Example sentences of "had [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Blackman hesitated , and by the time he had formed a limited partnership to launch his schismatic fair , the would-be faithful had signed on with CIAE 's crosstown competition , David and Lee Ann Lester 's three-year-old Art Chicago International . |
| 2 | They said Labour had squandered a golden opportunity to improve part of the town centre which could be hard hit when the new Cornmill Centre opens in a few months ' time . |
| 3 | He observed that few libraries had developed a comprehensive approach to stock management , and that , on average , university libraries were acquiring eight times as many materials as they discarded . |
| 4 | Since 1954 the Soviets had developed a new proposal to resolve European security problems , whereby all existing European borders would be recognised in an arrangement involving Eastern and Western bloc states . |
| 5 | It has been shown that 10 per cent of the 400 people interviewed in Birmingham had given a lower age to gain admission to Britain , and now can not gain a pension at the proper time ( Bhalla and Blakemore , 1981 ) . |
| 6 | I once met an aged man who had waged a single-handed crusade to get the Fellowship to change its official line that Dr Manette 's house ( A Tale of Two Cities ) is based on the old Carlisle House , Soho Square , in favour of No 1 Greek St. He said he felt prouder than if he had won the Nobel prize on the day they admitted they were in error . |
| 7 | Nevertheless he had persisted with the Saturday Benediction , and Lent had impelled a respectable number to attend . |
| 8 | We went along the river bank : two smugglers were being hanged near Billingsgate and this had attracted a large crowd to watch their last dance . |
| 9 | Yesterday Buckingham Palace confirmed that the Prince had accepted a long-standing invitation to address the annual conference of the Scottish Crofters Union which has almost 2,000 members in the Western Isles . |
| 10 | How should one estimate the faults of those who offered incense without any torture , those who gave way only after cruel torture by rack and fire , and those who had not actually offered incense at all but had bribed a friendly official to sell them a certificate to say they had done so ? |
| 11 | The growth of western power and activity in Asia had done a good deal to extend the geographical scope of European-type diplomacy . |
| 12 | Within two months they had made a first attempt to get a suitable building site — part of the field in which the new Presbyterian School was to be built . |
| 13 | I had spotted this on my travels a few months previous to this time and had made a mental note to return and search it . |
| 14 | Daniel too was given garments , some he might wear and some he would n't , socks , scarf , tie , all of them not black , as though the company had made a preconcerted attempt to cheer him up . |
| 15 | De Gaulle 's lucidity on this point was eventually justified by events , but not before the Americans had made a concerted effort to eliminate him as a political force . |
| 16 | On July 8 the Russian President Boris Yeltsin had announced at a press conference in Munich after talks with leaders of the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) industrialized countries [ see p. 38990 ] that Russia had made a political decision to withdraw an estimated 130,000 troops from the Baltic states , and that an agreement " on a schedule for the withdrawal of troops for the second half of this year and for 1993 " would be signed " soon " . |
| 17 | The company had made a proper request to extend its facility . |
| 18 | As she revealed to writer Sherwood Anderson , she had made a conscious decision to limit the type of image she believed had been most susceptible to critical misreadings in 1923 : |
| 19 | Belinda had made a conscious decision to have a baby and felt that it was important to keep healthy by eating well and exercising during her pregnancy . |
| 20 | There was no general ruling on what type of person was best able to carry out these tasks but the two most common groups were : ( a ) the older wife who had a great deal of experience , and ( b ) the young wife who had made a determined effort to acquire as much knowledge and skill as possible . |
| 21 | In the poor north-eastern part of Brazil infant mortality went up by 20 per cent between 1982 and 1984 , even though the Brazilian government had made a special effort to establish more health-care facilities during the same period . |
| 22 | The union , he alleged , had made a clear threat to close down the school . |
| 23 | Of the 15 people questioned , only one had made a positive decision to drink low-alcohol beer — to protect his liver . |
| 24 | On 7 July Amedeo wrote a card to his mother telling her , somewhat cruelly , that as Italy was now in the war , he had thought that he might be called back for military service , even though he was an invalid and had felt a slight desire to return to Italy . |
| 25 | On May 29 , 1990 , the Storting had approved a constitutional amendment to allow female members of the royal family to succeed to the throne as well as males . |
| 26 | They had envisaged a two-month period to put the exhibition together but Central Promotional Services of Leicester , who manage the Centre , offered free exhibition space on 17 August , just ten days after their initial inquiries . |
| 27 | During World War II Emden remained in charge of St Edmund Hall , while also being lieutenant-commander in charge of the Oxford University Naval Division ( 1942–4 ) : he had persuaded a reluctant Admiralty to raise such divisions in several universities . |
| 28 | What made it all so difficult was that , though practically no one had had a good word to say for Hereward , no one could or would pin down that dislike into a form which could prime a hatred violent enough to kill him . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , since everyone 's giving speeches , I may as well take a turn , ’ he said , and it was at once apparent from his voice that he had had a good deal to drink . |
| 30 | As a young man he had had a strong desire to visit the United States and decided to go there for a holiday , but as the liner approached New York , he dreamed that his mother ( to whom he was not particularly strongly attached ) was lonely and missed him , and this dream made him terribly homesick . |