Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv prt] an [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said engineers had carried out an inspection of the plane — with advice from British Aerospace — and had found no damage . |
| 2 | Scottish Enterprise said it had carried out an audit at Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd after the allegations were made in a series of unsigned documents passed to the press and the SE chairman , Prof Donald MacKay . |
| 3 | She had complained of stomach problems after returning and doctors at first thought she had picked up an infection in Africa . |
| 4 | There , with an expert hand , he had picked out an assortment of dresses , skirts and blouses for her to try . |
| 5 | It had turned down an offer by the UN , under which Iraqi exports of up to 1,000,000 bpd would be permitted if the revenues were spent on humanitarian aid [ see p. 38742 ] , arguing that the conditions were unacceptable . |
| 6 | It was only ten minutes , as she had used up an hour in the swimming-baths . |
| 7 | Though the CPRS had drawn up an agenda in four parts , starting with our relationship with the external world , we soon found ourselves in the middle of a second reading debate over the whole field . |
| 8 | In the diary covering the last four years of his life there is little mention of books , but he had brought out an edition of Aristophanes ' ‘ Plutus ’ and ‘ Clouds ’ in 1767 . |
| 9 | He was sent back to England in 1595 and by 1605 he had set up an organization of recusant Welsh gentry , Welsh secular priests , and Jesuits ( centred in Gwent and extending up the marches ) . |
| 10 | Saibou had described the police action on Feb. 9 ( which occurred when he was on a visit to Guinea-Bissau ) as " a mistake " , and had set up an inquiry into the incident . |
| 11 | Sheridan had struck up an acquaintanceship with the actor-murderer Giles , a slightly bizarre eventuality which might have odd consequences . |
| 12 | Only one company questioned , who insisted on complete anonymity , had taken on an ex-headhunter into a position it had been seeking to fill , and admitted that it had been a disastrous mistake . |
| 13 | Malcolm had taken on an assistant by this time , Nils Stevenson . |
| 14 | Mr Paisley said he had taken up an invitation from Miss Boothroyd to raise his concerns after an unsuccessful request by Upper Bann MP David Trimble for an urgent debate in the Commons yesterday . |
| 15 | The initial Lutheran challenge to papal authority in 1517 had ushered in an age in which Europe would be divided into hostile confessional camps , but , despite the fact that he himself had dispensed with papal authority within his own realm , Henry VIII had been extremely reluctant to accept this reality . |
| 16 | Their spectacular growth was partly due to natural increase but it was fuelled by immigration from the countryside , particularly after the railways had ushered in an era of cheap mass travel . |
| 17 | The white , scoured branches of trees that years ago had eked out an existence at a sheltered place beneath the cliff , lay about like pieces of sculpture , fashioned by the weather . |
| 18 | If he was n't , he was a bloody good con man and had rented out an office in Love Lane nick under false pretences . |