Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I heard of a lot of things , the coil , er my my sister had the coil and erm and of course the cap which which it what I had . |
| 2 | Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent . |
| 3 | In this connection , it is interesting to note that Hannah Mitchell had the agreement of her husband to use birth control : ‘ Fortunately my husband had the courage of his socialist convictions on this point ’ . |
| 4 | Now my father had the garage in . |
| 5 | The only thing that stopped them cutting us to ribbons was that one of my friends had the gift of the gab and gradually defused the situation by talking good sense in a calm reasonable way ; finally he pointed out that we would all end up in the local police cells if anything happened anyway . |
| 6 | My predecessor had the back door and one side door permanently barred . |
| 7 | At our wee place , er you see my grandfather had the meal mill , |
| 8 | When my holiday had the goodness to be over , I stood on the usual rush-hour bus and read a schoolboy 's comic strips over his shoulder . |
| 9 | Before we before my mam had the house in Road that was just what you might sort of still call it . |
| 10 | But I think my mam had the most . |
| 11 | Yeah it was like when my mother-in-law had the |
| 12 | Some modern parents would be horrified at this ritual but my mother had the strong belief that as death comes to all , the sooner you learnt about it the better . |
| 13 | There my father wore the first pair of plus-fours and my mother had the first Eton crop ( an accident of her father 's home hairdressing ) . |
| 14 | The Defence Ministry on Oct. 3 , 1989 , issued instructions requiring all those exporting military " intelligence " from Israel , including instruction and training , to provide proof that their operations had the approval of the government . |
| 15 | A whole series of arguments against correctionalism can be discerned , originating from various sources , but all gaining impetus in the 1960s and early 1970s : the corrective stance was seen as being inappropriate to an academic discipline in that its partiality had the effect of distorting the nature and appearance of the phenomena it was studying ; it was seen as neglecting the possibility that crime may have positive qualities and consequences ; correctionalism was seen as having led to the violation of fundamental human rights and principles of justice in its single-minded quest for efficient crime control . |
| 16 | As he had suspected , her skin had the unmistakable radiance of youth . |
| 17 | Miss Lavant 's scarlet coat was of fine tweed , her skin had the poreless look of porcelain . |
| 18 | Her skin had the beautiful , papery-thin translucence of great age . |
| 19 | Her words had the desired effect . |
| 20 | He said anyone in the infected zone was severely restricted on the movement of pigs regardless of whether their animals had the disease . |
| 21 | He said anyone in the infected zone was severely restricted on the movement of pigs regardless of whether their animals had the disease . |
| 22 | By the fifth week , La Croix was linking names of bishops with the general gist of what they had said in the debates : its editor had the good fortune himself to be a peritus . |
| 23 | Parisina , wife of Nicolo III , Marquis d'Este ( d. 1441 ) took as her lover the bastard son of the Marquis ; her husband had the lovers executed at his castle of Ferrara ( 1425 ) . |
| 24 | She knew her husband had the hound at their house on the night Sir Henry came to dinner . |
| 25 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 26 | ( their owners had the choice — lose it or drown ) |
| 27 | For only in the formal processes of the courts was there any common alternative to the use of force ; and in most European countries throughout the period of this book kings and their officers had the greatest difficulty in preventing might from proving stronger than right : disorder was endemic , justice weak — but none the less sought after and admired for being in short supply . |
| 28 | There is evidence that it became the practice for individuals to be named after the day on which they were born and that couples were not allowed to marry if their birthdays had the same numeral . |
| 29 | The daily rotation of the earth on its axis had the advantage that it eliminated the need for the huge outermost sphere to revolve every twenty-four hours . |
| 30 | Only then did Fabia realise how much she had missed the dogs at home , and ‘ Hello , darling , ’ she crooned — and for her trouble had the dog whip round her and grip her ankle in its teeth . |