Example sentences of "they had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 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 | An added advantage that the deaf people of Glasgow had over any other deaf community in the country was that they had a regular ‘ Deaf and Dumb Notes ’ column every week in the Glasgow Evening Times , the largest selling Scottish evening paper . |
| 6 | They had a key and saw in deliveries of this and that — a couple of times , large van loads of furniture — and gave willingly of their time . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Did you say somebody called but perhaps they had a key though , I wo n't say anything to her , they might have had a key . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Martin haycock says they had a terrific start and after that it was rythm rythm all the way |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They had a mean score of 41 ( SD 16 ) , and this was used to define a normal value . |
| 13 | Bristol Mecca they had a bloody bomb scare and we had to tip out |
| 14 | They had a major international dimension , as TV programmes were made for overseas markets , books were packaged for mass readership , feature articles were syndicated worldwide . |
| 15 | They had a major impact on the community , and attracted authority , wealth and prestige . |
| 16 | They had a major boiler breakdown last night . |
| 17 | They had a certain prestige within the neighbourhood and influence within the world of football was part of this process of ‘ making good ’ . |
| 18 | They had a certain similarity , all of them , and they all lacked something , though most were very beautiful to look at . |
| 19 | But for all that they had a certain passion . |
| 20 | Villains they might be , but they had a certain code of practice and the rule was that you looked after your own kind . |
| 21 | FBI spokesman Bob Ricks said : ‘ I believed from the very beginning they had a certain time agenda . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ They had a certain something , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 24 | For up to then , even if the old buggers in the club were lewd , they had a certain style . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | From here , they had a marvellous view over Dennistoun and beyond . |
| 27 | Dunbar took Madeleine and they had a marvellous time , or so Aubrey said . ’ |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | And because they had a stupid name and a fat bastard with glasses for a singer . |
| 30 | A host of chances went begging and they had a cracking goal from John Hartless ruled out for offside . |