Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jeff had problems with his microphone and problems with the munchers and talkers in the restaurant upstairs . |
| 2 | ‘ Creed had Vasco 's brother killed , ’ Mitch said , ‘ and then he delivered the head himself . |
| 3 | Neil had petrol poured over him by thugs who then tried to set him alight . |
| 4 | Mitterrand had talks with President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali . |
| 5 | The devaluation of sterling , the lira and the peseta , Italian austerity measures , referendum jitters in France , a feeble dollar and no rich Americans around , news that President Mitterrand had cancer , massive attacks on the French franc by speculators : short of nuclear war , the economic backdrop for this year 's splendid Biennale des Antiquaires in the Grand Palais from 17 September to 4 October could not have been worse . |
| 6 | However , if Athletico had hopes of a brief stay away from the Premier they were to be disappointed . |
| 7 | Henry Walker had £70 : 0s. : 0d. over seven months for plastering the buildings , whilst James Wearing received £284 : 0s. : 0d. for the joinery and carpentry , but supplied the wood and nails . |
| 8 | Hastings was more successful in its entrepreneur ; to accommodate a growing number of visitors , the Earl of Chichester had Pelham Crescent built below the cliffs , with the church of St Mary as its centre . |
| 9 | Even when he was cornered at St Bertrand de Comminges Gundovald had quantities of gold and silver . |
| 10 | It was here that Schellenberg had trouble with his map and then-they had a stroke of luck , a sign at the side of the road outside the village of St Aubin that said 12th Parachute Detachment . |
| 11 | A solicitor wrote him a letter at the airport , with a copy to the customs authorities , saying that Bella had evidence he was drinking and unfit to have the care of the child , whom he had anyway abducted without written consent . |
| 12 | No wonder Bella had silk nighties and scent from Paris . |
| 13 | Do you remember that time you and James and Marie had Julian 's . |
| 14 | But Hari had ambition , she wanted to raise her business to great heights ; to one day own an emporium where there would be shoes of all descriptions , serving the best customers in the country . |
| 15 | The telephone rang at that moment ; Rachel answered it and before David had time to leave the room she said , ‘ There 's been an accident in the canteen — a boiler has blown up and two of the staff have been scalded . ’ |
| 16 | Paisley had Craig expelled from the unionist coalition . |
| 17 | Jean had Roberta up at her shoulder and was patting her back and Billy was lying beside his dad in the long chair . |
| 18 | Central government , in the form of the DES , had overall responsibility and made policy decisions , but LEAs had control over most of the day-to-day running of the system . |
| 19 | Instead , he claimed , the United States had access in 1985 to ‘ forty-three naval bases and over seventy airfields , of which a considerable number are situated close to the Soviet border ’ . |
| 20 | The United States had hopes of at least twenty-five minutes ' warning of a nuclear rocket attack . |
| 21 | The look of bewilderment returned , as if Eleanor had difficulty in grasping the significance of what Melissa was saying . |
| 22 | Muirhead had Cannon on the ropes at the tenth and looked like getting the 3 needed to force an extra end but , with the last stone , took out one of her own . |
| 23 | On Dec. 19 , 1989 , Shevardnadze had talks in London with the UK Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , and with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , Douglas Hurd . |
| 24 | A pleasant surprise so early in the day : Lucy had style , from well-cut red-gold hair down through the subtly tailored suit , to the jaunty tap-tap of grey suede sub-stilettoes . |
| 25 | Mr Scott had scratches on his forehead . |
| 26 | LANCASHIRE spinner Alex Barnett had Essex on the rack on the third day of their championship match at Old Trafford today . |
| 27 | Apart from O'Leary 's injury , Arsenal had things largely their own way in the first half against a Norwich team who were still obviously suffering from the disappointment of Sunday 's Cup defeat . |
| 28 | He had a sneaking suspicion Philpott had members of staff whose sole function was to dig up the personal indiscretions of those people who could be beneficial to UNACO , then use them as a form of blackmail to get what he wanted . |
| 29 | Nolan regularly rides the horse , Chickweed , that Angela Brickell had care of , and there would have been opportunities for sex at race meetings , like in a horse-box , if he wanted to take the risk . |
| 30 | Our period opens with the imperial coronation of 962 ; shortly after its close , in 1165 , Frederick Barbarossa had Charlemagne canonized by his anti-pope Paschal III . |