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Meanings of had oil in English

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Usage of had oil in English
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Viktorsson joined them, and Nyberg, who had oil under his fingernails still.
Firewall
2
Some had oil lanterns, a few paused to light torches from the streetlight.
Rot & ruin
3
The other seven barracks had oil heat, storm windows, and insulation.
IT
4
I'd had oil on my fingers, but some of it had rubbed off.
A kiss of shadows
5
When they saw we had oil drums to dump in, they couldn't believe it.
Last night another soldier...
6
The Liverpool lighthouses had oil lamps, with rude reflectors.
A Yacht Voyage Round England
7
A beautifully bound book, and quite new, had oil from a lamp spilled over it.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
8
Rotha remembered that there was no candle in the house, and no lamp that had oil.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
9
Strangely enough, it still had oil in it.
Darkness and Dawn
10
She had oil-engines to supplement her sailing power.
Swirling Waters
11
It had oil-cloth on the floor instead of carpeting, and books and playthings were strewed about it.
The Channings: A Story
12
He still had oil under his fingernails.
Firewall
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Walled it off, like your Colony, but the difference is, we had oil, and lots of it.
The passage
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Slideshow (9 images) Whenever people have had oil they have been really, really willing to give it.
Reuters
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Yet the overall CPI index would have risen, despite the generous retail discounts, had oil prices not fallen during July.
The Irish Times
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Chávez had oil trillions to spend, a military background and a natural charisma, none of which Maduro can depend upon.
The Guardian
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