Example sentences of "had [verb] their [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked as though Spurs had regained their self-respect a few seconds later when the England striker appeared to net a Samways cross , but in fact Tranmere 's full-back Higgins had put the ball past his goalkeeper . |
| 2 | The Lowther mines round Workington had made their owner the ‘ richest commoner in England ’ ; and Appleby School was so good that George Washington 's brothers were sent there from Virginia to be educated , and he very nearly followed them himself . |
| 3 | Louis ' men had set their roadblock the far side of the bridge from Trent 's observation point — upended ammunition boxes topped by poles cut from the jungle edge and a square white signboard on which Trent could see red letters made indecipherable by the angle of the board to his line of vision . |
| 4 | He still had the scar now , twenty years later , a long thin groove down the inside of his right forearm , as if he was made of candlewax and someone had run their fingernail the length of it . |
| 5 | When they had quenched their thirst a little , they returned to the bushes to pick more berries , staying a little closer to each other . |