Example sentences of "they had a certain [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For up to then , even if the old buggers in the club were lewd , they had a certain style . |
| 2 | They had a certain prestige within the neighbourhood and influence within the world of football was part of this process of ‘ making good ’ . |
| 3 | Villains they might be , but they had a certain code of practice and the rule was that you looked after your own kind . |
| 4 | FBI spokesman Bob Ricks said : ‘ I believed from the very beginning they had a certain time agenda . |
| 5 | They had a certain similarity , all of them , and they all lacked something , though most were very beautiful to look at . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But for all that they had a certain passion . |