Example sentences of "had [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the worst winters we had was at the start of the war , in 1940 , when the river was frozen over for six weeks right to the end of March and there was two feet of snow . |
| 2 | So that was nineteen eighty two , the first one we had was at the end of nineteen eighty four , which was at . |
| 3 | Yes , they 're just putting , well th th most erm useful erm conversation we had was with the , the ophthalmologist , she was , she was superb erm and advised us to get it done as soon as possible . |
| 4 | The only dangerous time we had was on the way back when we were trying to get away from the coast of Iceland and a whole series of fronts were driving us back into the coast . |
| 5 | We were all working flat out and the only break we had was on the second Sunday when Isvik was on the slip and the Yard closed . |
| 6 | No there was a vision and I think the , the Apostle had was of the third heaven |
| 7 | What power it had was in the hands of an aging bureaucracy . |
| 8 | ‘ But do you know , I think the happiest time I ever had was in the army ; though there were some funny times , real bad times . |
| 9 | The only difficulties I had was in the last 24 hours when the steering gave me problems . ’ |
| 10 | The doctors did all that all he had was in the leg . |