Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This goes some way to explaining why the complicated campaigns within Toulouse in the second half of the century were largely fought out under the banners of the Angevin , Aragonese , and French kings ; and why the revolts of Henry II 's sons had widespread ramifications . |
| 2 | Individual householders , faced with the prospects of a water rate , showed as little enthusiasm for the benefits of water ( and with it sewage disposal ) in the home , so that when the Empire ended only half the city 's houses had running water . |
| 3 | After his fine defensive effort in the opening game , Speelman 's supporters had high expectations for the second game , in which he had the white pieces , but it all went horribly wrong . |
| 4 | Marie , still in her pyjamas , was sitting slumped at the table that took up most of the floor space : you had to squeeze round it to move about at all in the tiny kitchen , and Marie 's legs had permanent bruises from its sharp comers . |
| 5 | She 'd often wondered about the Holy Ghost , and now wondered further if Mr Dickens 's stories had any connections with Him . |
| 6 | The town 's ambulancemen had four times just arrived back at their station when they were called out again to the Spa , bringing in contestants with injuries including a black eye , broken nose , concussion and a damaged foot . |
| 7 | Until recently , all Malawi 's boreholes had heavy steel well cores , but the department has introduced substitutes with the help of a local maker of injection moulded plastics . |
| 8 | The regiment 's uniforms had orange facings that had been chosen in honour of King William III . |
| 9 | Hoomey 's trunks had green pineapples and monkeys printed on them ; Nails picked up lost or abandoned ( usually for a good reason ) trunks in the changing room and only Jazz had a reasonable garment . |
| 10 | And Howard Wilkinson 's men had good reason . |
| 11 | In the end , Lamb 's men had 10 overs in hand as they cruised to success . |
| 12 | Most of the organisation 's employees had some group loyalty within the overall structure . |
| 13 | Even the teenage mothers ' infants had good chances of surviving the first year of life , if their fathers were 25–29 years old . |
| 14 | ‘ In the six weeks of the Hornsey revolution ’ , wrote a student the following Christmas in Revelations — the Hornsey students ' paper-'I had more education than I had ever previously experienced . |
| 15 | Farmers ' wives had less involvement on the farm than had their British counterparts with many employed outside the farm . |
| 16 | Other boys ' mothers had rough hands and plain faces and knew nothing except cleaning and cooking . |
| 17 | Alan Davies ' men had good reason for jubilation as a spirited fight-back earned a first Championship win since 1989 . |
| 18 | Indeed , the ideological leanings of readers ' papers had more impact than their own ideology . |
| 19 | Indeed , the ideological leanings of readers ' papers had more impact than their own ideology ( though much less than their partisanship ) . |
| 20 | The apoR2 reflections had isomorphous differences of 13% when compared to the native data set ( calculated on F -values ) . |