Example sentences of "[noun sg] that had [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 2 | An argument developed because Mr Brown told her that the new chauffeur the company had just taken on could use her car while she was away , as the car that had been ordered for him had not arrived . |
| 3 | A lone man at nearly midnight , wearing a thin jacket in a storm that had been blowing for over an hour … |
| 4 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 5 | He knew also that the human race freely chose to reject him ; it was only right that they should take some responsibility : mankind as well as God must be responsible for reversing the effects of the fall and for moving on to the mature relationship with the creator that had been ordained for them from all eternity . |
| 6 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 7 | Gorbachev , speaking at the closing ceremony , acknowledged that there were basic disagreements between the two sides , but thought the meeting had created ‘ opportunities for progress ’ ; Reagan thought that ‘ useful preliminary results ’ had been achieved , and hoped that further progress would be achieved at the meeting that had been arranged for the following year . |
| 8 | And the NRPB 's move also emphasized a process that had been continuing for many years . |
| 9 | This is a more generous protest even than it seems at first sight , for Jacob 's possessions include Esau 's birthright , and Isaac 's blessing that had been meant for him . |
| 10 | But not even the penny-pinching Strange could have complained overmuch about the price that had been paid for the extraordinary information Morse had gleaned . |
| 11 | This placed an unfortunate obstacle in the path of the police who might otherwise , simply on the grounds of suspicion , make a ‘ clean sweep ’ of all known criminals — a policy that had been advocated for some years by Matthew Davenport Hill , the Recorder of Birmingham — as a sure means to guarantee the safety of the streets . |
| 12 | When combined with the growing criticisms of its injustice , these findings undermined all the claims for enlightenment and scientific efficiency that had been made for rehabilitation as a penal aim . |
| 13 | ANIMALS ! ’ or ‘ BIRCH ’ EM ’ and ‘ SMASH THESE THUGS ’ encouraged the public to treat young football fans as criminals , and the fans themselves then acted out the role that had been supplied for them . |
| 14 | As their experience built up , the Treasury became less and less convinced that the role that had been envisaged for the nationalised industries in overall demand management was a desirable one . |
| 15 | It was worn and comfortable-looking , like an old , well-loved piece of furniture that had been kept for years . |
| 16 | We stood in the doorway for a while until our eyes adjusted to the darkness and then , stooping low to avoid the worst of the smoke , we made our way through the crowd to a space that had been cleared for us close to the fire . |
| 17 | They gave him a letter that had been waiting for his arrival . |
| 18 | It is diverted to the alien nest where it drops into the cuckoo 's mouth the food that had been destined for its own young . |
| 19 | At 2 p.m. , rather than face more questions from the femme ménage , she ladled the food that had been left for her to eat into one bowl and carried it some way down the hill to a place where she knew it would be picked up by stray dogs and cats . |
| 20 | Forgetting his earlier disgust at the food that had been set for him , he thought only that this girl would appreciate it , whatever its quality . |
| 21 | Against Sartre 's claim to establish Marxism 's truth philosophically , Althusser reasoned that if Marxism is a science , then the history of Marxism ought to conform to the kind of history that had been developed for the sciences . |
| 22 | The consultative document published in 1987 followed the principle that had been acknowledged for some time , drawing a distinction between essential items which were to remain free , and desirable but not essential items for which charges could be made , a distinction not in practice very easy to make . |
| 23 | And he did not look to be equal to the formidable task of escaping the net that had been spread for him . |
| 24 | Most days Jo left the house with her breasts strapped into a brassiere that had been tailored for her by her mother 's corsetière , two thick white cotton cones attached to a four-inch band , meagrely edged with broderie anglaise . |
| 25 | He glanced around the large , pleasant room in the first-class hotel that had been booked for her . |
| 26 | In line with this principle , she ignored the Gorbachev visit and went to the cinema to watch a film that had been banned for 20 years , since it deals with the Russian invasion of 1945 . |
| 27 | It is possible to break out of the straight-jacket by applying an idea that had been used for many years in thinking about the psychology of classification and aesthetics ( McLlelland & Clark , 1933 ; Berlyne , 1960 ) . |
| 28 | At least , then , the note that had been left for me ( 'See you around ? ' ) gave me some excuse for trespassing now . |