Example sentences of "they had the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had the desperate courage that flowed from knowing that this might be their last chance to turn the tide . |
| 2 | Much emphasis was put on the importance of identifying the key decision-takers and making sure that they had the right information — much was made of the necessity of their getting a balanced picture on which to take their decisions . |
| 3 | They had the right religion , they were hard-working , and had small families which they could afford to keep in decent circumstances . |
| 4 | They had the modern aluminium racks on wheels for foddering the sheep instead of the traditional , very much more silent version made from wood . |
| 5 | The Greek authorities made no effort , indeed it is not known whether they had the legal authority , to allow the post mortem examination to take place before the body was released , despite the scarcity of important evidence in a case of this kind . |
| 6 | The NSA had naturally taken enormous trouble to keep Minaret and Shamrock secret since they were quite illegal even though they had the tacit approval of President Nixon , another Henry II Syndrome casualty ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 7 | The Americans must have felt as if he was taking revenge on them for what had happened , but they had the final laugh since most of Rank 's films were n't very good . |
| 8 | This was to ensure they had the correct commitment and were prepared to organize for quality . |
| 9 | As Pathfinders they had the extra advantage of being able to use all the latest radar equipment to enable them to see through the layers of cloud , and when they were talking to Met Officers we would hear mysterious references to ‘ Gee ’ and ‘ H2S ’ . |
| 10 | For this 1990 vintage they had the outstanding winemaker from Martinborough in New Zealand working there . |
| 11 | Then , they had the perfect solution to the problem of audience laughter . |
| 12 | They had the easy familiarity of two people who knew each other very well indeed , and had done for a very long time . |
| 13 | In Merkur Island Shipping Corporation v. Laughton the defendants were in fact given a copy of the charter of the trapped vessel before the application for an injunction , but the House of Lords held that they had the requisite knowledge independently of this . |
| 14 | They had the moral flexibility to meet shifting organizational demands and still enjoy the sleep of the just — their ability to relativize other moral imperatives whilst constantly prioritizing the pursuit of organizational goals did not make them necessarily immoral , but it did facilitate a moral flexibility others denied themselves . |
| 15 | Intense negotiations continued , with the generators believing that they had the upper hand because of the Government 's tight timetable and their insistence that they should not have to sign contracts before seeing the white paper . |
| 16 | George 's rooms were on the first floor ; they had the traditional stolidity of a steak and kidney pie and were much the same colour . |
| 17 | With Black Fury Warner Bros had just gone a little too far by even referring to strikes and labour problems at a time of mounting industrial tension but the popular and critical reception to the movie showed that the company were not wrong to believe that they had the technical ability and the actors to make films whose reality would be appreciated . |
| 18 | to walk round the bread shelves twice and they were right on the bottom shelf when I eventually tracked them down and they had the hot cross buns on the shelves . |
| 19 | For some cells they had the strong impression that the response increased the more the object resembled a monkey 's hand , while in others the trigger feature appeared to be a monkey 's face or head . |
| 20 | And now they had the immense task of reclaiming all this land and rebuilding all their homes . |
| 21 | Obviously we will be guided by our consultants but this er er view of is er er meeting with er er great success in the villages because obviously er we feel that if there is a public inquiry then we stand a better chance of British Coal sticking to the promises made when they had the original planning application and removing all waste by train to suitable sites and there 's one at Welbeck which is waiting for the material . |
| 22 | Well in in our in our in our er compartment where it was scones and crumpets and pancakes and everything they had the they had the special man that done the dough in . |
| 23 | Also they had the special quality that their purity could be readily controlled . |
| 24 | Mike had a cassette that he ran through some speakers — they had the whole equipment set up for me . |
| 25 | This is erm and this taking in not only the room they had the whole countryside . |
| 26 | And they had the whole machinery negotiations fixed you see . |
| 27 | They had the whole Fleet Canteen , . |
| 28 | So er , they had The Big Engine and I , I 've read that so but the small railway engines . |
| 29 | Sampson and Clarke certainly did not see ‘ eye to eye ’ and they had the utmost contempt for each other as cricketers . |
| 30 | They had the American style down so perfectly and they were delighted with themselves playing their funky little rhythms and everything . |