Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Ashdown , who loves to tell us that his campaign alone concentrates on ‘ the real issues ’ , had filled the entire broadcast with pictures of himself . |
| 2 | Hobbes had formed a close friendship with Gassendi during his meetings with him in Paris , in the circle of scientists and philosophers which centred round Mersenne . |
| 3 | At one time Dalgety was up 16p as Elf Aquitaine , the French oil group , confirmed it had formed a joint company with Australian Robert Holmes a Court to hold a 5.5 per cent stake in the Dalgety agricultural and food group . |
| 4 | It had already formed local pacts with the SzDSz in five counties , but on March 30 Antall announced that the HDF had formed an electoral pact with the Smallholders and the Christian Democratic People 's Party whereby the three parties would support the best placed candidate in each constituency . |
| 5 | But he had n't deserted her , he had arranged a suitable marriage with his under-gardener , had given the couple the lodge to live in and had had the child named after one of his sweetest heroines , Brenda Nevil of Wrenwood . |
| 6 | When he left , after numerous rows with American socialists , though the class struggle was still his main concern , he had developed a new sympathy with cultural and political nationalism , his character had mellowed , and he had matured into a thinker of depth , breadth , and originality , and an orator of force and passion . |
| 7 | From her period of residential living she had developed a particular rapport with Henry . |
| 8 | As days turned into weeks , Ned 's owner began thinking that his dog had developed an unhealthy obsession with his lump of rock . |
| 9 | I had developed an extreme closeness with two of the doctors , and I called them , and they both agreed to go in and evaluate Ron 's condition and get back to me , and I said I would abide by their decision . |
| 10 | It was not until the oriental had addressed the armed newcomer with the blackened face , that the two youngsters had recognised him as the private detective Brett Grant . |
| 11 | The Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica presented me with a view of patients and diseases which was quite unlike anything which I had encountered , and gave many lively examples of the ways in which Kent had solved the clinical problems with which he had been faced . |
| 12 | US President George Bush had enjoyed a personal rapport with Gorbachev and was believed to prefer dealing with one person , especially on nuclear issues . |
| 13 | It was Sunday , and Yanto had enjoyed the casual breakfast with his Mother , something he rarely had time for during the working week Their chat during breakfast had revealed to him that his Mother had enjoyed the previous Friday evening out with Sid Watkins and would probably see him again . |
| 14 | By the time they had toured the famous house with its owner , studied the illustrious visitors ' book , looked round the study with Mr Luke Fildes ' picture of the Empty Chair in their mind 's eye , and had seen the chalet where Dickens wrote his last words before his death , they were drained of emotion , and it was fortunate that Rochester Castle provided exercise without undue stress . |
| 15 | He had come a long way with the Elder , as had his family from time immemorial . |
| 16 | Her father , whom she adored , had collapsed the previous September with a cerebral haemorrhage and had lain in a coma in the National Hospital in Queen Square , London , for nearly four months . |
| 17 | On Wilcock 's suggestion the Voice had approached a distinguished critic with the New York Times Book Review , Gilbert Seldes . |
| 18 | Again , de Gaulle had approached the British government with a proposal for a Free French expedition to rally a strategically important part of the French empire . |
| 19 | Mr Parker confirmed that the Yard 's ship-owning subsidiary , Trassey Shipping , had secured a long-term charter with a Belgian company , Cobam , which will enable H & W to go ahead with its plans to build a 162,000-tonne Capesize bulk carrier . |
| 20 | The threat co-incided with an announcement by British Gas that it had secured an exclusive deal with Bahrain , one of the GCC members , to develop plans for a large power station there . |
| 21 | His stereotyped image of the single missionary lady was overturned with one stupendous " Wow " once he had met the outgoing Australian with the warm smile and alert interest in everything around her . |
| 22 | Uncle Vernon , goaded by the presence of the traveller with the skin grafts , had ruined the festive meal with recollections of his march across France and an encounter in a partially demolished farmhouse outside Lille with a white-haired woman of thirty who as a small child had suffered atrocities in the First World War . |
| 23 | During the latter years of the war , Italy had undergone a traumatic experience with battles raging up the length of that country , and emerged with their King Victor Emmanuel resigning in favour of his son , Umberto II , and a succession of coalition governments . |
| 24 | The shock/horror disclosure that children were watching video nasties in vast numbers was severely criticised when it was found that the research had undergone a little trimming with a chain-saw here and there . |
| 25 | Rifabutin and ethambutol in combination were assessed in 16 patients with recurrent Crohn 's disease who had undergone an ileal resection with a partial colectomy and ileocolonic anastomosis . |
| 26 | Earlier in the month , on Nov. 8 , Roh had attended a one-day meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa in Kyoto , in what was described as the first of a planned series of regular bilateral discussions . |
| 27 | On that occasion Gary McAllister had silenced a frenzied atmosphere with a stunning volley in the second minute . |
| 28 | A spokesman said UN authorities had lodged a strong protest with the Belgrade authorities over the Yugoslav military war games in mid-March when troops crossed the Danube to land on Croatian territory . |
| 29 | Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis had lodged an official protest with Yeltsin on April 29 over the alleged deployment of new troops in the republic , and had banned unauthorized use of Lithuania 's air space . |
| 30 | Chain had overcome the problems which had defeated every previous experimenter with penicillin , but only on a small scale . |