Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewes and Chichester had continued to grow in dignity , no doubt helped by their lords who could see the tax potential . |
| 2 | Frankie had learned to prepare in advance for those days and nights when he might otherwise go hungry . |
| 3 | Duroc had had to come of age and replace the older Duroc in the service of Nguyen Seth . |
| 4 | It had been reported earlier that Kim had offered to resign in order to facilitate the creation of a broad-based opposition grouping which would be capable of defeating the DLP at the 1992 presidential and legislative elections . |
| 5 | The problem had been high on the agenda of an OPEC ministerial meeting held in Vienna in mid-March [ see p. 37335 ] , but both Kuwait and the UAE had refused to agree to production cuts . |
| 6 | The UN official alluded to in the Independent was named in Le Monde of Dec. 21 , in a report which also quoted Manz as saying that the UN had failed to take into account the complexity of Minurso 's task and had allocated " neither enough money , nor enough time " . |
| 7 | The British had launched a powerful attack , and first Mersa Matruh ( which Mussolini had planned to enter in triumph ) fell , then Bardia and Tobruk . |
| 8 | A statement said the TCCB had failed to take into account Lamb 's previously unblemished record and ‘ outstanding service and contribution to English cricket . ’ |
| 9 | Premier John Major and Mr Lamont had tried to shrug off blame for the Sterling crisis . |
| 10 | The short , iron-grey hair , ruffled from his unceremonious usage , stood in tangled locks on the magnificent head Master Harry had loved to copy in stone . |
| 11 | Nixon had tried to govern without congress and Ford had been pathetically inconsequential ; Carter , in his memoirs , claimed to have had a reasonably good relationship with the legislature , but this was not a widely shared view . |
| 12 | Liz had continued to live at home with her parents , but she was now thinking about going to stay with her brother and his wife for a few weeks . |
| 13 | The news that Sipotai had tried to recover by force the st'lyan which had been commandeered under the Kha-Khan 's warrant would be bad enough especially since the attempt had failed . |
| 14 | During September Patil had refused to bow to pressure from the Congress ( I ) high command to appoint certain individuals to the state Cabinet . |
| 15 | She and Antonietta had begun to talk about fashion and materials and had moved on to curtains when Gennaro returned . |
| 16 | The air was thick and sweet with the smell of fresh-cut grass and the wild flowers which Benjamin had allowed to flourish in front of the hall . |
| 17 | Whitlock had wanted to remain on duty for the banquet at the United Nations that evening but Kolchinsky had told him to call it a day . |
| 18 | Exhausted by anxiety and emotion , Clare had decided to go to bed early . |
| 19 | On Jan. 14 Olszewski had agreed to look into budget proposals from the Solidarity trade union which would cause less hardship . |