Example sentences of "[noun pl] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currencies had a quiet day , with sterling closing just under half a pfennig lower at Dm2.3835 and a tenth of a cent down at $1.4330 . |
| 2 | Why should we do such a dirty business and stain our name , we who for centuries had an excellent reputation ? ’ |
| 3 | The United Provinces had a Scottish brigade in their service until the last years of the century . |
| 4 | Her movements as she ran down the steps had an overflowing grace of energy . |
| 5 | Despite my soft soles , my steps had an extraordinary echo . |
| 6 | Her brothers had a grand idea , though . |
| 7 | Last summer , successful National Certificate candidates had a new experience when opening the familiar SCOTVEC brown envelope . |
| 8 | The pressure waves had a mean amplitude of 64 ( 37 ) mm Hg in the distal oesophagus ( mean value for 5 , 10 , and 15 cm above the lower oesophageal sphincter , and a duration of 3. ( 1.0 ) seconds . |
| 9 | In emotions that were not her own , waves had a liquid pounding substance to them culled from the beaches of Earth 's Pacific Ocean . |
| 10 | Owners of draught animals had a virtual monopoly oh the transport of grain to the miller , the market , and the local collection-point for the tax in kind . |
| 11 | In an age that was becoming increasingly fascinated with history , the prospect of extending the antiquity of life itself by uncovering the remains of bizarre and often gigantic animals had a romantic appeal outside the realms of science . |
| 12 | When he woke he gazed up at Dot almost as though he knew her , yet she could n't be sure if he really saw her , for his eyes had a distant faraway look like a sailor in the Navy staring across the Pacific seas . |
| 13 | She was more bothered than ever , for Timothy 's eyes had a dreamy look which she 'd never seen in them before , and he 'd lingered over the girl 's name whenever he had used it . |
| 14 | Her eyes had a greenish tinge and her full mouth was compressed with fury . |
| 15 | His eyes had a smouldering look in them , and she felt she was being hypnotised . |
| 16 | The green-grey eyes had a hypnotic quality . |
| 17 | But the look in his eyes had a peculiar effect on me . |
| 18 | That ground is a grubber kick away from Hong Kong Football Club where the Scottish Survivors had a grand day in the ten-a-side event winning all their three matches against Bucks RFC ( Singapore ) , 45-0 ; Hong Kong Forces , 34-0 ; and Wombats ( Australia ) , 43-0 . |
| 19 | One of the works engine drivers had a traumatic experience when he saw the old tramp pass straight through the train of works wagons as he was moving them . |
| 20 | Because the drivers had a long record of bad behaviour and convictions no such expectation existed here . |
| 21 | Agricultural pesticides had a devastating effect on numbers during the 50s and early 60s but since certain chemicals have been banned the figure has risen to around 1,050 pairs . |
| 22 | The clergy had a financial independence which the laity lacked . |
| 23 | Until recently , the Labour and Tory Parties had a cosy understanding about Northern Ireland . |
| 24 | I dare say those two small kids had a great time larking around with mummy and ‘ uncle ’ Johnny . |
| 25 | The smell of meths had an unforeseen affect on the foal , and in some strange way stimulated the foal 's aggressive instinct . |
| 26 | But the Mesopotamian Jews had a firm tradition of loyalty to the Seleucids , whereas the Palestinian Jews had become part of the Syrian state only about 200 B.C. The Seleucids gladly used the Mesopotamian Jews as soldiers , and the contribution of the Babylonian Jews to the defence of their city during an enemy attack was regarded as being so famous by the author of II Maccabees that he did not think it necessary to specify the circumstances ( 8.20 ) . |
| 27 | Utilities had a good day , with electricity generators to the fore , but aerospace was the worst-performing sector of the day , led down by Smiths Industries on Eurofighter worries . |
| 28 | The intention was to place a legal obstacle in the way of anyone seeking to imitate the Ordainers , but the Statute of York should not be taken to mean that the king and his supporters had a high view of the function of parliament . |
| 29 | Citroen 's designers had an unenviable task when styling the XM . |
| 30 | Our informants had a well-articulated theory of the relation between ‘ work-in-school ’ and success in a life career that allowed them to see work-in-school as the first rung of their adult moral careers . |