Example sentences of "these [noun pl] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typographically these fonts had a pedigree too in that the original designs came from either Linotype or the International Typeface Corporation . |
| 2 | These matters had a sort of equivalence in my mind : I had my possessions to offer Jean-Claude , his mother had her bathroom to offer me … . |
| 3 | These investors had a preference for securities rather than bank deposits . |
| 4 | These goods had a resale value of £12,000 and had been purchased by Transom Trading for £8,000 . |
| 5 | The old view of the party organizations dating from Ostrogorski 's great work , Democracy and the Organisation of Political Parties ( translated by F. Clarke in 1902 ) , was that these bodies had a life of their own . |
| 6 | Such research has shown that one group of these creatures had a brain very like that of the living lamprey . |
| 7 | One of these men had a wife and family , and only joined the Powis Square circle when he was on a spree . |
| 8 | Walking through the village on any racing day one would hear conversation like , " What do you know today Fred " and the reply would bring forth such words of wisdom as " Watch Richards in the 2.30 " , or " Back top weight " for these men had a language of their own and in the evening , meeting over a pint the locals would discuss the downfall of the favourite or starting prices and often the first greeting one would get on opening the door of the bar was " How did you get on today " Tich " " , and often the reply was " First and second , Fred " . |