Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [verb] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mouth had contracted in a manner Muriel had not seen for years . |
| 2 | On Nov. 25 , 1991 , the United Left ( IU ) opposition grouping had lodged in a Madrid court an accusation against Renfe concerning fraudulent dealings . |
| 3 | Some of these were old portraits that Boy had bought in a street market early on a Sunday morning , wing collars and moustaches printed in sepia ; some were cut from pornographic magazines or bodybuilding magazines ( in colour ) ; some were cut from newspapers ( these in black and white ) . |
| 4 | Further down the alleyway the wood had shrunk in a fence leaving a knot-hole big enough to see through . |
| 5 | Since the Revolution of 1830 , this group had lived in a sort of internal emigration , rejoicing in the fall of one usurper and awaiting with undiminished confidence the inevitable departure of his successor . |
| 6 | The guide took his place at centre stern and , after the raft had turned in a circle to adjust itself to the current , the paddling rhythm set in to send it down-river towards the white foam that could be seen rising between the distant boulders . |
| 7 | The rest had worked in a variety of occupations , principally manual or unskilled , such as shop assistant and labourer . |
| 8 | Russell quoted one case in which a person had died in a fire . |
| 9 | Her father had died in a car accident , she told him . |
| 10 | The movement had grown in a climate of free enterprise , and while it remained relatively small it did not appear to threaten the capitalist market or private business . |
| 11 | The two-layered paper had spilled in a heap off the back of the printer . |
| 12 | A man had hidden in a window seat ; his enemies had not looked for him there because on top of the seat , someone had laid a sleeping child . |
| 13 | Cromwell 's men were searching a Cavalier household ; the man had hidden in a window-seat and on top of it his wife had placed their sleeping child . |
| 14 | The exception had become the rule ; nearly half the counties had lost their largest urban centres ; the division between rural and urban local government had hardened in a form which caused controversy for nearly a century , and which is still reflected in the current structure ( Hampton 1966:464 — 5 ) . |
| 15 | The tribunal ruled that the government had failed in a number of ways to honour its obligations to the Ngai Tahu since the signing of the Waitangi treaty between the white population and the Maoris in 1840 . |
| 16 | Was ashore in a cleft among the rocks there and the the lifeboat had to turn in a position that was just about twice her own length . |
| 17 | This was partly to save money ( since an ambassador had to live in a style and with an expense which was not expected of lesser mortals ) and partly to minimise the risk of quarrels over precedence . |
| 18 | His loyalty had come in a rush , like a drug , he had no doubts about which side he was on . |
| 19 | The sold-out concert was scheduled to take place at Seattle 's 15,000 capacity Coliseum , however , Nirvana are believed to have pulled out because Kurt Cobain was furious over an interview which appeared in Vanity Fair magazine which revealed that he and his wife Courtney Love had indulged in a drug ‘ binge ’ while Courtney was pregnant ( see last week 's NME ) . |
| 20 | HUNDREDS of people were feared dead yesterday after an ageing ferry packed with Haitians taking food and animals to the markets of the capital had sunk in a storm . |
| 21 | This trend had culminated in a loss of A$1,300 million ( approximately US$1,020 million ) by Tricontinental , the merchant banking arm of the State Bank of Victoria , through which Cain had attempted to promote industrial regeneration within the state . |
| 22 | For the next five years he remained the king 's captive , and only in December 1327 , a year after the old reign had ended in a revolution , did Edward III order his release and the return of his lands . |
| 23 | Modesty Blaise had lived in a penthouse , and Travis McGee lived on a boat called the Busted Flush . |
| 24 | Besides , Cecilia had the example of poor Evelina before her and the recollection of a family rumour that a brother of that manufacturing grandfather had died in a lunatic asylum . |
| 25 | On Oct. 19 the jopint UN-IAEA Special Commission on Iraqi disarmament had maintained in a report to the UN Security Council that it remained constrained from going beyond preparatory work on weapons inspection and verification until Iraq agreed to comply with such monitoring " on the Council 's , not Iraq 's terms " . |
| 26 | One boat was holed three times and despite baling had taken in a foot of water when beached . |
| 27 | More than a year ago , the Barnes board had failed in a bid for permission to sell up to fifteen works from the legendary collection of early modern materpieces in order to fund building repairs . |
| 28 | In both countries collective bargaining had emerged in a form strongly influenced by product market considerations . |
| 29 | His adolescence and young manhood had occurred in a vacuum . |
| 30 | The decision was , I do not doubt , a thoroughly beneficial decision which has given a sensible ambit to powers which Parliament had conferred in a way which good sense would suggest had left them far too restricted . |