Example sentences of "had [verb] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls , as in her mind she thought of the Misses Cardings , had trimmed it with a deep tone of lime-green velvet ribbon and in the heart of the bow at the side they had placed two tiny red silk rosebuds . |
| 2 | When rights of conquest or hereditary rights had placed two or more territories under a medieval ruler , he was quite accustomed to finding that they were ruled under different constitutions and he would not think of trying to impose a uniform system of government on them ; Queen Elizabeth had rights and duties in England that were rather different from the rights and duties she had in the Channel Islands , which were all that was left of William the Conqueror 's Norman territories , and it was perfectly natural for each new English acquisition overseas to be won on terms that differed from what had happened previously . |
| 3 | He had a wire basket in his left hand , in which he had placed two tins of pineapple cubes . |
| 4 | He would know I had placed two packets there inside . |
| 5 | Each platoon had placed two men on guard duty , with orders to change them every two hours , to ensure that no one went without rest . |
| 6 | He told how Stephen began draining petrol from the car , but when he had filled two plastic bowls petrol was still flowing . |
| 7 | In February 1991 Civic Forum had formed two parties , Civic Democratic Party and Civic Movement [ see p. 38017-18 ] . |
| 8 | The abolition of Pomgol was greeted with so many protests from the affected areas of Russia that Kalinin had to issue two statements in which he tried to show the stricken population that it had not been abandoned by the government . |
| 9 | This attitude had provoked two serious crises in the 1840s , in both of which France was virtually humiliated , and while Napoleon III was resolved on bringing about an understanding , he was equally resolved that it should be on a basis of equality . |
| 10 | For one thing , a much smaller house , because after all , C. Mellings , Printers and Stationers had to support two establishments ; Cedric 's and Jane 's house did not have that elusive but unmistakable atmosphere of ease , of success . |
| 11 | I had to wait two hours before seeing him as he was in conference with a producer . |
| 12 | That was in 1977 and Hope had to wait two years before making his second attempt . |
| 13 | Regulations required the direct-grant schools to set aside , without fees , 25 per cent of their places for pupils who had completed two years in an elementary school . |
| 14 | In fact , by then Reagan had served a valuable apprenticeship in the communications industry and had completed two terms as governor of the most populous state in the union with a GNP comparable to that of Canada and exceeded by only six national economies . |
| 15 | I have difficulty from time to time in persuading some of my colleagues to believe that a boy not yet 21 could amass so much experience in such a short time ; he had completed two tours and looked like completing a third . |
| 16 | Benjamin , however , squeezed me by the wrist and I followed him , taking some consolation in the fact that I had hidden two knives , three spoons and a small silver plate used for sweetmeats inside my jerkin . |
| 17 | He had broken two ribs . |
| 18 | United Motors had received two urgent requests for assistance ; one from the local Managing Director , who needed help to resolve his serious plant problems , and the other from the Turkish Prime Minister requesting UM investment support to reduce the country 's massive trade imbalance . |
| 19 | What really disturbed the Under-Secretary was the report he had received two days ago about the smuggling in of arms for this new Volunteer army . |
| 20 | He says he had no idea that Surrey had received two warnings in 1990 and 1991 until the summons arrived from the TCCB citing a third instance , against Leicestershire last month , and referring to the two previous offences . |
| 21 | Full thickness biopsy specimens of the iliac crest were obtained under local anaesthesia after the women had received two separate doses of demeclocycline , and a venous blood sample was taken . |
| 22 | The UN Security Council had received two reports in early August , from the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) and the UN Special Commission [ see pp. 38165 ; 38211 ; 38307 ; 38361 ] , outlining a comprehensive strategy to monitor Iraq 's nuclear capacity , including the right of international inspectors to " full and free " access to " all locations , all persons and all information " and to use independent means of transport and communication . |
| 23 | Sixty four of the patients had received two or more weeks iron replacement before their first attendence at outpatients . |
| 24 | After his action he had received two free tickets from ScotRail for travel anywhere in Scotland . |
| 25 | She watched very carefully and did exactly as he did except that when he had given two low bows she did ‘ two quick bobs ’ . |
| 26 | In fact he seemed to have lost interest in the book before he had completed it — the last two chapters are haphazardly constructed — and he padded it out with three radio talks on " The Unity of European Culture " which he had given two years before . |
| 27 | They won it for the outstanding service that they had given two clients , Comfort Cooling and PSA . |
| 28 | When she was questioned she told the officer she had consumed two glasses of wine at the school Christmas concert . ’ |
| 29 | To reach her father 's business , she had to go two stops on the Underground further than for her father 's house , or her mother 's well , where her mother had been . |
| 30 | As I stumbled along , she told me that the present appearance of the castle was in part the creation of the hotel people , who had joined two separate buildings together . |