Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Nora 's barely hidden horror William had joined a partnership in Northumberland . |
| 2 | The government 's election pledges had included a clampdown on crime , but Simmons , taking charge of a new portfolio which included jurisdiction over the police , prisons and fire service ( hitherto the responsibilities of the Attorney General ) , faced immediate controversy when he supported the use of flogging with the cat o " nine tails . |
| 3 | The Defence Ministry had published a decree on Nov. 13 allowing senior officers to be retired " for reasons of renewal according to the needs of each institute " . |
| 4 | Dean Acheson had caused a storm in the British media with his suggestion that Britain 's world role was just about played out . |
| 5 | The opponent in the West seat had made a call of a weak 2 Hearts , which suggested that he had a 6 card Heart suit and not many high cards in his hand . |
| 6 | When he had returned home that day , after leaving Franco , Maria Filippa had placed a dish on the table , filled with warm fresh taralli . |
| 7 | MNR leader Afonso Dhlakama had cancelled a July 19 meeting in Rome with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jeffrey Davidow , claiming that the government planned to assassinate him . |
| 8 | The dark pink of the coral necklace had trapped a tendril before curving downwards to the small swell of her breasts . |
| 9 | He had always claimed to be acting for the best ; not selfishly , but for all men , as the great sage Confucius had said a ruler should act . |
| 10 | Rumours that the Football Association had ordered a replay made it necessary for secretary Sir Frederick Wall to issue a statement confirming the result . |
| 11 | When Miss Poraway had mentioned a Tupperware party Mrs Stead-Carter had gone much further than she 'd ever gone before . |
| 12 | Thus in the UK the Natural Environment Research Council had initiated a series of working groups to advise on the needs for future research . |
| 13 | Keith Sheridan took four for 34 , a fine performance by the Poloc spinner , and he had the honour of taking top scorer Kenny Jackson 's wicket , thanks to an excellent catch by David Cowan , only two balls after the Freuchie bowler had dislocated a finger which he put back in himself . |
| 14 | Miss Martindale had had a school , but her rigid ideas and stern manner had frightened the children , and their parents had taken them away . |
| 15 | At least once a gossip columnist had run a story about ‘ the lonely and about to be divorced MP for Roundhead East ’ in a column next to the story about Irene Pitt and her husband . |
| 16 | Richard Gould had published a book Yiwara , foragers of the Australian desert which unwisely included a photograph of sacred objects , knowledge of which is restricted to initiated men . |
| 17 | He said he had received information from another member of staff that Miss Dixon had left a message on a telephone answering machine about an ‘ untidy kitchen ’ at the nursing home . |
| 18 | The inquest into his death was attended by friends who were with him last september when he was having a night out in Newent after his football team had won a match . |
| 19 | They also confirmed that an American named David Lovejoy had made a series of calls to Hussein Niknam , the Iranian chargé d'affaires , about a team of American agents , led by Charles Dennis McKee and Matthew Kevin Gannon , who had arrived in Beirut on a mission concerned with the hostages . |
| 20 | " We stood off the Belgian coast near Nieuport that evening and received information that Spring Flight had embarked a party of Pakistanis and was leaving harbour . |
| 21 | We made ball and roller bearings for the car trade , the car trade had come a slump and the car trade to this day does n't want one bearing or one detail for a car until it 's ready to put it on a car . |
| 22 | During subsequent interrogation it was revealed that Ann Lynn had made a rendezvous during the night with a Dutch cargo vessel , had stowed the contraband below for later disposal , and calmly taken out the anglers for a day 's fishing before unloading the loot . |
| 23 | After his defection to the United States , Pacepa claimed that Eastern Bloc scientists had developed a method , known as RADU , of irradiating an enemy and inducing cancerous tumours . |
| 24 | Meredith Jones had begun a youth centre for boys and girls . |
| 25 | Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth , whose coalition government had won a majority in legislative elections on Sept. 15 [ see p. 38427 ] , announced on Oct. 22 that Mauritius would become a republic on March 12 , 1992 . |
| 26 | Opposition leaders had rejected a request from the then Government Leader in the House , Doug Lewis , to recall the Commons for an emergency session on April 26 . |
| 27 | It was still running in New York , where Ellen Burstyn had won a Tony award for her performance as the mistress whose married lover conducts their affair on a once-a-year , same-time-same-place basis . |
| 28 | Miss Danziger had heard a variety of interpretations over the many years . … |
| 29 | An opposition MP had tabled a question in parliament . |
| 30 | Apart from the evidence of bloodstained items such as the fender , the flat iron and the shoes , the Surrey Police had retrieved a pair of Shill 's bloodstained trousers from John Turner 's house . |