Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] had [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear people who could hardly write for arthritis , who had to send aged husbands staggering out in the frost to find something suitable , people whom I had hardly seen and had exchanged no more than the shiest of glances were sending me pictures of daffodils , valleys , seas and mountains . |
| 2 | Held , allowing the appeal and quashing the order , that the judge had failed to specify the fees to be disallowed and had adopted an inappropriate procedure ; and that , in any event , there had been no unreasonable act or omission capable of founding an order under section 19A of the Act ( post , pp. 665G — 666B , G ) . |
| 3 | It was where Diana was born and had spent the first fourteen years of her life . |
| 4 | She lived in the house where my mother had been born and had spent the first seventeen years of her life , up until the time she was married . |
| 5 | But in each case the wife lacked a full understanding of the security transaction into which she had entered and had had no independent advice . |
| 6 | Hugh was already committed to the marathon trip when he heard that the special care school had been burgled and had lost a vital computer and software , which is crucial in helping the children 's development |
| 7 | But when the justice minister who had agreed to her release himself fell from favour , she was reimprisoned and had to serve a further ten months before being rereleased . |
| 8 | Often , such people never consider that it might be because they are not academically qualified or had had a bad interview ; they automatically blame racism . |