Example sentences of "had [verb] [noun] with a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born in France , his parents had emigrated to the United States , but in 1912 Lufbery had joined forces with a daredevil French aviator called Marc Pourpe . |
| 2 | Nothing further was heard from him on that subject but in the meantime Whitbread had made contact with a Bedford surgeon , Samuel Young , who embarked on an extended trial of the remedy over the course of the following three years . |
| 3 | Breeze tenderly massaged the tip of her nose which had made contact with a button , while the man stooped to pick up his pipe . |
| 4 | She was arrested when she flew back to Britain in tears last week , protesting that she had made arrangements with a neighbour to look after Gemma , a pupil at a stage school . |
| 5 | I was glad I had made arrangements with a City Temple friend to go back to the flat in Southwark to collect the last of my wanted books etc . |
| 6 | Rose had had fun with a boy of her own age . |
| 7 | Unbeknown to Joan , her husband had contacted Richard with a plea , ‘ Give me three months alone with Joan . |
| 8 | We have seen ( pp. 30–1 , above ) that the vast expansion in the number of such fires in the postwar years had provided consumers with a way of avoiding the consequences of coal rationing , but the effects on the electricity supply system were devastating . |
| 9 | Reginald had found work with a company about to leave for Australia . |
| 10 | Determined that she should not go the same way as her sister , Jonadab Oaks had ruled Martha with a rod of iron ever since Tamar 's seduction by Sir William Forster . |
| 11 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 12 | The ship had left England with a crew of 36 but , as a result of desertions , only 19 remained and only 4 or 5 of them were able seamen . |
| 13 | The people of Tiree were very kind , and I had to take tea with a family who had good English , and invited me to come right away and remain their guest while I stayed on the island . |
| 14 | Maria had loved radio with a passion from early childhood , her faith in its power to survive unimpaired through all the years when television threatened to make it obsolete , and justified now that it was enjoying an upsurge in popularity in so many countries , thriving new stations almost daily news at present . |