Example sentences of "they [vb past] to have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to have a secret between them that I could n't share . ’ |
| 2 | They seemed to have a significance independent of the self-satisfied barristers and scurrying clerks who peopled them now . |
| 3 | They seemed to have a tendency to slide down it . |
| 4 | They seemed to have a show every week or , if not , were invariably guests on other comedians ' shows or the light relief on those interminable chat shows . |
| 5 | The removal of the tumour made no difference to my legs , so thinking the misplaced disc might after all be the cause , they decided to have a go at that . |
| 6 | They decided to have a meeting . |
| 7 | Well we went into the Rifle Brigade Barracks at Winchester and used to work out at a big house outside of Winchester so we had to march out there and then at the time of Dunkirk , they were looking for places to put all the soldiers that they 'd brought and er , we were cleared out of Barnet , er out of Winchester Barracks and posted up to Nottingham and we worked in the factory , which was taken over by the Army then and erm , and then whilst there , I suppose that was about nineteen what , about nineteen fo coming up to nineteen forty two , they decided to have a recheck or rethink on medicals , so we were all subject to another medical and they put me back to A one and says , right we 're getting rid of all A one personnel out of the Pay Corp , you have a choice Royal Army Ordnance Corp or the Royal Artillery . |
| 8 | So people would be sitting round four corners of this , they had to have a napkin over all their laps which they did . |
| 9 | And erm I they had to have a couple of I mean I think |
| 10 | ( In a recent survey of large law firms 88 per cent said they intended to have a computer on every fee earner 's desk . ) |