Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One lady even came armed with a floral chamber pot — she had obviously heard of the 14/20 Hussars Mess Dinners where a similar receptacle , but of silver is used for drinking . |
| 2 | But it was the unexpected shots that would provide the spice to the story — like the ones she had just made of the little midinette enthusing as she saw the dress she 'd sweated blood for , if not created , come down the catwalk to the roar of applause . |
| 3 | But no one there had ever heard of the Arektenje area of Jaffa where the newly married Damiani had bought his home . |
| 4 | in the following issue of The Building News asked if ‘ E.A.F. ’ had ever heard of an astylar composition , but another reply , from ‘ A. ’ in The Times on 1st November , was to be almost the last comment in that newspaper on the controversy . |
| 5 | When we first saw Mark Cottrell 's fabric wraps around his handles/lines we wondered why no-one else had ever thought of the same idea . |
| 6 | John Coleridge , ‘ an Israelite without guile ’ , had probably died of a massive stroke , and a few days later was buried on the north side of the altar in the church he had served for twenty-one years . |
| 7 | The Soviet government , which had repeatedly warned of the destabilizing effects of rapid unification , accepted the formula when , on behalf of Polish government , the phrase concerning " issues of security of the neighbouring states " was added . |
| 8 | Duroc had barely heard of the Ancient Adversary , but he knew this entity was one of the few Great Unseen Powers that stood in opposition to the Dark Ones , the extra-dimensional masters to whom Nguyen Seth had dedicated his long life . |
| 9 | The Pétains had never boasted of a military tradition . |