Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [vb pp] [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The new congress did lack consequential leaders and congressional reform and the further weakening of political parties had brought about a variety of undesirable developments . |
2 | Vonadk reported on Jan. 8 that resistance fighters had carried out a grenade attack in Phnom Penh on Jan. 6 , killing a number of " traitorous Vietnamese puppets and lackeys " . |
3 | The previous day the Yugoslavs had put up a proclamation in Klagenfurt claiming that Carinthia was part of Yugoslavia . |
4 | Ellen tapped her heel , where the strap of a new pair of sandals had rubbed up a blister . |
5 | The Fine Gael TD for Westmeath , Paul McGrath , told the Dail that a group of terrorists had set up a firing range on the shores of Lough Derravarragh last week and fired off 1,000 rounds of ammunition from Kalashnikov rifles . |
6 | AMID a confusion of conflicting reports , Russia yesterday denied one of its planes had carried out a raid that killed one man and wounded eight people in Sukhumi , capital of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia . |
7 | Anyway , when things had calmed down a bit , Kathleen made a quiet suggestion . |
8 | A short time before , estate agents ' men had put up a board to say that five houses were to be built — but they had erected it in the flower garden of the house instead of in the field as they had been instructed . |
9 | The police had rounded up a circle of drug users and suppliers . |
10 | The children had brought in a number of dead barn owls , so there was already a bit interest . |
11 | No I think , I thought we still had a chance , albeit you know the odds had gone down a bit or increased , but er no I thought we still had a chance , it was gon na be harder because if we lost any more by the wayside then you know you 're gon na be , it would 've been very awkward . |
12 | It was also the last test flight for the station 's long serving test pilot … and his colleagues had lined up a surprise . |
13 | One of the counters had fallen down a snake to the bottom of the pit . |
14 | ( This decree had in fact been proposed by the BSP in response to threats by opposition protesters to set fire to themselves if the symbols were not removed ; on the very day of its approval workmen had taken down a hammer and sickle crest adorning the facade of the BSP headquarters . ) |