Example sentences of "[adv] had [adj] [noun pl] " 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 | Alain apparently had several secretaries . |
| 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 | These ranged from the high-profile national bodies like Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and the Council for the Protection of Rural England , who all had professional advocates to put their case , through to smaller but persistent participants like the South Wales Women 's Support Groups ( defending the interests of mining communities ) and the Irish Sea Project ( concerned about marine pollution ) . |
| 5 | He added a 72 to tie with England man , Andy Rogers ( Ealing ) , Steve Barwick ( East Berks ) and Stuart Cage , who all had matching scores of 69 , 68 for aggregates of 137 , only one over the record for the event . |
| 6 | Caddies were hit often and painfully and several took to wearing crash helmets , and one well-known caddie , who obviously had other priorities , used to wear a cricketer 's box . |
| 7 | Captain Burrows obviously had great expectations for his new offspring . |
| 8 | ‘ Livesey obviously had classical tastes . |
| 9 | 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 " . |
| 10 | Not only had many esoterics died there ( and he did n't enjoy the proximity of death unless he 'd been its bringer ) , but the Retreat was a passing place between the Fifth Dominion and the other four , including , of course , the home from which he was in permanent exile . |
| 11 | We were a large family of seven and my father worked on the railway and he only had two pounds a week , but we could make three pounds and ten shillings just at the weekend by working the clubs . |
| 12 | My youngest girl has just been operated on and I could n't believe she only had two stitches . |
| 13 | thought that women only had two holes |
| 14 | Jessica poured herself a gin , but only had two sips . |
| 15 | So they only had two hours further on to go from The Two Mills then to Hollyhead basically . |
| 16 | Oh she had to buy five presents and she only had two kids . |
| 17 | Our house was small and only had two rooms . |
| 18 | Because when you were trained in those days you only had two children or otherwise you had another nanny if you had more . |
| 19 | erm I was reading about carrots , so I did n't get to finish it cos we only had two weeks . |
| 20 | She only had two weeks from her free time . |
| 21 | Next night he fancied a bit of fresh salmon and as he only had two days to live , she rushed out and bought him some salmon . |
| 22 | We only had two days on Fregate and I could easily have spent at least a week . |
| 23 | She only had two days left , and the thought of nothing after that made her shiver with dread . |
| 24 | Er the St Peter 's Road one only had two bedrooms did n't it ? |
| 25 | I 'm sure the oth the St Peter 's Road one only had two bedrooms . |
| 26 | I only had two kings ! |
| 27 | ‘ Actually , I 'm just happy to be where I am because after that early problem we only had 14 minutes of running , so it was a short session . ’ |
| 28 | People only had political problems , which could be solved with the proper application of Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought . |
| 29 | She only had four jackpots in her pocket . |
| 30 | Whether they only had four flats or whether there 's a flat on another block and another block of fours down the road . |