Example sentences of "[n mass] [Wh pn] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , it just happened because I found I was engaging with people who had similar interests to myself . |
| 2 | ‘ And people who had nervous breakdowns about Robert Smith ! ’ shouts Niall . |
| 3 | There were also cutbacks in the numbers of beds provided and , as a result , some people who had major operations had been released from hospital after only three days . |
| 4 | He was a senior , dedicated member , and it did n't at first appear that he had committed any atrocities , but we later found out that he was responsible for denouncing people who had anti-Fascist sympathies , and that it was because of him that we had been taken to Tabiano . |
| 5 | People who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering ( if male ) and hysterical ( if female ) , and the appropriate treatment was a stiff talking-to , designed to exhort or scare them into ‘ stopping all this nonsense ’ and ‘ pulling themselves together ’ . |
| 6 | People who had low growth rates during fetal life and infancy have high death rates from ischaemic heart disease . |
| 7 | There were a few people who had private laboratories , and who were like Lavoisier amateurs of fully professional competence ; and there were those who lived by consultancy . |
| 8 | The aim was to confine attention to people who had frequent contact with the dementia sufferer , rather than interviewing all nearest relatives , who might or might not have contact with him or her . |
| 9 | We have lost capacity , skills and people who had some faith in the Government 's processes . |
| 10 | We advertised for people who had previous experience so they could set the system up from scratch . |
| 11 | When in the 1960s poverty was ‘ rediscovered ’ in the UK , it became clear from research findings that those elderly people who had occupational retirement pensions derived from their previous employment were least likely to be living in poverty , as then defined . |
| 12 | My problems are precisely the same as my father 's , but the climate 's different now : in those days , people who had large houses were thought to be plutocrats who ran society , the Establishment if you like . |
| 13 | In one respect the Free Presbyterian Church was a valuable resource of the DUP in that it provided a cadre of people who had considerable training and experience in organization and oratory : the ministers and elders . |
| 14 | However , it gradually became apparent that from now on , London Transport was to be ruled by politicians , rather than by people who had any knowledge or experience of how to run a public transport undertaking . |
| 15 | The people who had more experience used to teach me lots of things . |
| 16 | One of the chief pleasures was seeing the reunion of many people who had first-hand experience of travelling or working on the Line , and met against after many years . |