Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [verb] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These woods gave cover to the herds of wild deer which for centuries had provided sport for the kings and nobility , guests of the Berkeley family at the nearby castle . |
| 2 | Distraught with grief and shock , rejected by her own mother and father , Melissa had been taken by the warm-hearted Craigs into their own home ; the small matter of illegitimacy had been discreetly dealt with by a statutory change of name and a wedding-ring , and the bereaved parents had found consolation for the loss of their only child in caring for his son . |
| 3 | Twelve consortia and seven individual companies had submitted bids for the four main contracts under phase 1A of the project by the deadline of April 20 , 1990 . |
| 4 | Officials had recommended £450 for the Band D rate but councillors decided that the figure should be reduced . |
| 5 | Following the talks in July 1989 between Vietnam and US officials regarding a plan to resettle in the USA former officials of the South Vietnam regime [ see p. 36816 ] , it was announced on Jan. 5 , 1990 , that 156 former Vietnamese re-education camp inmates and their families had left Vietnam for the USA . |
| 6 | European firms had sold technology for the project , as had " front " companies based in the United States . |
| 7 | Showbusiness and sporting stars had donated items for the auction and a sweatshirt given by Ian Botham which he had worn during his charity walk from Aberdeen to Ipswich fetched £33 . |
| 8 | The competitors who had entered all three parts of the competition had usually designed all three parts together , and in some cases had shown drawings for the different parts on the same piece of paper . |
| 9 | For the first class she had just taken two soft pencils , and she had sketched while the others had mixed watercolours for the still life of a bowl of apples , oranges and pears . |
| 10 | ( The ‘ also ’ refers to the fact that the magistrates had made rules for the county gaol close by . ) |