Example sentences of "had [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These huts had dry stone walls , perhaps three or four feet thick , with thatched heather roofs . |
| 2 | As this village was inaccessible , the enemy patrols were unlikely to reach it undetected , but if they did the platoon headquarters was sufficiently mobile for the captain , sergeant , and their two runners/signalmen to withdraw quickly over the hill , taking their radio with them — a different proposition to moving a 109-set , for now the guerrillas had dry battery radios ( see Appendix No. 5 ) designed by Lieutenant Barcham , a New Zealander , for use by the Independent Companies . |
| 3 | In both the 1983 and 1987 general elections the government had strong press support , with only the erratic Maxwell-owned tabloid , the Daily Mirror , to support Labour , along with the Alliance-inclined Guardian and the Observer on Sundays . |
| 4 | He despised homosexuals , and although there were plenty of other sexually depraved aristocrats around at the time , he was unfortunate enough to have married into a family ( the Montreuils ) who had strong court connections , and it was they who made sure that he was jailed , partly to get him off their backs ( so to Speak ) and partly as an example to others . |
| 5 | Her Lancashire data show that families had strong support networks encompassing uncles , aunts , cousins , even great aunts and great uncles ; others included none of these ( Roberts , 1984 , p. 169 ) . |
| 6 | Six patients had acute hepatitis B ( 24% ) , eight acute delta infection ( 32% ) , one had hepatitis A ( 4% ) , one had halothane hepatitis and the remaining nine cases were considered as non-A-non-B hepatitis ( 36% ) ( Table ) . |
| 7 | Three patients had abnormal liver function tests , two had ingested non-fatal paracetamol overdoses , one had acute hepatitis B infection , and one had early primary sclerosing cholangitis . |
| 8 | Sadly , their world was shattered when , within days of her birth , doctors told them their child had acute liver failure . |
| 9 | The cottage had solid brick walls , none of your modern self-insulating cavities . |
| 10 | Each , in his own way , was something of an expert , especially Mayhew and Abercrombie who also had solid rugby backgrounds . |
| 11 | The wings had solid spruce spars , and consisted of a centre section and outer panels , with spruce and plywood ribs . |
| 12 | Many private hospitals had low occupancy rates . |
| 13 | The main room had low ceiling beams ; a rough oak pillar , square-sectioned and glossy with age , went from floor to cross-beam , partitioning the space . |
| 14 | In fact , 66.7 per cent of children with delayed walking and talking had low IQ scores ( less than 89 points — the average score is 100 points ) and reading difficulties ( reading age of less than six years of age ) . |
| 15 | One patient ( patient C ) who had low grade dysplasia in the distal descending and sigmoid colon was found to have high grade dysplasia in the sigmoid colon at the next colonoscopy 14 months later . |
| 16 | Four of the patients who had low grade dysplasia previously were negative for dysplasia at colectomy . |
| 17 | People who had low growth rates during fetal life and infancy have high death rates from ischaemic heart disease . |
| 18 | And one third of all women , and over 40% of those under 50 , had low iron stores . |
| 19 | Mr Brown had Labour conference delegates roaring him on as he said : ‘ He is a Prime Minister who watches football on Saturday , watches cricket on Sunday , watches the pound on Wednesday . |
| 20 | She had that stone chess table made too and put inside . |
| 21 | It means if we had that spending assessment and our costs , instead of the listeners getting a bill for four hundred pounds in their letterbox in May they would get a cheque for over five hundred pounds . |
| 22 | Boy I had that person finish . |
| 23 | What if Cal 's mum would n't have Vern in the house — if Dad went and had that heart attack — if Vern started acting super-weird or stole the family silver … |
| 24 | I can see why he had that heart attack . |
| 25 | It it was a big shock that day , when we had that phone call |
| 26 | Viola 's voice had that organ note of the English landed aristocracy , though in her case it had been formed not in the hunting-fields , but on the lonely , sheep expanses of her native land . |
| 27 | He had that coal business , but no money , he had no money there . |
| 28 | It was when I had that skiing accident in Switzerland . ’ |
| 29 | Just as well you had that injection Marg ! |
| 30 | Ca n't remember when I had that bomber jacket . |