We found 186 examples of how to use they had a in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 25 of 186.
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| 1. | Needless to say, the Fifth Men had early mastered all those paradoxes of physical science which had so perplexed the First Men. Needless to say, they had a very complete knowledge of the geography of the cosmos and of the atom. But again and again the very foundations of their science were shattered by some new discovery, so that they had patiently to reconstruct the whole upon an entirely new plan. At length, however, with the clear formulation of the principles of psycho-physics, in which the older psychology and the older physics were held, so to speak, in chemical combination, they seemed to have built upon the rock. In this science, the fundamental concepts of psychology were given a physical meaning, and the fundamental concepts of physics were stated in a psychological manner. Further, the most fundamental relations of the physical universe were found to be of the same nature as the fundamental principles of art. But, and herein lay mystery and horror even for the Fifth Men, there was no shred of evidence that this aesthetically admirable cosmos was the work of a conscious artist, nor yet that any mind would ever develop so greatly as to be able to appreciate the Whole in all its detail and unity. | |
| 2. | That is to say, they had a few hundred pounds, with which they had intended to buy a house as soon as they arrived. | |
| 3. | Tom caught up with an old work colleague for lunch, and they had a good natter about some of the funny things that had happened when they worked together. | |
| 4. | The liberals of the nineteen-thirties were diverse, but they had a common vision. They accepted democracy, the free market, and capitalism. However, they thought that unless the market was not corrected or ameliorated, there would be child labor, neglect of the elderly, dangerous and harmful consumer goods, monopolies squeezing people out of business and forcing down wages — in short, there would be the horror of Great Britain's Industrial Revolution before the British began passing social legislation. | |
| 5. | Because they had a numbness in their leg, they stumbled as soon as they tried to stand up. | |
| 6. | They advertised that they had a house for sale. | |
| 7. | They had a battle plan they were sure would succeed. | |
| 8. | When they were in Leicester it was obvious that they had a very warm relationship. | |
| 9. | I still can't believe they had a snow leopard in that zoo. I thought they were an endangered species. | |
| 10. | They had a legacy system that they have tinkered with for years and it became more and more difficult to find the expertise to improve it. | |
| 11. | They had a particularly long smacker before they departed, much to the disgust of her brother. | |
| 12. | How could they not have put out this fire long ago when they had a chance? | |
| 13. | They said that they had a good weekend. | |
| 14. | They never told me that they had a dog. | |
| 15. | They said they had a surprise for you. | |
| 16. | They said they had a meeting to go to. | |
| 17. | They told me that they had a problem. | |
| 18. | They said that they had a job for me. | |
| 19. | They said they had a wonderful time. | |
| 20. | They said they had a lot of friends. | |
| 21. | They never told me they had a horse. | |
| 22. | They didn't think they had a choice. | |
| 23. | They wish they had a larger office. | |
| 24. | They told me they had a job for me. | |
| 25. | They said they had a difficult day. |