Example sentences of "they [was/were] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never work because it was a small workshop that I worked in and in the south side where I belonged , there was an awful lot of Polish people and Jews and they had all these wee furniture places and they made up There was quite a community you know , they were had wee workshops and cabinet makers and my boss was a Latvian . |
| 2 | ‘ Quite a few friends were starting families at that time and they were having real problems sorting out childcare , and I decided I 'd like to look at what opportunities there were for setting up in that field . ’ |
| 3 | Luke made the word sound like an oath , and Folly had the curious feeling that they were having two conversations at once — and only one of them was about ancient history . |
| 4 | Perhaps they were having two sessions , afternoon and evening . |
| 5 | They were having serious problems with food , to cite one example . |
| 6 | Another neighbour , Dr Charles Wright , said : ‘ We knew they were having marital difficulties , but Jane would n't tell anyone why she wanted a divorce . ’ |
| 7 | They were having this game , you know , one hand on top of the other so |
| 8 | And as far as their consciences were concerned , they justified the colour under their brevets that they earned during the period when they were having grave doubts about their own efficiency . |
| 9 | As Philip Snowden told the House of Commons , increased trade would help to ‘ approximate the Russian system to that of other countries with whom they were having commercial relations . ’ |
| 10 | They were to have one son . |
| 11 | They were to have one son , Daniel , born in 1768 , and a daughter , Frances . |
| 12 | They were to have one son . |
| 13 | They were to have six children ( five sons and a daughter ) : Jean Baptiste ( b 1732 ) , Antoine Jacques ( b 1733 ) , François ( b 1735 ) , Eugène Menin ( b 1737 ) , Jacques Louis ( b 1740 ) and Marie Geneviève . |
| 14 | They were to have eight children , of whom six died in extreme infancy and only two sons , Frederick Arthur and Leslie , survived . |
| 15 | Many do not remain sufficiently long as temporary workers or with any one agency to be entitled to any rights even if they were to have dependent employee status . |
| 16 | In her opinion it was necessary if they were to have any hope of advancement . |
| 17 | They were to have three children ; Will junior , Gladys ( both of whom went on the stage ) , and Joan . |
| 18 | It , it was a two bedroom old cottage it was , very , very nice with a big garden and all I had was erm one room downstairs and like er a kitchen , well er where the sink and that was it was more like a big room where the kitchen was and the two bedrooms upstairs , but only a door on one bedroom , you went up the stairs into a big open room you know where the bannisters all round you know what I mean , no door on it and just , another door , a bedroom door , that 's all but I loved it you know it was a nice erm , not bad , but of course it was condemned it got so old and then they pulled it down and they built another house on it right next to where erm that shooting took pla you know they was having that shooting night just down that lane where I used to be |