of a recipe for disaster , as things turned out . |