Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No.4 Troop had caught a section of German defenders early in the battle as they ran to their alarm posts , but other Germans , many of whom had seen action in Norway in 1940 , tenaciously defended the strongpoints including the improvised fortifications of the Ulvesund Hotel . |
| 2 | As Fen spoke , Robbie 's heart had lightened a fraction . |
| 3 | Yussuf 's unhappiness had spread a cloud over the whole orderly room . |
| 4 | But somehow her mother 's words had struck a chord . |
| 5 | Later , Lucien realised just how fortunate he 'd been when Mandru 's agent had made a bid for him at Por Tanssie . |
| 6 | He told us once his sister 's girl had married a Frenchman . ’ |
| 7 | The girl 's parents had arranged a surprise pre-wedding party for friends and relatives , with the vicar who was to marry them invited along as guest of honour . |
| 8 | Polly 's parents had entertained a lot , and dinner for up to twenty people two or three times a week was not unusual . |
| 9 | For the Galileo story it is important to know that over the centuries Aristotle 's philosophy had become a part of Catholic orthodoxy . |
| 10 | One of Psion 's engineers had collected a master copy of a new program . |
| 11 | The Marshal had called back a number of times and each time the woman 's sobs had had a note of triumph in them . |
| 12 | President Bush had reason to use military force to protect Americans because thousands were scattered around Panama and Gen Noriega 's troops had shown a willingness to harass and even kill them , Mr Goldman said . |
| 13 | Brückner 's investigators had found a jeweller who 'd refused to buy a cross that fitted the description of the Holy Relic . |
| 14 | However , in 1803 Sir Michael le Fleming had granted a lease to William Evetts Sheffield of the " Polygon Sommers Town " in Middlesex , promising him all minerals save slate for a term of 21 years at a Royalty of one-twelfth . |
| 15 | Only two years earlier , in 1923 , the National Labour Women 's Conference had rejected a resolution supporting the idea of cash family allowances . |
| 16 | On Oct. 31 , the People 's Assembly had approved a bill to give financial assistance to " persons who remain jobless due to the implementation of economic reform " . |
| 17 | By the time that Colt 's father had warmed a broth to take upstairs with the scrambled egg and toast that he would himself eat for his supper , the letter to his son would have been delivered to the Colonel 's department . |
| 18 | Fred 's father had owned a pub near a music hall where Arthur 's father had often played , and before their sons were even born the men had sometimes had Saturday-night booze-ups together . |
| 19 | The centre 's manager had established a rapport with Ben and encouraged him to take medication which he otherwise tended to overlook . |
| 20 | By the time he retired in 1977 , ITT 's sales had reached a record $17bn with earnings of an unprecedented $562m . |
| 21 | Organisations within the parish have continued to flourish and Caroline Arnott 's new children 's page had provided a fillip for the parish magazine . |
| 22 | He headed in in the 31st minute after Wright 's centre had taken a deflection , then scored from the penalty spot after being brought down by Bennett . |
| 23 | Alf 's voice had dropped a decibel . |
| 24 | Melanie had tried to fill the bath from it only once and then it had exploded with such ferocity that the toothbrushes leapt and quivered in the rack and Uncle Philip 's toothglass had taken a suicide jump from the shelf and bounced on the floor , fortunately without breaking . |
| 25 | On May 13 it was reported that Taylor 's forces had received a cargo of military equipment from Libya through the port of Buchanan , and that the rebels were freely using supply routes through Côte d'Ivoire . |
| 26 | He could have continued placidly with the life he had chosen , and would have excelled ; but telegrams of a peremptory nature , saying his mother 's illness had taken a turn for the worse and he must come , kept arriving from Colonel Carteret , and Paul had to leave his work , abandon lectures , and make the weary journey to London time and again , only to find Sophia weak but resigned , and reproachful for his having come at all . |
| 27 | I was a witness and so on you see and down below and the sergeant said to me , the sergeant came up and said to me , you 'll have to be careful because he said that boy , he was sitting there with his mother , poor woman , all in black and er the em the boy 's employer had got a solicitor on his behalf , you see , and I said well I can only speak through and say what happened , that 's all I can do and er , so of course when I went into the witness box this man came and er asked me all sorts of questions . |
| 28 | McCarthy 's report had proposed a £6.7 million plan for a national daily along the lines of the Sun or the Mail , based in or near London , with a staff of 230 . |
| 29 | She had been meant for Tolonen — as a ‘ gift ’ to replace his murdered daughter — but Jelka 's survival had meant a change of plans . |
| 30 | The fact that the drug 's manufacturer had proposed a tightening of safeguards did not necessarily mean that the committee should agree to them . |