Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benny had looked at the cream-coloured blouses and soft pink angora sweaters . |
| 2 | Aunt Fosters had died at the right time . |
| 3 | Saxe-Weimar had arrived at the very nick of time . |
| 4 | Instead of flying straight to the United States , the Shah had decided at the last minute to accept an invitation from Anwar Sadat of Egypt to pause briefly in Aswan . |
| 5 | This was the first time in the 47 years of its history that the UN had met at the top level . |
| 6 | In that case , it was logical to assume that Guy Sterne had decided at the last minute to avail himself of his unexpectedly empty villa for an impromptu break in the sun . |
| 7 | Twelve years ago , he said , President Ronald Reagan had stood at the same podium and said if the national debt were stacked in $1,000 bills , ‘ the stack would reach 67 miles into space . |
| 8 | It was to this area that the Hasteds had come at the very beginning of the 19th century ; previously their home had been in the City , in the parishes of St Katherine Coleman and St Olave , Hart Street , but like many of their contemporaries they made the pilgrimage east . |
| 9 | Her mummy had once shown her photographs of herself as a Brownie many years ago , and Angela had laughed at the funny straw hat and long frock she had worn . |
| 10 | Harry looked round desperately for the O'Hanlons to assist him , but the O'Hanlons had fainted at the very outset and had been dragged clear by Ram , who was now trying to fan them back to consciousness with a copy of the Illustrated London News . |
| 11 | Behind the garden were several acres of rough pasture , which Mr Coleby had bought at the same time as he bought the strip of wasteland that linked the pasture to Champney Road . |
| 12 | In reminding himself that his responsibilities were for the President , he recalled the way that Mariana had looked at the old man that first day when he had met them out on the dock , the President casting for bonefish . |
| 13 | They had met a fortnight after Meg 's arrival when Alice had called at the Old Rectory with a suitcase of jumble for the annual sale in aid of St Andrew 's Church in Lydsett . |
| 14 | Hasegawa had collapsed at the Imperial Palace on Sept. 3 with a suspected cerebral stroke . |
| 15 | The back door of the Old Rectory , giving access to the scullery , was normally left open during daylight hours and an inner door to the house locked , but Alice Mair had knocked at the front door and made herself known . |