Example sentences of "they [adv] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , they rarely had the opportunity to escape their environment for they were rarely educated beyond the age of fourteen , the statutory minimum age established by the Fisher Education Act of 1918 . |
| 2 | It 's not that the TV folk like to be topical , it 's because they rarely have the nous to come up with anything original . |
| 3 | Not because they may relate more positively to menstruation and to their sexuality ( as some psychologists have suggested ) , but more likely , I believe , because they rarely have the opportunity to experience menstruation . |
| 4 | ‘ We believe they only had a couple of gallons of fuel aboard . |
| 5 | Because there 's only a couple , they only had a couple of security guards did n't they ? |
| 6 | Nigel was saying that they only had a couple , you know , cos they like you |
| 7 | Wandsworth where they only had a majority of one , they they they they destroyed the Labour Party . |
| 8 | Perhaps Councillors in Oxford should be grateful that they only had a shark and a pair of legs to get upset about . |
| 9 | They only had a week . |
| 10 | At the moment they only had the word of Nicola 's husband for what had happened . |
| 11 | It incorporated a Spanish proposal whereby EC citizens would be allowed to reside anywhere in the EC ( currently they only had the right to work throughout the EC ) and to vote in local and EC elections . |
| 12 | Oh I do n't think , they only had the telly . |
| 13 | er yes I was saying erm they only had the midwives in them days did n't they , to come for the birth and that and anyway my mother was was ill enough to have to send for a doctor . |
| 14 | The Americans do it much better having Thanksgiving to space it out so they only have a month of Christmas though they do seem to let their elections creep back just as we do with football … ’ |
| 15 | Instead of the 125mph Class 89 prototype , an order was placed in January 1986 for twenty-nine Class 90 locomotives but they only have a potential of 110mph . |
| 16 | But they only have the dormitory , of course . |
| 17 | As the emigré Hungarian humorist , George Mikes , remarked ( in How to be an Alien ) , the English have no soul , they only have the understatement . |
| 18 | The problem with value measurements is that they necessarily have a price and quantity component and it is not always easy to separate the two . |
| 19 | Do they necessarily have a meaning as well as reference ; and if so , to what extent , if any , is their meaning.content relevant to their designatory function ? |
| 20 | Not all advisers feel comfortable asking clients for these personal details nor do they necessarily have the time to do it . |
| 21 | A certain firm famous for their ‘ bags ’ trouser suits , used to do an extensive line of grey anoraks , but they obviously had a visit from the style police and were made to put bits of navy blue and red in them or face a lengthy jail sentence . |
| 22 | They often came into conflict with the local Transport Committees , formed from the local branches of the main transport unions , who correctly maintained that they alone had the right to issue permits for the movement of essential items which would otherwise have been held up in the dispute . |
| 23 | The claim that they and they alone have The Baptism with the Holy Spirit , in contrast to water baptism which marks the rest of Christendom , and the conversion which figures as largely in Evangelical theology as does confirmation in Catholic . |
| 24 | In order to provide it , adoptive parents themselves need the security of knowing that they alone have the joy and responsibility of bringing up the child . |
| 25 | But if they suddenly have the urge to express their senior status in relation to a new pet in the home they may revert to the age-old manner of doing this , much to the distress of their well-meaning owners , who probably bought the new kitten as a special companion for the older cat . |
| 26 | Have CARTER USM gone rock dinosaur on us , or are they merely having a joke at their record company 's not inconsiderable expense ? |
| 27 | Most of the old prisoners were there because they personally had no wish to escape , and although their reasons for not wishing to were usually quite sensible and not always selfish it was difficult for a new prisoner to grasp them . |
| 28 | Well they did like a talk thing and people were like going yeah I feel the skin cream is really good , they just had a chat |
| 29 | They just had a problem . |
| 30 | The powerful running of the big front man had been a constant threat to Andover all afternoon and they just had no answer as he finally surged through shrugging off vain attempts to check him before delivering the perfect finish . |