Example sentences of "[coord] had [verb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , therefore , the King had turned to Henderson after MacDonald had proffered his resignation , or had sought the views of Labour Privy Counsellors as suggested by Herbert Morrison , he could have been accused of wasting valuable time . |
| 2 | Although the proceedings reinforced Castro 's dominance of the PCC , some decisions ratified by the congress , in particular accepting direct election of all delegates to the National Assembly of People 's Powers , were interpreted as signs that he had either made tactical concessions or had recognized the need for gradual change . |
| 3 | He emphatically denied that he had acted improperly or had manipulated the system to his advantage . |
| 4 | Once , there must have been a single core-vessel which had lost its way or had lost the use of its warp-vanes so that it could no longer jump back into truespace . |
| 5 | It appeared from the poor showing of the pro-CPSU communists in the elections that a surprisingly large number of Russians had voted for Sajudis-backed candidates , or had boycotted the voting in overwhelmingly Russian-populated constituencies where only a pro-CPSU communist was standing . |
| 6 | Under the amended election law the president was provided with the power to appoint new deputies to replace those who had died or had left the Assembly since the last elections in 1972 . |
| 7 | They were also content to leave the whole affair as far as they knew it , understood it or had allocated the blame for it . |
| 8 | Senior did once turn the ball into the net but David Elleray was more alert than the referee of England 's 1986 World Cup tie against Argentina and had noticed the hand of a mere mortal . |
| 9 | Namely , he will be inviting your Lordship to er look at whether or not the business the plaintiff 's would have failed in any event er because it is the defendants case relying er extensively upon the opinion of their expert Mr er that even if the plaintiffs had had the finances which were originally anticipated and had completed the deal in accordance with that , the probabilities are that this business would have failed in any event and that they would have incurred the losses they did er so I anticipate there is going to be a dispute between us as to the basis in which your Lordship is to determine compensation in this case . |
| 10 | They were told they would be given refunds , and had to join the rest of the crowds on the dockside and promenades . |
| 11 | Recently the Georgian Supreme Soviet had responded to this increasing violence by voting to make the carrying of firearms by the general public illegal , and had given the population until the end of February to surrender weapons . |
| 12 | The violence had placed severe strains on the ANC 's relationship with the government over the issue of perceived police partiality towards Inkatha supporters , and had delayed the holding of negotiations on a post-apartheid constitution . |
| 13 | Alan had been busy and had arranged the cremation for the following Wednesday morning . |
| 14 | In the uproar which followed it was no help at all that the other teachers signed a statement that the girl had been continually insolent and had provoked the teacher beyond reasonable self-control . |
| 15 | It was a relic from the great days of the docks , and had kept the feel of a sailors ' and a stevedores ' drinking hole , right down to the bare brick walls and flagstones . |
| 16 | He had lost his gate entry card and had to open the boot of the car to reveal his clubs as proof that he was a player . |
| 17 | Holomisa was opposed to the homelands system and in February 1990 had promised to hold a referendum on Transkei 's possible reintegration into South Africa [ see p. 37306 ] ; he strongly supported the ANC , and had legalized the organization in Transkei in February . |
| 18 | In the course of her research into the history of the house , she discovered that the male Pygling line had in fact died out , and that the present bearer of the hallowed name — the pathetic husband of the overbearing Mrs Pygling — came in fact through the female line and had adopted the name of Pygling . |
| 19 | But if Berowne had been writing and had blotted the paper at the desk , where was it now ? |
| 20 | Furthermore , she was n't too keen on having to shop and prepare three meals a day when she 'd been so organised before , and had done the minimum of cooking . |
| 21 | He was , in the eyes of the Church , already a Catholic , since he had been baptized into the Church , and had received the sacraments of Penance , Communion and Confirmation before leaving the convent . |
| 22 | She had written a receipt for the month 's rent for the garage , which he had proffered at the same time , and had received the book with a watery smile . |
| 23 | Indeed , so shaken was she that , without being fully aware of what she was doing , she had invited him in and had led the way into her sitting-room before she had got herself back together again . |
| 24 | He had taken the name Adrian IV and had ruled the church in the twelfth century , a fact that very few people other than myself knew , but a fact I had been foolish enough to tell McIllvanney whose hatred of ‘ taigs ’ , Catholics , ensured he would never forget my papal connection . |
| 25 | The manufacturers , flooded with a backlog of orders far in excess of their capacity , also felt that they would be able to do a better job if designs could be standardised , and had pressed the Government for action in 1947 . |
| 26 | In addition , Lord Meston submits that the court also had ‘ rights of custody ’ in the context of the Convention , because it had made orders in the course of the cross-motions before it which indicated that it was seized of the matter and that it had not determined either the father 's or the mother 's substantive applications and had adjourned the hearing of the mother 's substantive application for custody and for leave to remove the child from the jurisdiction until a date in August . |
| 27 | What a man like Siward would do , who was hiding a second time in a forest and had blown the withdrawal within minutes of the Normans ' arrival . |
| 28 | ‘ The Northern Ireland committee was instrumental in the formation of the Van Straubenzee Working Party and had supported the work of the Fair Employment Agency and now Fair Employment Commission . ’ |
| 29 | Krupp expected and received more consideration than Theodor Boeninger of Duisburg , whom the regional administration merely recommended for the title of Commercial Counsellor ( Kommerzienrat ) because he was wealthy , a capable industrialist , active in public and church life and had supported the government in elections and on both municipal and district councils . |
| 30 | I had detected on some of the fields close to this one and had discovered the site of two Georgian cottages in one field , together with coinage of the period , crotal bells and foot patents , plus some other items too numerous to mention . |