Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] had [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do remember we 'd already put his full name on the car and had to remove the last part of it . ’ |
| 2 | Although by the turn of the century most of the food adulteration that had characterised the nineteenth century grocery trade had disappeared , customers were still cheated by unscrupulous retailers who gave short weight by including an excessive amount of packaging around products such as tea . |
| 3 | The invention of the tank and the aircraft broke through the defensive stalemate that had characterised the first world war . |
| 4 | Rhiannon Petts weighed just one pound three ounces at birth and had to spend the first nine months of her life in hospital . |
| 5 | I really did n't intend to join this regiment , in fact I was making efforts to rejoin the Yeomanry , who are out here [ his former regiment had landed in Algeria as part of the 6th Armoured Division in the First Army and had supported the 1st Guards Brigade in the battle for Tunis ] , but the C.O. of this regiment chose me by interview and I had to go , being only a very small cog in the wheels of war . |
| 6 | Viscount Melbourne became Prime Minister in July 1835 , but by the end of that year , it was necessary for the Duke of Wellington to become Prime Minister for a short period , followed for about one year by Sir Robert Peel , who had been Home Secretary and had introduced the first Police Force , enrolling men who soon became known as ‘ Peelers ’ or ‘ Bobbies ’ , after the founder . |
| 7 | The managing director of the bank that had advanced the first £20,000 was willing , the board , influenced by Niki 's grandfather , was n't . |
| 8 | Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death . |
| 9 | But anyone who could understand English and had watched the last Liberal broadcast , an exercise in pure Paddiography , would know perfectly well how she could say that . |