Example sentences of "[verb] they had [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police soon traced the couple 's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris . |
| 2 | So backers latching on to John Dunlop 's Jazeel on his debut at Doncaster last month must have thought they had discovered a goldmine . |
| 3 | At the Microsoft Conference in March 1991 , C-Cube showed they had gone a step further . |
| 4 | In January this year , the Legal Aid Board decided they had made a mistake , and withdrew legal aid . |
| 5 | They had total-stumped some US Cav in the Painted Desert , and some were saying they had scratched a Maniax Chapter in the Rockies . |
| 6 | After years of ticking over , the company realised they had found a group with the determination and talent worthy of excessive backing . |
| 7 | The company announced they had secured a Ministry of Defence contract to deliver nearly 2,000 diesel engined Luton built Novas and almost 800 Ellesmere Port-built diesel 1.7 Astra Estates over the next three years . |
| 8 | FLORIDA Police last night announced they had arrested a man in connection with the killing of a German tourist shot dead on a Miami highway less than 24 hours earlier . |
| 9 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |
| 10 | The welcoming party for Ali Bacher , first off the plane , and the 94-strong South African party was only a small one , comprising Jamaican and West Indian Board officials and assorted media , but all present knew they had witnessed a piece of history that only recently seemed destined for the next century . |
| 11 | She knew they had had a visitor last night , but no one had told her who it was or why they 'd come . |
| 12 | So they knew they had to get a move on . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 14 | Although Suzanne lived with friends , John said they had planned a family Christmas with her sister Michelle , 20 , and brother Steven , 14 , |
| 15 | The Alliance and Leicester Building Society said that 31 per cent of people questioned said they had delayed a move because of the poor state of the housing market , an increase of three per cent on May . |
| 16 | Last night the investigating team said they had made a breakthrough when a missing hood from James 's anorak was discovered by officers searching the area . |
| 17 | Police in north India , meanwhile , said they had found a cache of 6lb of RDX plastic explosive , similar to that used in the Bombay bombs . |
| 18 | Lady Henrietta Tavistock said they had demanded a meeting with the Chipperfield organisation which owns the monkeys at both parks . |
| 19 | Mr Lawes and Mr Whatling said they had signed a partnership deal once it became clear how important the find was . |
| 20 | That was the strong inside bet from Central Park yesterday as the champions angrily denied they had made a move for Sydney St George coach Brian Smith to succeed Monie . |