Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His programme had combined calls for radical political reform with a strong appeal for Russia 's sovereign rights , including ownership of all the republic 's natural resources , an independent foreign policy , and the primacy of republican legislation over that of the USSR as a whole . |
| 2 | These ministries had to ask permission for all major items of expenditure within the total sum voted and had , at the end of the year , to account to the Treasury for the detailed expenditure of their allocation of funds . |
| 3 | The reason for the apparent lack of confidence was clearly the fact that Elsworth had suspended operations for some while because of coughing in his yard and had not had a winner for almost six weeks . |
| 4 | Since France was pro-Egyptian and Britain 's fleets were otherwise engaged , the Sultan had to ask Russia for more than diplomatic assistance . |
| 5 | This was too good an opportunity to miss because Alan had fished Hope for many years and knew every inch , intimately . |
| 6 | The circuit judge had awarded £175 for 'severe shock and shaking up " . |
| 7 | The report appeared to confirm rumours which had long circulated to the effect that the CIA had passed on information ( supplied by an informant within the ANC ) which enabled the South African authorities to arrest Mandela , who as an underground activist had evaded arrest for 17 months . |
| 8 | Several women friends of Waddell said that he had given them within days of the murder large sums of money ; and a barman to whom Waddell had given £1000 for safe keeping said Waddell had told him he had won a packet on the horses . |
| 9 | Inevitably this assault had to mean trouble for some of their own folk , since they must drive through the outer ring of Scots to get at the enemy — the cost which had caused Ramsay momentarily to hesitate . |
| 10 | The UK had rejected proposals for subsequent stages culminating in a single EC currency and a joint central bank , Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher having stated in interview on June 18 that the decision on a single currency was " not for our generation to take " . |
| 11 | It was the worst conditions in which the rally had taken place for 27 years and at one stage a frozen Mr Hands-Heart and his travelling companion had to be lifted out of the car , he added . |
| 12 | Mrs Travers and Mrs Patel had shown flair for public relations from the beginning ; and the beginning for them had been shortly after the famed conversation in Sainsbury 's , when they organised a summer procession in honour of family values in a South London borough particularly hard hit by both government spending cuts and feminists insisting that ‘ family values ’ were a euphemism for women doing the housework . |
| 13 | Three SSDs had developed strategies for independent living and three others were in the process of developing such a policy . |
| 14 | Two patients had experienced diarrhoea for 25 and 27 years respectively , which had remained unexplained . |
| 15 | In mid-1990 its president and managing director were dismissed after revelations that the firm had issued guarantees for 400,000 million yen in unsecured loans to 40 different companies , of which 100,000 million yen had gone to companies linked to the Inagawa-kai , Japan 's second-largest organized crime syndicate . |
| 16 | His military government had ruled Mali for 23 years . |
| 17 | There were also reports that Iraq had sought sanctuary for many of its most modern aircraft in Iran . |
| 18 | When the US had offered escorts for Kuwaiti shipping much earlier , they were reportedly turned down . |
| 19 | George had loved Joss for that one sentence alone . |
| 20 | Even last year , when her father was so ill , she and Susan had filled stockings for each other , and had such fun over the wonderful box of curios that Jack had sent from India . |
| 21 | Prosecutors in Nowy Sacz province had instituted proceedings for criminal slander of a state official , which carried a maximum eight-year prison sentence , and following his defeat by Walesa in the December 1990 run-off election Tyminski had been required to post bail of US$100,000 before he could fly home to Canada . |
| 22 | By 1915 , 74 local authorities had obtained permission for 105 schemes . |
| 23 | Unlike Roman Catholics , who had to come to terms with the use of the vernacular , Anglicans had used English for four hundred years . |
| 24 | Investment in canals had brought prosperity for many shareholders and there was similar enthusiasm to invest in the railways . |
| 25 | Thus the Treasury had to give permission for all borrowing undertaken by a local authority , not merely in total but for each project for which money was borrowed . |
| 26 | It was obviously impossible for the receiver to sue the person who had appointed him , and in any event the company had received indemnities for all costs , including those of the other side if necessary . |
| 27 | The Royal Africa Company had to provide slaves for English colonists as a condition of keeping the charter which gave it the monopoly of the trade , and the colonists added to the injury of leaving their debts unpaid the insult of complaining that too few slaves were being delivered . |
| 28 | In an inflationary age those who had sound customary tenures reaped the benefits of fixed annual rents , but those tenants who were successfully challenged by their lords had to meet demands for considerable increases . |
| 29 | It was reported that the couple had made love for real , and that the scene had to be drastically cut by the censors . |
| 30 | If only the delights of San José had held Lori for one more week ! |