Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Barbara Castle who remarked , when Mrs Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives in 1975 , that power had made her pretty for the first time . |
| 2 | The same storm which had swept Hawke 's blockading cruisers away from Ushant and enabled Conflans to get out of Brest had made it possible for the privateer captain , François Thurot [ or Thourot ] to take his little five-ship fleet , carrying some 1270 soldiers and 700 seamen , out of Dunkirk . |
| 3 | In a nationally televised speech , Bush said that developments in the Soviet Union had made it possible for the United States unilaterally to " take steps to make the world a less dangerous place than ever before in the nuclear age " . |
| 4 | In 1976 , earlier changes in the nominating process had made it possible for an outsider to seize the Democratic nomination , but in office , Carter 's lack of ‘ relevant experience ’ and ‘ aptitude ’ had proven to be a serious liability . |
| 5 | As had happened previously , the fines were paid anonymously but the magistrates had made it impossible for an outsider to defuse the situation on this occasion by also binding them over to keep the peace . |
| 6 | If you and your kind had made it obligatory for a ship to carry a drogue , all ready bent , for letting go , I would have let one go . |
| 7 | His predecessor , Diego Tamariz , who had held the post since 1988 , was dismissed on March 12 after a National Congress hearing had found him responsible for the " incorrect and illegal " handling of the country 's oil and electrification affairs . |
| 8 | She had kept everyone awake for a whole night and Oz had cried into his pillow . |
| 9 | Siward had merely killed his wife 's uncle , as Carl Thorbrandsson had already killed his wife 's father , and had joined thereby the bloody brethren of kinsmen whose lethal manoeuvrings had kept him busy for the twelve years he had now held the earldom . |