Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [vb pp] during the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crisis within the coalition had arisen during the previous week when Reynolds on Oct. 27 accused O'Malley of " dishonest " testimony to a parliamentary inquiry into fraud in the beef export industry as regards Reynolds 's handling of export credits for Iraq while Industry and Commerce Minister in 1987-88 . |
| 2 | She was n't hungry — her appetite had disappeared during the long moments she had looked into his amber eyes . |
| 3 | Now , our dining-room had served during the General Election just concluded as the local Labour Party committee-rooms , and there were still various sheets of strawboard balanced on tables and sideboards , covered in the stubs of canvass-returns , with pencils at hand to mark them . |
| 4 | The jury had heard during the four-day trial that Daly and Welshman Artro Davies , of Maes Dulyn , Penygroes , had earlier been involved in two scuffles in a local pub . |
| 5 | His voice had changed during the last few words and she pushed him hard against the end of the settle as she said , ‘ No , they wo n't come running , but have you ever thought of you doin' the askin' ? |
| 6 | Peter White , main Board director of group personnel at Midland Bank , was more justified in complaining that the banks in the City had suffered during the Big Bang as the result of excessive leverage enjoyed by headhunters in a tight market . |