Example sentences of "had [verb] [prep] [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Read out aloud , it seemed to bear out word for word what Alfred Wells had recalled on oath in court . |
| 2 | The prominence he had given to instruction in science had evidently made matters worse . |
| 3 | Detained under a section of the Mental Health Act in the first place , these patients had responded to treatment in hospital , and their leave was subject to a requirement that treatment should be continued outside hospital . |
| 4 | By the end of September both houses of the Swiss parliament had voted in principle in favour of the EEA . |
| 5 | He had to recite from memory in front of his headmaster fifty Greek lines from the play Medea — a severe punishment , for learning fifty lines of verse in a language imperfectly known would take several hours of spare time . |
| 6 | Vitor had arrived with amicability in mind , albeit a self-serving amicability , and how had she responded ? |
| 7 | Mr Dearlove , 31 , of Devonshire Road , Middlesbrough , died just hours after a man had appeared in court in relation to the incident . |
| 8 | Arias , 59 , leader of the Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) , had remained in office in order to support the constitutional reforms proposed by Endara and endorsed by the Legislative Assembly . |
| 9 | Truman had to learn through experience in office without a period of gradually accumulating knowledge in a subordinate position . |
| 10 | The fog exacerbated his emphysema : he was short of breath , found it difficult to walk very far , and had to stay at home in seclusion . |
| 11 | He was obviously worried about the future of a state which had to resort to terror in order to maintain its supremacy . |
| 12 | He had qualified at university in geology and geography , had tried teaching in Hull but found it too confining and when one of the old guard told him he should be spending more time with children who had some potential rather than those to whom he felt committed , he resigned on the same day . |