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 .
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