Example sentences of "[art] children had [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 the plaster needed replacing , the children had coughs .
2 Half the children had parents who worked in the evening , anyway , and the other half left their children to decide for themselves .
3 ‘ She was very kind to me when the children had mumps , ’ said Clarissa .
4 Because the Yek mutation bred true , all the children had talons instead of finger nails , and they possessed both the remarkable powers of healing and the resistance to disease which were the genetic inheritance of the True people .
5 As nearly all the children had freckles , I felt as if I were seeing spots before my eyes , and drew Mickey Mice in a trance , my hand and pen moving mechanically through a misty ocean of freckles , wave upon wave , every freckle asking for Mickey Mouse .
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