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

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1 It is easy to forget that the Lutyens team of craftsmen only had access to traditional methods and materials .
2 The unfortunate animals apparently had poison bottles strapped to their backs , with the openings pointing towards their tails .
3 These cars already had conduit gear and did not need modification .
4 Using the tides to his advantage , he had beaten to windward across St Austell Bay as far as Deadman Point , and to his crew of six who manned the sheets and tended the lines , it had seemed that he had some magic way with him : every time they lost the fish , he would put about and find the shoal again , so that his lads hardly had time to swallow a hunk of bread or a gill of ale from one end of the day to the other .
5 Three of eight subjects also had HAPCs during fasting .
6 Wrides also had examples of turning swords into ploughshares for bayonets had been hinged into notched steel bases for sale as very effective firewood splitters .
7 Although , apart from lapis lazuli , supplies of all these were available in Egypt and Sinai , Egyptian craftsmen often had recourse to coloured glass to infill cloisonné cells .
8 Inner London authorities normally had access to funds via Central Personnel/Management Budgets , for example :
9 In my day we had taxis or Beetles or the old-style Escorts and Australians always had VW Dormobiles .
10 Where their parents once had posters of Che Guevara , James Connolly , Rudi Dutschke and Rosa Luxemburg on their walls , Alice and Henry have Kylie Minogue , Madonna and Nelson Mandela at Wembley .
11 I mean er and as I say you had everything erm when er I wanted coal I mean you had coal erm because after my husband ceased at the pit , er that ceased because , cos miners always had coal as part of their er it was part of their wages you see .
12 The survey , Equal Voice , carried out by Portsmouth University 's social services research and information unit , showed how black communities still had difficulty gaining access to social services and how their needs went unmet .
13 My survey revealed that a few people in Sukuma-speaking areas still had difficulty in answering questions in Swahili ; others who understood Swahili nonetheless asked to be interviewed in Sukuma .
14 Philip looked out at the houses , some of the front gardens still had pockets of dirty snow in them .
15 In this period capital account transactions were at a much lower level than they are nowadays , partly because many countries still had restrictions or limitations on this type of flow .
16 If most big countries still had exchange controls or other barriers to the free flow of money across borders , then costs of debt could differ widely .
17 THE Chancellor 's focus was firmly fixed on the benefits to the economy of smaller business yesterday , but larger companies also had reason to give at least two cheers for the Budget .
18 Natural parents often had access guaranteed under a court order and foster parents had to be committed to support for ‘ parental responsibility ’ , which could cause difficulties , said Miss Marion Lowe , association director .
19 Natural parents often had access to children guaranteed under a court order and foster parents had to be committed to support for ‘ parental responsibility ’ , which could cause difficulties , said Miss Marion Lowe , the association 's director .
20 The day 's individual performance came striker Gary MacDonald , who scored all four of his side 's goals in their 4–1 home win Blue Mark Outterside gave Blue Star the lead after six minutes , but the visitors then had Micky Robinson sent off for dangerous play .
21 In making his decisions about gifts or patronage , a king had to bear in mind that his nobles too had clients , and obligations of their own .
22 It is significant that there was little overlap between the ducal and Stanley affinities , although some royal officials necessarily had dealings with both lords .
23 It is significant that there was little overlap between the ducal and Stanley affinities , although some royal officials necessarily had dealings with both lords .
24 Theropods usually had teeth in the front jaws , and sometimes they extended far back into the mouth .
25 Most of the frescoes have been found at the Knossos Labyrinth and the ‘ palace ’ of Agia Triadha , but it is likely that many other buildings also had frescoes originally .
26 Some stations also had immigrants ' or colonization agents , some of whom were expected to speak a variety of languages .
27 The recognition of Romanesque or Gothic details in such buildings , however , should not automatically be associated with a former church or chapel , as small manor houses and other secular buildings often had windows and doorways in these styles .
28 Was n't it that the Australians who , who about twenty odd years ago had Britain test all of their erm nuclear weapons
29 Ally Pally 's pre-restoration days undoubtedly had associations of tatty romance — they lay in the contrast between the Cecil B. De Mille bravura of the original concept and such visible signs of its decline , as if it had become a Victorian actor/manager unable to gesticulate because of rheumatism .
30 The juvenile courts also had powers to place children in care , and the former children 's departments had to receive children in need of care and protection and find them substitute homes .
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