Example sentences of "[num] [noun] had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beating Oldham 1–0 on 30 August had taken a bit of heat off Wilkinson , but another away defeat could well have led to calls for his resignation . |
| 2 | On Sept. 10 Gorbachev had addressed a telegram to all republican , regional and local leaderships calling on them to take action to prevent a collapse of law and order . |
| 3 | In 1929 Hill had become a director of the Eagle Star Insurance Company , which , in the economic recovery of the 1930s , grew rapidly and had substantial funds to invest . |
| 4 | As early as 1842 Disraeli had moved a House of Commons motion calling for union of British diplomats and consuls in a single service . |
| 5 | At the extraordinary congress in December the 2,000 delegates had adopted a programme which committed the Socialist Party to act as a " barrier to the right and extreme-right and to pursue economic modernization , social justice , and the construction of Europe " . |
| 6 | In 1917 Duke had ridden a Kalahuewehe wave half a mile till it died in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel , where now the ASP annual banquet is held . |
| 7 | The three men had established a routine of playing cards between breakfast and lunch , draughts between lunch and dinner and chess between dinner and lights out . |
| 8 | On March 31 Escobar had announced a resumption of a campaign of violence , offering rewards of US$4,000 and US$100,000 respectively for the killing of regular police and elite anti-drugs police , threatening to kill judges and the owners of the newspaper El Espectador , and threatening to explode 5,000-kg bombs in residential areas of Bogotá for every person extradited . |
| 9 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 10 | By 1807 politics had become a fight to the death between the two factions . |
| 11 | In June 1308 Edward had accompanied a letter to the pope on Gaveston 's behalf with the grant of the castle of Blanquefort to the pope 's nephew ; later that year , at the pope 's request , the king released some prisoners , among whom was Walter Langton , bishop of Lichfield , who had offended the barons by his corruption and extortion at the exchequer and the king by earlier siding with Edward I against Gaveston . |
| 12 | ( In 1981 Israel had launched a surprise air attack on Iraq 's Osirak nuclear reactor site — see p. 31908 . ) |
| 13 | Bulgarian leaders raised further objections after up to 100,000 people had held a rally on Feb. 20 in Skopje , capital of Yugoslavia 's Macedonian republic , to show solidarity with Bulgaria 's Macedonians . |
| 14 | By 1701 Myddlewood had attracted a squatters ' colony of fourteen cottages that formed a distinct , new settlement between Myddle village and the hamlet of Marton . |
| 15 | Earlier in 1912 Apollinaire had written a series of articles for Les Soirées de Paris and these were gathered together with some additional material to form the bulk of his Les Peintres Cubistes which was issued in March of the following year . |
| 16 | Duncan Campbell Macewan , who for ten years had managed a sheep station in Australia bigger than Islay , had come home and claimed he was the oldest feuer in Bowmore and was one of the few whose feu was for life " while water runs and grass grows , " When the chairman asked " Do you suffer from late harvests ? " he was told " Sometimes , not very often . " |
| 17 | Duncan Campbell Macewan , who for ten years had managed a sheep station in Australia bigger than Islay , had come home and claimed he was the oldest feuer in Bowmore and was one of the few whose feu was for life " while water runs and grass grows , " When the chairman asked " Do you suffer from late harvests ? " he was told " Sometimes , not very often . " |
| 18 | By 1729 Hetty had resumed a correspondence with her father . |
| 19 | Only one practice had employed a person ( part time ) with the title ‘ financial advisor , ’ and this had caused friction with the existing practice manager . |
| 20 | One college had started a course of 3 hours on one evening each week plus ‘ homework ’ for a period of 16 months . |
| 21 | One policeman had suffered a detached retina from the blast and one onlooker had had a heart attack . |
| 22 | Five patients had had a postmortem examination but only one showed evidence of asthma . |
| 23 | By last night , five municipalities had declared a state of emergency . |
| 24 | Giving details of the situation at Konjevic Polje , Maj Waters said one armoured vehicle with five men had escorted a convoy to Konjevic Polje on Thursday to help in the evacuation of 75 wounded people . |
| 25 | No. 1 Troop had acquired a 3-inch ( 76mm ) mortar which increased the Troop 's firepower beyond its establishment . |
| 26 | One company had obtained a concession from its local unions to employ at least a certain proportion of its workforce on a temporary basis . |
| 27 | In 1970 JUSTICE had published a report of a working party , chaired by Lewis Hawser QC and Basil Wigoder QC , recommending an equivalent of the Scottish prosecution system . |
| 28 | His life had almost certainly been saved by the fact that one bullet had hit a radio handset he had been holding to his ear . |
| 29 | This bar was run by an old woman who for twenty years had run a Legion brothel in Algeria before retiring to Orange after the Legion moved to mainland France . |
| 30 | In preparation for this , the first decade of the regime was devoted to the development of the infrastructure , in particular the railways and canals , so that by 1860 France had reached a point where it was felt she was capable of competing with the greatest economic power of the age . |