Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [adv] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1972–3 three pilot projects covering Sunderland , Oldham and Rotherham had earlier looked at the issues concerned with a ‘ total approach ’ to urban management . |
| 2 | Picasso had never exhibited at the large Salons or taken part in any group manifestations , and after the Indépendants of 1909 , Braque joined him in this particular kind of artistic isolation . |
| 3 | After dinner , the Shah and Carter retired to a study to talk about the Middle east with King Hussein , whom Crown Prince Reza and Ardeshir Zahedi had just welcomed at the door . |
| 4 | It was happening in Liverpool , where giggly Karen had just started at the local secondary mod , and in London , where Dennis Parsons was fast learning that the prime number is number one , and where Liza was studying art at the Slade . |
| 5 | In a letter of 1955 Tolkien had rather laughed at the idea that Willow-man and the wights were agents of the Dark Lord : ‘ Can not people imagine things hostile to men and hobbits who prey on them without being in league with the Devil ! ’ |
| 6 | It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors . |
| 7 | It was widely reported that the UK had unsuccessfully argued at the committee meeting for a total suspension of the ERM and also that requests had been made for Germany to reduce its interest rates . |
| 8 | In this connection , it was noted that France had not participated at the Military Committee meeting ( having remained outside the NATO joint military structure since 1966 ) , but had decided in March to join a working party created at the July 1990 NATO summit [ see p. 37599 ] to consider the strategic implications of the changed world situation . |
| 9 | There were several reasons for this : the delicate state of recovery within the economy meant that it would be foolish to contemplate a significant defence burden falling on Japanese shoulders ; the question of Japan 's future foreign policy was extremely contentious within the country and there was vocal hostility to any suggestion of reviving an active or adventurous approach to foreign matters ; furthermore Yoshida had personally suffered at the hands of the military and had no wish to see the old guard of the Japanese armed forces making a come-back . |
| 10 | These included the return to Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah of the islands Abu Musa and the two Tunbs , occupied by Iran in 1971 ; a modification of the 1975 Algiers agreement which Iraq had unilaterally abrogated at the beginning of the war ; autonomy for the Arab , Kurdish and Baluchi minorities in Iran ; and the ‘ acceptance of certain conditions ’ ( no doubt concerning non-interference in Iraq 's domestic affairs ) for the improvement of relations between the two countries . |
| 11 | Sharkey Morris and Soapy Symonds had both worked at the Galloway transport firm in Page Street for a number of years . |
| 12 | Rufus had not looked at the picture for years . |
| 13 | Agriculture Minister Sotiris Hatzikakis had already resigned at the end of November . |
| 14 | Trained in watercolours by his father , the precocious Bonington had already exhibited at the Liverpool Academy before his family left England . |