Example sentences of "they had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They had a turbulent career , reaching its peak in the early 70's , but this for followed by almost 2 decades in the wilderness . |
| 2 | The Greeks distrusted this theology , even though they had a deep respect for Augustine , because they thought that it was too anthropomorphic . |
| 3 | Living in the northern cities , they had a deep commitment to the radical wing of the Liberal Party and were overwhelmingly nonconformist in religion . |
| 4 | The burden inevitably fell mainly on the mothers and it seemed that their loneliness could at least be lessened if they had a regular opportunity to share their experiences . |
| 5 | From an employer 's point of view , would n't that be er , better if they had a key man insurance under something like erm , well under a Cover Master , for example , because if he was a long term em employer |
| 6 | Family was Jim and the others ; family was her women 's group and squabbling at two-thirty in the morning about whether women could be said to constitute a separate class because they had a separate relation to the mode of production , while still making each other coffee and giving each other hugs . |
| 7 | Martin haycock says they had a terrific start and after that it was rythm rythm all the way |
| 8 | This has happened to the many theorists who thought they had a simple explanation for the confusion of thought which led to the surrender of judgment metaphor . |
| 9 | They had a mean score of 41 ( SD 16 ) , and this was used to define a normal value . |
| 10 | Bristol Mecca they had a bloody bomb scare and we had to tip out |
| 11 | They had a major boiler breakdown last night . |
| 12 | They had a major impact on the community , and attracted authority , wealth and prestige . |
| 13 | For up to then , even if the old buggers in the club were lewd , they had a certain style . |
| 14 | They had a certain prestige within the neighbourhood and influence within the world of football was part of this process of ‘ making good ’ . |
| 15 | Villains they might be , but they had a certain code of practice and the rule was that you looked after your own kind . |
| 16 | FBI spokesman Bob Ricks said : ‘ I believed from the very beginning they had a certain time agenda . |
| 17 | They had a certain similarity , all of them , and they all lacked something , though most were very beautiful to look at . |
| 18 | If the benefits of large families were obvious in the Irish peasant society in which we had once had our roots , they had a certain value for us too ; they scored vital points on the council housing list . |
| 19 | But for all that they had a certain passion . |
| 20 | They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney . |
| 21 | From here , they had a marvellous view over Dennistoun and beyond . |
| 22 | Dunbar took Madeleine and they had a marvellous time , or so Aubrey said . ’ |
| 23 | There was , there was a programme on Channel Four there to I was watching before I picked my book up and they had Conservative Labour bloke and the independent er Liberals and these were supposedly they have on on er Channel Four a a programme called Week in Politics anyway this night , this , tonight they were doing a a fu , they had a floating audience , supposedly a floating audience |
| 24 | And because they had a stupid name and a fat bastard with glasses for a singer . |
| 25 | A host of chances went begging and they had a cracking goal from John Hartless ruled out for offside . |
| 26 | changing headmasters at his school and they had a terrible reputation one time . |
| 27 | And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear . |
| 28 | Last year , however , they had a spectacular reconciliation , fell into each other 's arms , quaffed champagne and gave birth to a new double Fabris-Petrides certificate ( tariff : £250 for a drawing , £300 for a painting ) . |
| 29 | and Jenny was saying she went to Debenhams yesterday they had a twelve day spectacular at eight thirty to eight thirty at night there was clothes they were half price plus you got a third of ten per cent off . |
| 30 | At the start of 1992 there were 1,377 companies in the Extended HGSC Index ( excluding investment trusts ) and they had a total market capitalisation of £45bn . |