Example sentences of "they had [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opinions about the value of the new drugs varied , as they had about tranquillizers . |
| 2 | The three Service Chiefs welcomed his preference for evolution rather than continuing and abrasive revolution , but the doubts and suspicions that they had about Mountbatten 's impartiality made it difficult for him to rebuild complete confidence between his staff at the Ministry of Defence and the Service ministries . |
| 3 | As I said , Gifford Tate and he were buddies , and it was some argument they had about colours . |
| 4 | I felt tears come into my eyes as they had into Flora 's at dinner . |
| 5 | 13–1–1906 They had under consideration the question of using the Hymnary in the public worship and agreed to use it in the summer if there was no serious collection among the people . |
| 6 | ‘ Specialists ’ might have to enjoy even better conditions of life under socialism than they had under capitalism if they were to be well motivated . |
| 7 | The others were doing the same jobs they had during peacetime : baker , steward , purser , electrician , storekeeper . |
| 8 | The equipment they had at Rhodes hardly justified the risks in getting ashore to use it , but the Commander had improved the original ideas and over the next two years a comprehensive yet simple range of tools would be devised for this survey work . |
| 9 | They had at Castle Menzies — at the sunrise of the movement , striding from house to house , irresistible . |
| 10 | That 's right yeah , aye if you go back into the system where they had at Blackpool where er Reginald Dixon used to play |
| 11 | The Polish and Prussian land owners — Junker and szlachta alike — had responded to the western demand for grain by exploiting the two commodities they had at hand : labour and land . |
| 12 | The hybrid biplane proved at least 20 mph faster than any aeroplane they had at Mudros . |
| 13 | Sure enough , Lewis Luther , or whoever , turned up in full Airborne rig — I was pretty sure it was the same bike and I made a note of its number this time — and they did the business as they had at Holborn . |
| 14 | But then there was also the ingenue , a young girl with all the sparkle of a Guy Fawkes night fireworks display , who appeared in one scene in a straw boater and what looked very like a parson 's dog collar and had everyone in the audience drooling — just as they had on Broadway where in New Faces she had had her break a few months before . |
| 15 | The councillor , who also spoke out to the local newspaper to counter what he said were council leader Jim Brooks ' unfounded assertions that jobs for the boys claims were simply smears , also called on other party members in the area to step forward publicly with any information they had on malpractice . |
| 16 | The councillor , who also spoke out to the local newspaper to counter what he said were council leader Jim Brooks 's unfounded assertions that jobbery claims were simply smears , also called on other party members in the area to step forward publicly with any information they had on malpractice . |
| 17 | At the same time they had on Mondays and Tuesday we used to sell weekly tickets , so they had to go out in another box on Mondays and Tuesdays . |
| 18 | I I ca n't I mi , who was the last dancers they had on Top of the Pops ? |
| 19 | Further south , government forces reported that they had on May 12 taken from Garang 's forces the town of Liria ( east of Juba and on the road to Torit ) and on May 28 Kapoeta ( some 50 km north of the border with Kenya ) . |
| 20 | The green forest now flared with colour as the plants advertised the delights and rewards they had on offer . |
| 21 | There were a thousand uses for Herrick 's implants , but most would be used as they had on Haavikko — to make a man vulnerable by making him believe he had done something when he had n't . |
| 22 | It was clear that the events of 17 May 1968 had left their mark on him as indelibly as they had on Willy Morpurgo . |
| 23 | The problem we have to grapple with in trying to understand the significance of the events is the contradiction between the ostensibly humanitarian instincts of those who campaigned for legal change , and the controlling impact they had on people 's lives , particularly working-class girls and homosexuals . |
| 24 | Well , it was mainly altruism ; to an extent the relationship they had with William Charles , the poor relation up from the country , was a symbiotic one . |
| 25 | But history will record that McLaren solved its problem ( by setting up the car as they had for Spain ) , Hunt was on pole alongside Niki , Niki led the race for eight laps until his engine blew , Hunt then led it but was put under heavy pressure by Depailler , was suffering from the dry heaves inside his helmet and somehow survived to win a race from which Niki garnered nothing . |
| 26 | Albé was the nickname they had for Byron . |
| 27 | In many towns they had for generations lived peaceably with , and often trusted by , their Christian neighbours . |
| 28 | I hope that the BBC will make more effort in the future to bring more coverage of major tennis events , for example Grand Slams like the French Open , on the scale of coverage they had for Wimbledon because I am sure that there are many people who are in the same situation as me and would like more tennis on TV . |
| 29 | I often think how she would despise me when I am driven by curiosities to ask the children what they had for lunch when they were invited out . |
| 30 | We knew what they had for lunch . |