Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | they mentioned he had an excellent game — and from the goals showed the scot goalkeeper could have done much better on two of the italian goals … specially the first one — a flat shot from far out and at an angle too . |
| 2 | They invited him to have a go . |
| 3 | They assumed I had a doctorate or something . ’ |
| 4 | They persuaded me to have a termination . ’ |
| 5 | It showed that they were not anxious , that they knew they had a treasure . |
| 6 | ‘ They knew they had a hell of a battle on their hands and the first thing I stressed was that we had to fight to win the ball — and we did , ’ he said . |
| 7 | AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) was first called GRID ( gay-related immune deficiency ) and , by homosexuals themselves when they thought they had a monopoly of it , the Gay Plague . |
| 8 | The workers for whom employers competed were not merely the ones with the bargaining strength to make unions practicable , but also those most aware that ‘ the market ’ alone guaranteed them neither security nor what they thought they had a right to . |
| 9 | I think they thought they had an alcoholic on their hands . ’ |
| 10 | It had arrived quite quickly , and they had said that they thought she had a burst ulcer . |
| 11 | Well , after them telling me how good Gary Kelly was , they said they had a Leeds youth team member in their squad . |
| 12 | They said they had a knife and would attack him if he did n't hand over his own vehicle . |
| 13 | ‘ They said they had a gun and stuck an object into my side , threatening to shoot me if I did anything stupid . ’ |
| 14 | Well the County made certificates for the Polytechnic phase two student hostels off John Garne Way , er that actually for phase one was about the last time they got an award at all , and er the panel were very pleased with those , they said they had a nice community feel , and yet the occupants had some privacy , they thought they , and they were pleased to see how well phase one had weathered as well . |
| 15 | to erm the hospitals and erm they would appar , I might be wro , I 'm sure this is the way she explained it to me cos one of the girls in the branches did explain it to me once , and they said they have a choice of joints , like the doctor would say er |
| 16 | they came and they said we had a free booking . |
| 17 | They said I had a white voice . |
| 18 | They said he had an accident while cleaning his gun . |
| 19 | They had they had a few minutes silence for him when he died down Framlingham . |
| 20 | Well they , they just you know they they just have this erm craft sort of , they do stall and and they make stuff for the shop they had he had a couple of retail shops , he had a factory yeah I think he said he had fifty two people working for him . |
| 21 | At the end of one term , one of them said she had a new friend called Lisa . |