Example sentences of "had [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a tiny budget , Marrakesh had outpaced London , New York , Los Angeles , and Tokyo . |
| 2 | Many witnesses had placed Drew in Cross Street between 2pm and 5.30pm . |
| 3 | On April 28 the USA had placed China on its " 301 list " of unfair trade partners , with the threat of trade retaliation . |
| 4 | In April 1991 the USA had placed China on its " 301 list " of unfair trade partners [ see p. 38340 ] and had threatened trade retaliation . |
| 5 | Former US President Ronald Reagan had placed Mozambique on this list in October 1986 . |
| 6 | Michael had placed Maura , dressed in white , at the front of the coffin . |
| 7 | Above all , a conservative revolution had placed Charles de Gaulle in a dominant position in France , with the Christian Democrats not just in opposition , but heading precipitately towards extinction . |
| 8 | Clara could not count the times she had heard her mother declare that when she died she would be dead , and she would n't care what happened to her body , and for all site cared they could put her out for the dustman to collect sentiments which from the first had filled Clara with a vague alarm and horror , for they were clearly reasonable enough in their own way . |
| 9 | He had to combat Chamberlain 's appeal for loyalty to his own leadership . |
| 10 | Beyond the olive trees , beneath the west wall , was the monastery spring , the same spring which had sustained Paul . |
| 11 | Item — Gaveston had hated Lady Eleanor , and he , so Corbett secretly believed , was capable of cold-blooded murder . |
| 12 | It might alienate the clients who had hated Bambi as kids . |
| 13 | She had guessed Robert and others were manipulating her as a chess piece in a game whose rules and ultimate aim were a mystery . |
| 14 | she had guessed Taczek had not told her the whole truth of his relationship with Mills but now had confirmation . |
| 15 | Not long before Of the Russe Commonwealth was suppressed , Uvarov had dismissed Sergei Stroganov as Curator of Moscow University . |
| 16 | On April 19 , it was reported that President Kenneth Kaunda had dismissed Dodson Siatalimi , the third Defence Minister to be dropped since the failed coup of July 1990 [ see also pp. 37523 ; 37909 ] . |
| 17 | Cheney said that he had dismissed Dugan , who had held his command for only three months , because he had violated standing orders on the public discussion of military operations and had showed " poor judgment at a sensitive time " . |
| 18 | Michnik , who had written on June 7 that Walesa was behaving " like a Caesar " , resigned in protest from the union 's national civic committee on June 24 , together with Zbigniew Bujak and Henryk Wujec ( both founding members of the union committee ) , after Walesa had dismissed Wujec from his post as secretary of the committee . |
| 19 | Boyden was considerably surprised when , instead of losing the assignment , he discovered that the determined ITT Board had dismissed Leavey and the search was still very much on . |
| 20 | He was glad that he had dismissed Palottino , although the Neapolitan had made it dear that he strongly disapproved of this mania for walking . |
| 21 | Away from the glare of publicity however things were taking shape , and by the Spring of the following year , 1955 , a close circle of Williams ' political associates had formed P.E.G. , a secret Political Education Group , the purpose of which was the promotion into public office of Dr.Williams . |
| 22 | Liberal supporters of Don Juan had formed Unión Española and two former CEDA members , Manuel Gimenez Fernandez and José María Gil Robles , were the instigators , respectively , of Izquierda Democrática Cristiana and Democracia Social Cristiana . |
| 23 | She replied that she wanted to know why the doctor had referred Peter to a marital counsellor . |
| 24 | A campesinos ' strike , which had paralysed Cuzco two weeks before my arrival , had had the rallying cry , ‘ ¡ Por tierra , paz , precios justos ! ’ |
| 25 | Earlier general strikes had paralysed Greece on June 6 and July 4 in protest at austerity measures and an economic development bill which was subsequently adopted by parliament on July 23 . |
| 26 | If Polybius had treated Rome in the same way as according to a fragment of Book 34 he seems to have treated Alexandria , we would have gained in understanding . |
| 27 | Aristotle had treated Carthage at length as a Greek polis . |
| 28 | From the first Leo had treated Kate as his own daughter and her marriage to James had n't changed that . |
| 29 | Mike , her stepfather , had been his usual amiable self , but even he had treated Ryan almost warily . |
| 30 | The President 's obsession with security led him to authorize the wire-tapping of government employees , while Liddy and Hunt , part of the Watergate burglary team , illegally entered the offices of a psychiatrist who had treated Daniel Ellsberg , the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press , in order to steal his medical records . |