Example sentences of "they have a certain [noun sg] " 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 . |
| 8 | Well that 's something that a as a teacher we 're erm in my school we 're constantly saying t to the pupils I mean if they ha they have a they have a certain responsibility t to tidy up after them and t to try and keep their work area tidy that 's not the same as er as cleaning at the end of the day as sweeping up all all the dust and and so on . |
| 9 | Because they have a certain art of really enjoying life . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They have a certain aloofness and reserve , ’ D.H . |
| 11 | They have a certain vibrancy , an eye-catching quality , and they go for impact without forsaking good taste . |
| 12 | They 're not nice people in a way , but they have a certain dignity about them . |
| 13 | They 're not nice people in a way , but they have a certain dignity about them . |