Example sentences of "they had a new [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Someone , a bit of a wag , said , ‘ Time they had a new stick to hit that there bell . ’ |
2 | They would have lists of all the people that had bought books from them or might have bought books from them in the past , categorized by where they live , the age of the person , the sex , the special interests , the past purchases , and then they would send out special books erm special letters , if they had a new doggie book coming out they might select all the ladies over fifty-five who had bought doggie books in the past . |
3 | BRITISH Rail thought they had a new excuse for late trains yesterday — THIEVES on the line . |
4 | They had a new machine in , but after a pound or so I had mastered it and won an extra spaceship . |
5 | But they had a new headmaster oh he 's just retired , he 's been there been there since Lynn was there when since she was since the er she 's twice that age so I mean he must have been there eighteen years but when he went there he 's er totally the school from the word go |
6 | They had a new car , and went to the cinema and ate out . |
7 | The kids had been sent to her mother 's house , and now it seemed that they had a new surrogate father . |
8 | An hour later , standing in the darkness , so far from having the fourth murder in a series , they had a new killing : one which was superficially like the others , but whose only real resemblance lay in the infliction of one particular wound , and the manner and location in which the body was laid out after death . |
9 | The morning crew were a little surprised to find they had a new colleague but none of them was unduly perturbed by the intrusion . |