Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] had [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course I had to get another lens , a piece of glass about the same size , in order to grind it , because you grind the glass with another piece of glass with a grit in between . |
| 2 | At university I had done Moral Philosophy , English , French and German . |
| 3 | The same sort of guilt by association which had tainted Keynesian economics in the wake of the Phillips curve débâcle has tainted the rational expectations hypothesis owing to its close connection , through Keynesian eyes , with the policy inefficacy proposition of the new classical macroeconomics . |
| 4 | The part of the programme which had received highest priority was the introductory course in information retrieval for the engineering undergraduates . |
| 5 | That early hour also avoided having to go to the schools to take children , an action which had caused such controversy in November 1990 . |
| 6 | Collins was the other striking contributor within Scotland 's side , tirelessly continuing at international level where he had left off for his club in Saturday 's Old Firm game and looking unaffected by the demands of a workload which had caused wholesale disruption to the national team elsewhere . |
| 7 | 16 patients with sarcoidosis who had undergone diagnostic biopsy of lung , skin , or lymph node and 16 patients with squamous cell carcinoma or Hodgkin 's disease to act as controls . |
| 8 | The election of Aristide , a 37-year-old left-wing priest who had survived numerous assassination attempts , followed a series of short-lived governments , three of which were military administrations and none of which was the product of free elections . |
| 9 | When Thomas Cooper , a Chartist who had advocated extreme violence in 1842 , visited him , he told him : ‘ You were right … |
| 10 | She was followed soon afterwards by Dr Greenaway , the BDA 's President who had rendered magnificent service to the Association over a period of thirty years . |
| 11 | In Opposition we had had great fun pursuing Bill Rodgers on the standard of the baked beans and the quality of the fried cod . |
| 12 | IN 1963 ABC TV published the findings of an experiment they had conducted some time earlier into the perception thresholds of children watching Television . |
| 13 | Pinochet , who was still C.-in-C. of the army , was told by President Patricio Alywin Azócar on April 15 that in future he had to give prior notice to the government of any trips abroad . |
| 14 | Thus , in May 1988 , one of the highest turn-outs of Lords this century saw the Government home on the introduction of a flat-rate poll tax , a measure which had caused great concern amongst regular attendants . |
| 15 | One hypothesis which had gained wide acceptance and which was consistent with the damage to the aircraft was that it had been hit in error by a NATO missile . |
| 16 | The tanker was the only vehicle I had seen all day . |
| 17 | It was the first protest that the capital had seen about acid rain , an environmental issue which had stimulated political curiosity but very little action . |
| 18 | Existing East German laws on abortion would continue to apply for two years pending a new law to be passed by the all-German parliament ( thus resolving the issue which had caused most dispute among the parties at the end of negotiations on the treaty ) . |
| 19 | However , the bill exempted the mosque in Ayodhya , Uttar Pradesh , an issue which had provoked fierce rioting in recent years and had played a major part in the collapse of the government of V. P. Singh in November 1990 [ see p. 37854 ] . |
| 20 | The linnet she had chosen stopped trilling and sat on the bottom of the wicker cage , its little brown body huddled unhappily beneath the perch . |
| 21 | The proportion who had considered any type of credit other than the one they used was only 6 per cent of this sample . |
| 22 | On April 3 , 1915 , Stoddart shot himself through the head — the saddest of ends for such a famous cricketer who had brought much brilliance to the game . |
| 23 | The flashpoint came when Aqib Javed , a 19-year-old fast bowler who had earned much admiration during this series and the preceding World Cup , let fly a series of short-pitched balls at England 's No. 11 , Devon Malcolm , a non-batsman if ever there was one . |
| 24 | Anna liked and sympathised with the girl who had written this letter . |
| 25 | With my friends from home we had discussed Third World politics and our growing awareness of exploitation globally . |
| 26 | The work they had done that morning was trifling and all they had to show for it was rough shelter and little comfort . |
| 27 | On Oct. 14 the ruling Military Committee for National Salvation ( CMSN ) amended an electoral law it had promulgated one week earlier . |
| 28 | It 's a pity it had to happen that way . |
| 29 | Siward , son of that rich Norwegian fur-trader who had found more profit in England than in the uncertain fortunes of Norway . |
| 30 | Mauro Ferri came to Easington in 1939 with his mother and brother to visit his sister who had married another Italian , Dennis Donnini , who was a fusilier in the British Army . |