Example sentences of "they [adj] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each had a choice . |
| 2 | They each had a radiator beside their beds , and very often when I was on night duty J. would return to bed very late ( or should I say early ? ) , after having been sitting with me in the Met Office , drinking coffee , chatting and so forth . |
| 3 | Now they each had a picture which they examined and re-examined , trying to breathe life into the two-dimensional image . |
| 4 | After they had consumed these they each had a slab of apple-and-blackcurrant pie and some chocolate cake . |
| 5 | They each had a paper bag with something in it that looked like onions . |
| 6 | It was time they all had a holiday . |
| 7 | They would work more effectively , Dr Benton says , if they all had a bowl of cereal , a slice of toast or a bacon sandwich first thing . |
| 8 | there was other ones made clothes pegs and and er well they all , they all had a kind of trade . |
| 9 | They all had their , they all had a kind of trade they could |
| 10 | It had an emergency exit which they all had a go at unbolting . |
| 11 | Oh I was on about sewing cos I said I 'd let them , you know , they were all doing a bit of sewing the other weekend , they all had a go like erm ooh , you know , I was saying he that Scott can cook and that , you know , we 've had a note he 's having one on , supposed to be all all of them to be independent , you know ? |
| 12 | And they all had a hat with a sticky label on and |
| 13 | They all had a meal together , then , as the September evening was warm , Ken Stevens wheeled Jennifer 's wheelchair outside and Valerie carried a tray of coffee on to the patio . |
| 14 | They all had a paper the Evening News , the Standard , the Star , the Sporting Life ah all the papers wanted to know about the horses . |
| 15 | They all had a bounden responsibility to start negotiations to end the nightmare . |
| 16 | Nithard and his companions had sworn to the truce at Orléans " because they all had a lot of confidence in [ Charles 's ] cleverness " . |
| 17 | John produced the remains of a bottle of whisky and they all had a dram to celebrate . |
| 18 | He says that they both had a dream , to get take part in the Brighton races with the old tractor . |
| 19 | They talked about everything and nothing , as they embarked on their mutual voyage of discovery , learning that they both had a passion for reading , and enjoyed the cinema and going to concerts . |
| 20 | When they both had a glass in their hands , and Matthew had watched her drink at least half of hers , he said , ‘ Right . |