Example sentences of "had [verb] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1663 an Act of Charles II had placed a partial ban on the importation of foreign cattle to England ; the ban became total in 1666 and permanent in 1680 . |
| 2 | The bogus golfers had placed a triangular support under the open end of the decapitated golf-bag and had hammered a notched support into the grout at its base , which still rested on the trolley . |
| 3 | In my self-conscious zeal to improve myself , I had placed a regular order for the London Times , not a paper normally stocked by that small newsagent . |
| 4 | The hook had ripped a great tuft of flesh from his throat . |
| 5 | But by the third edition Spock had withdrawn a longish way from the doctrine that natural loving care cures all ills . |
| 6 | She had sustained a slight scratch on her neck . |
| 7 | Frost , like thickly appliquéd lace medallions , patterned the bedroom window , and water in a cup by the bedside had formed a solid block of ice . |
| 8 | Hobbes had formed a close friendship with Gassendi during his meetings with him in Paris , in the circle of scientists and philosophers which centred round Mersenne . |
| 9 | Steam from the water had clouded the mirrors in the bathroom ; condensation had formed a dewy veil over the tiles . |
| 10 | At one time Dalgety was up 16p as Elf Aquitaine , the French oil group , confirmed it had formed a joint company with Australian Robert Holmes a Court to hold a 5.5 per cent stake in the Dalgety agricultural and food group . |
| 11 | HAVING BEEN a close follower of The Lone Groover and loon pant ads in the NME of the '70s , I had formed a lasting impression of The World 's Greatest Rock Weekly as an impenetrable fortress of wit , intellect and sneering clever-gits . |
| 12 | However , reports in October claimed that up to 1,300 Army officers had formed a secret group in support of the former CCP general secretary Zhao Ziyang and in opposition to the Yang brothers . |
| 13 | China had formed a Leading Group on Intellectual Property , headed by State Councillor Song Jian , and on Oct. 20 , the China Daily reported that China would join the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention before the end of 1992 [ see also pp. 38339-40 ] . |
| 14 | The minister also said that there would be no financial or budgetary disadvantage whatsoever to any GP who had to treat a large number of chronically ill patients . |
| 15 | Normally he enjoyed staying over at the firm 's northern hospitality suite which was situated above their offices — bloody hell , he had treated a few girls to his own style of hospitality there enough times — but tonight it was all wrong . |
| 16 | It was on a trip to Frankfurt with a mixed load of several 2,000lb bombs and the varied load of experimental PFF flares and early target indicator devices ; Bennett always insisted that we had to carry a full load of the hurtful . |
| 17 | The report also stated that the Indian army had repulsed a Pakistani encroachment in the Kirni area of Punch sector . |
| 18 | Corbett pointed to the one stained glass window in the room where the artist had painted a graphic vision of demons , their eyes glaring fiercely , their mouths and nostrils poured forth fetid breath as they tore the flesh of sinners with red hot pincers and pierced their bodies with glowing iron nails , whilst others beat the unfortunates with spikes and scourges . |
| 19 | After that the conversation had gathered a startling momentum of statements , random guesses , admissions and had ended with her using her foster brother as a confidant — though now she regretted it . |
| 20 | At one time he had intended a whole chapter of The Complete History of Wimbledon to be devoted to the issue of Maltby , but somehow the chapter had never materialized . |
| 21 | Ira Dilworth had arranged a small party for Gracie on the Hotel Vancouver 's mezzanine floor after the coast to coast broadcast , which went off amazingly well . |
| 22 | But he had n't deserted her , he had arranged a suitable marriage with his under-gardener , had given the couple the lodge to live in and had had the child named after one of his sweetest heroines , Brenda Nevil of Wrenwood . |
| 23 | He pointed out that the council had arranged a private tutor for him while it worked on trying to find him a school . |
| 24 | Robert Hardy — who had arranged a nifty transfer to London — confirms this . |
| 25 | HTV had arranged a special lunch for me , my family and a few close friends , following the investiture , on board the Hispaniola , moored off the Embankment . |
| 26 | I remember that he liked one in celebration of wool ; another was of everything brown or gray , for which I had arranged a large collection of natural objects , of woven and blockprinted textiles , pots , and beautiful bowls and boxes made of wood . |
| 27 | In his introduction he said that this budget had to signal a radical departure from practice in recent years , especially in stressing an anti-inflationary orientation and in moving away from state paternalism towards private enterprises . |
| 28 | It was feared that the proposed budget for general programmes , set at $345,500,000 for 1991 , was very likely to prove inadequate if the UNHCR assumed new responsibilities in areas which had witnessed a substantial displacement of refugees , including Liberia , Cambodia and the Western Sahara . |
| 29 | What Myeloski did n't appreciate was that that was how the plane was meant to be landed in such terrible conditions , that he had witnessed a superb piece of flying by a highly trained pilot . |
| 30 | The 19th century had witnessed a significant change in the distribution and occupations of the population . |