Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] had [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ By July 1972 the People 's Park had become a dusty , informal campsite for wayfarers ( Los Angeles Times , 30 July 1972 ) . ] |
| 2 | It would have been helpful if the report 's compilers had included a clinical virologist . |
| 3 | I took the tapes up to the embassy for analysis , and sure enough , it turned out that Yasser Arafat 's PLO had installed a listening post right next to ours . |
| 4 | Thin streaks of cirrus lay parallel to the horizon , and between them the sun 's orb had become a well-defined sphere of a rich rose-crimson . |
| 5 | P&O 's Rajputana had enjoyed a spotless record as an armed merchant cruiser before she fell victim to German submarine attack . |
| 6 | Fakrid 's eyes had turned a livid yellow . |
| 7 | Mrs Knelle 's boy had attended a similar boarding school to the Cistercian college , and had then gone to Maynooth , a prestigious Dublin seminary for priests . |
| 8 | Deborah 's parents had had a tumultuous relationship in which frequent violent arguments would be followed by tender love scenes . |
| 9 | Ipuky 's confession had lit a bright torch in the dark labyrinth of his investigation . |
| 10 | Holford 's planners had to have a broad cultural background and were to be ‘ enablers ’ , building up from research and synthesis to a design end-product . |
| 11 | As far as he could see , Viola Machin 's marriage had followed a familiar pattern : begun from sheer sexual passion , aggravated by loneliness and perhaps desertion , it had quickly gone sour ; it sounded as if Viola had suffered disillusion and frustration — the sexual side had not proved enough , and other aspirations , social ones perhaps , or aspirations of Walter making a mark in the literary world , had not been fulfilled . |
| 12 | Dave Bassett 's team had to resist a late siege to ensure a place in the quarter-finals . |
| 13 | Shortly before this great day Vigilant 's crew had made a large seizure from a Finnish vessel berthed in the Thames , the goods concerned being unearthed from a very clever concealment , and the Queen was very interested to hear about the incident . |
| 14 | The Duke 's thumbnail had forced a small scar into the map at another crossroads , this one much closer to Brussels and just south of a village with the odd name of Waterloo . |
| 15 | Ellis believed that the women 's movement had taken a wrong turn in demanding equality with men in the public sphere and should rather have worked for the elevation of motherhood . |
| 16 | The despair in their father 's voice had sent a sudden chill of apprehension through the brothers . |
| 17 | The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that . |
| 18 | As a consequence , the last six years of Henry 's reign had witnessed a long and bitter power struggle between the conservatives led by Gardiner and Norfolk , and the evangelicals led by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer , Sir Anthony Denny , and the Seymour uncles of Prince Edward . |
| 19 | The weapon in Mr Cottle 's hand had become a long , loosely coiled spring , lit from within as though by moonlight . |
| 20 | Rose 's grandfather had made a stupid suggestion but he had also thrown some light on the history of the cottage . |
| 21 | The girl 's landlady had made a packed lunch from pork which is at the centre of a botulism alert . |
| 22 | The fact that the party 's final net loss was only eight seats indicated that Clinton 's popularity had gone a considerable way towards offsetting the effects of reapportionment . |
| 23 | The half-caste prostitute 's son had come a long way . |
| 24 | William 's grandad had fought a lonely war against the priesthood — and the grandmothers and mothers and aunts who were allied to it-but he 'd lost every battle so far . |
| 25 | Indeed , my father 's face had gone a dull reddish colour , like no colour I had seen on a living being . |
| 26 | Tenison 's face had gone a blotchy pink ; his eyes were staring . |
| 27 | Doug Michels , executive vice president of the Santa Cruz Operation , told conference attendees that while Microsoft Corp 's NT had provided a welcome focus on 32-bit operating systems , it 's commitment to open systems remains ‘ very weak ’ . |
| 28 | Her erstwhile MI5 lover had imparted a cruel twist to his lower lip . |
| 29 | S&N , not for the first time , enjoyed a heady ferment as , once again , the market was gripped by the story that the Elders ' 23.7 per cent shareholding had found a new home . |