Example sentences of "[noun sg] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eileen Sandford , vice-chairman of Shrewsbury 's housing committee , said the borough had a waiting list of more than 4,000 . |
| 2 | Speed had a stormer as a central midfielder but how can we keep him there when Batts gets back ? |
| 3 | Speed had a couple of good efforts , one from a narrow angle which missed the junction of post/crossbar by inches , and another which hit the outside of the post . |
| 4 | A further example of an indirect restraint is found in the case of Mineral Water Bottle Exchange and Trade Protection Society v Booth ( 1887 ) 36 Ch D 465 where a trade association had a rule that no member should employ an employee who had left the service of another member without the consent in writing of his late employer until a period of two years had elapsed from the time of the end of his employment . |
| 5 | The Credit Services Association had a Code of Practice which was strictly enforced , and all creditors were advised to stick to CSA agencies . |
| 6 | However , the question whether , apart from the undertaking , the association had a right to make representations was not in issue in that case . |
| 7 | Throughout the years up to the publication of the 1921 Report , the Association had a policy of alternating the occupants of its presidential chair between men of letters ( such as Saintsbury , Bradley , Ker , Herford , and Gosse ) and representatives of the official parliamentary culture ( including Acland , Balfour , Morley , and Asquith ) . |
| 8 | The across-the-board respect for green thinking had a lot to do with this change in atmosphere — so too did the disappearance of the ‘ Soviet threat ’ . |
| 9 | How could you tell if a horse had a pain ? |
| 10 | I refer , of course , to the coincidental oddity that each side had a Smith and each side had a Pringle . |
| 11 | Swathes of coloured gauze separated silver benches , and a twisting staircase on one side had a cobweb of azure spangles hanging over it . |
| 12 | I refer , of course , to the coincidental oddity that each side had a Smith and each side had a Pringle . |
| 13 | His girlfriend had a heart transplant . |
| 14 | ‘ Mummy had a photographer last week , ’ he said . |
| 15 | At Skelwith Fold , THE OLD MANOR had a gallery over the front door , which was north-facing , and again , the woodwork is preserved within the house . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Spring had a spring in her lithesome step ; the birds were trilling in what , over Birmingham , passes for sky ; and the wicket was , according to Wisden , in decent condition . |
| 18 | She said an ex-boyfriend had a house across Lake Pontchartrain they could use for the weekend . |
| 19 | Among ADAS 's five regions , the NAO discovered that only the south-west had a strategy for delivering public good advice on pollution , diversification and conservation . |
| 20 | T. J. Clark for the defendant argued that the adequacy of consideration is not to be investigated ; that the defendant had a right to complain and that promising to forgo that right constituted good consideration . |
| 21 | Studies in France and other countries had revealed the extent to which forests were being cut down and showed that deforestation had a range of harmful consequences . |
| 22 | Nuclear Electric had a lead of just 7 hours , then Group Four went out in front , and was still there on her own in the Channel on Saturday . |
| 23 | It is clear that each Command had a basis for judging tour length ; for example , Bomber Command seemed to feature the number of sorties to establish this . |
| 24 | He had calculated , however , that he would need to give three poetry readings in order to cover his expenses on this visit : he did only the amount that was strictly necessary , since the Inland Revenue had a habit of taking much of any extra income he earned . |
| 25 | The trunk had a hasp and padlock which looked new , though the trunk itself was war surplus . |
| 26 | The Downpatrick Club had a scoring average of 73 for four cards to head the Belvoir Park qualifiers and now meet Moyola Park for a place in the Ulster quarter-finals . |
| 27 | Each club had a GRIMOIRE and where in every member would write his name as to show love of Evil and to show kinship with others of Evil . |
| 28 | The Palais Club had a membership in 1928 ‘ well past the ½ thousand mark ’ and it grew fast as dancing became the major pastime of the 30s and 40s . |
| 29 | Yeah but each seat ooh excuse me each seat had a microphone built into the desk . |
| 30 | ‘ Only because the French were obliging enough to do a lot of your fighting for you , ’ said Dr Neil , who as an old soldier had a grasp of military history . |