Example sentences of "had [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the height of the violence Mandela and de Klerk had meetings to discuss measures to quell the fighting . |
| 2 | I had hope to find a single sponsor , but this has not proved possible in the short time we 've had . |
| 3 | After an optimistic report on May 30 that an official announcement would be made soon by Brooke stating that formal talks would be forthcoming between the principal constitutional parties about the political future of the province , Brook was on July 5 able to give to the House of Commons only an abridged version of the statement he had hope to make . |
| 4 | Most expressed the wish to extend supervised library access beyond lunchtimes and after-school sessions , and two had plans to relocate the library entirely . |
| 5 | But North had at least a half-promise of another honour : Adolfo Calero revealed that the contras had plans to put up a statue of him in Managua , just as soon as they had won it back from the Sandinistas . |
| 6 | I mean , it did n't sound as if she had plans to go off with someone else . ’ |
| 7 | When I was younger at school I had plans to go into various different things and er th I failed miserably , which is something I started doing and seemed to continue to do to some extent . |
| 8 | Kelly had plans to feature Crawford , but the studio abandoned the project , even though two million dollars had already been spent on it . |
| 9 | The factory survey found that one quarter of Japan 's biggest factories used robots and that a second quarter had plans to install them by the end of 1982 . |
| 10 | MO 9 had plans to raise 10 Commandos , each with 10 50-man Troops , and called for volunteers for unspecified hazardous duties who must also be prepared to work and train for longer hours than regular formations . |
| 11 | I 'm pleased the NCC bought the mountain , since a commercial forestry firm had plans to cover the whole area in vile rows of sitka spruces to help chat-show hosts and snooker players in England make a killing on their tax bills . |
| 12 | They owned the lease of Covent Garden and had plans to reopen the Opera House and stage Grimes there . |
| 13 | Special Branch had warned that political violence was a possibility as the communists were planning to disrupt the meeting ; they allegedly had plans to locate the main power switch so that the lights could be cut off at a favourable moment . |
| 14 | But London Ambulance Service categorically denied that it had plans to cut off phone lines , saying that it had only authorised one disconnection at Park Royal Ambulance Station , West London , because crews had locked themselves in . |
| 15 | In the middle of the summer the Japanese had plans to develop the island with aircraft bases after the American counter-stroke of 7 August landed on Guadalcanal , more than 2,000 miles ( 3,000+km ) to the east of Timor . |
| 16 | Besides , we had plans to make about how to spend the money we 'd get for the empties . |
| 17 | He had already convinced Beach Boy Dennis Wilson of his musical powers and had plans to make an LP , which he hoped to release on a major record label . |
| 18 | Bird Jr denied Colombian suggestions that he had known about the 1989 shipment , but he admitted having had discussions with a former Israeli army officer who had plans to establish a business in Antigua . |
| 19 | He never brought in anything unless he had plans to eat it right away . |
| 20 | The peasants , therefore , had the chance to get experience of administration and problem-solving but , at the same time , had experts to assist and prevent mistakes of any magnitude . |
| 21 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |
| 22 | Because several locals had permission to borrow the boat for a spot of fishing , its absence had gone unremarked . |
| 23 | Some conscripts were able to live at home for at least part of their service , reporting for duty at 5.30 a.m. and returning in the late afternoon — but usually only those who lived near a training depot had permission to commute to it . |
| 24 | Mr Rodney Bennington , an individual protestor , of Welbury , near Northallerton , accused the NGC of jumping the gun by signing connection agreements with Enron and then with Scottish generators before they had permission to transmit the power . |
| 25 | ‘ He had permission to go into print . |
| 26 | The airline had permission to fly . |
| 27 | Members of the Ovens Action Group ( OAG ) claimed that they had followed a dumping truck from the Raybestos factory to the city dump , where the company had permission to dump non-toxic waste . |
| 28 | It was quite natural for them to challenge Jesus , especially in view of his own challenge to their authority the previous day , when he ordered out of the Temple those who had permission to trade there ( Mark 11:15–18 ) . |
| 29 | At the tiny station of Plowden an angry old woman asked whether we had permission to park our car in the yard , so I did n't add to her troubles by asking for a ticket to Ludlow , as I had intended , but drove on to Marshbrook where the porter was more kindly . ’ |
| 30 | I was a day-boy , I had permission to concentrate on music . |