Example sentences of "they had any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key leaders of NICRA arrived late , after the march had already started ; if they had any plans for preventing a clash with the police , they were unable to put them into operation . |
| 2 | 11am The Government Commissioners came on board to ask every person if they had any complaints to make for the treatment during the voyage . |
| 3 | They even , praise be , asked skiers at the end of the day whether they had enjoyed the experience , hopefully so that they could take positive action if they had any complaints or worthwhile suggestions . |
| 4 | Now as a national organizer all the branches in your area if they had any complaints or anything that they wanted attending to used to write to their national organizer and I used to visit and deal with their complaints . |
| 5 | Only the precision of their linear positioning suggested that they had any significance at all . |
| 6 | Er the idea was we 'd be able to sell it to people or give it to people depending on whether they had any money or not I suppose by the Green Party . |
| 7 | Jean Thullier , a French scientist at the Institut National de Hygiene , injected various auxins ( regulators of plant growth ) into animals to see whether they had any effects . |
| 8 | The Irishmen , if they had any cattle left , used to drive them into the street ; and they 'd carry on bargaining with the farmers under a street lamp ; and when the police came along they 'd move further on to another lamp until they 'd sold all their cattle . ’ |
| 9 | It is also a good idea , occasionally , to ask the client whether they had any difficulties with the way in which the case was conducted . |
| 10 | The Direktor felt , not for the first time , deeply resentful of the fact that they had any part in choosing the programme . |
| 11 | ‘ They had any luck d' you know ? ’ |
| 12 | There scientists will discover the sex and age of the skeletons and whether or not they had any diseases . |
| 13 | On the left , the attitude of Moscow and the Third International , in so far as they had any influence at all in Spain before the war , was to encourage Popular Front democracy and discourage revolution . |
| 14 | All the servants in the Square knew one another ; and Nellie , the cook that worked with me , knew Lottie — Clive Bell 's cook ; she was very friendly with her ; and we used to go over there if they had any luncheons . |
| 15 | Both consistently denied that they had any case to answer . |
| 16 | She had introduced herself on the doorstep , often been invited in and asked the tenants to let her know if they had any problems with which she could help . |
| 17 | Erm a and f at first we had one or two people coming in , but then it , it , it dr it dropped off very quickly , and after about three months , I think , we decided we were n't getting enough take-up , w that we would not have the sessions in the flats any more , but that we would encourage people to come to the Law Centre if they had any problems . |
| 18 | Whether they had any merit or not . |
| 19 | Of course before they had any evidence on what the situation was in Donegal , the Minister for Energy had already told the Dail that the NEB had informed him that there was no evidence that prospecting would be hazardous . |
| 20 | This deficiency he shared with a whole crew of leaders of third-world or so-called ‘ non-aligned ’ countries , who like him had gained power because they were against foreign rulers , not because they had any idea of what to put in place of foreign rule . |
| 21 | I will not suppose them guilty of a direct intention of striking us , particularly if they had any idea of the danger of such a proceeding , for the cliff rose much more than a hundred feet above us , and even a very small stone would have fatal effect by striking the head . |
| 22 | They both knew that a loss had been suffered which had to be apportioned between them , but there is nothing to show that they had any idea , let alone conflicting ideas , of what the correct apportionment should be . |
| 23 | One could detect a purr of satisfaction when John Major replied that actually some other European countries made rather a mess of things : that Belgium had taken 100 days to form a government ; that the Italian political system was a disaster and the French one not much better ; and that , if they had any sense , they would copy the way we do things . |
| 24 | Thomas Good [ q.v. ] , master of Balliol , thought him ‘ one of the most pious ingenious men that ever I was acquainted with ’ , while to the anonymous friend who wrote a preface to A Serious and Pathetical Contemplation , he was ‘ a man of a cheerful and sprightly Temper … very affable and pleasant in his Conversation ’ , although he was so full of his vision of God 's love and man 's felicity that ‘ those that would converse with him , were forced to endure some discourse upon these subjects , whether they had any sense of Religion , or not . ’ |
| 25 | She stared down at the crucifix , wondering desperately how much they knew , whether they had any knowledge of her liaison with Tristram or whether these questions were merely based upon suspicion . |
| 26 | If they had any understanding or decency in them , they 'd die and leave you in peace . |
| 27 | Who were the Magi , what , who where they and I 'll give you an extra mark for each one of their names , I did n't know they had any names . |
| 28 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 29 | The two men were at the top of the stairs and almost within grabbing distance , but if either had tried it he would have left his fingers in the frame as the bang echoed through the house and Carson thumbed the deadlock button , just in case they had any ideas about picking their way in . |
| 30 | If they had any ideas about bursting into tune they had to abandon them temporarily because I do n't think any of them had breath to blow . |