Example sentences of "had [verb] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Robert Hardy — who had arranged a nifty transfer to London — confirms this . |
| 3 | This monumental achievement acknowledged the work of Marsh and also that of the Russian geographer A.I. Woeikof ( 1842–1914 ) , who had developed a utilitarian approach to the study of the earth 's surface acknowledging the impact of man 's activities . |
| 4 | Members of the CSJ , the NILP , the CPNI , the Belfast Wolfe Tone Society , the Republican Clubs and private individuals worked together because they had developed a personal commitment to the association , and not because they were directed by any outside agency . |
| 5 | Indeed , some psychiatrists had developed a whole approach to treatment in which the hospital itself , the total environment , was organized therapeutically . |
| 6 | This happened to our Corporal Jane , who arrived back in camp after a brief visit to one of the neighbouring air fields to find that she had been posted to the Met Office at Group Headquarters , Huntingdon , and the corporal there , Rosemary Hilton , had received a reciprocal posting to Bourn . |
| 7 | The Saar settlement had given a strong boost to Franco-German relations , while those with Britain had deteriorated because of the failure of the Suez venture . |
| 8 | Yes , those ladies had given a useful fillip to his prestige . |
| 9 | And she had given a certain name to it , and I ca n't remember what the name was now , something like fiddling , I mean fiddling is too obvious , it was n't that , but it was something like that , an ordinary everyday term like that . |
| 10 | The taxi-driver had given a rude sign to Myeloski 's disappearing back before turning to a bemused Duncan for support . |
| 11 | It quoted him as saying that " if the Iraqis had given a positive response to our call sooner , the situation would be different now " , but also as adding that it had become " evident " that " the USA and its allies are pursuing wider aims than Iraq 's withdrawal from Kuwait " . |
| 12 | It is also a moment of generalisation for the twenty-one-year-old second mate who on this voyage from Australia , carrying grain and bent on winning the famous gain-race , had had to contend with an arrogant and hostile captain and who had cast off his boat , after a collision in the dark had given a mortal blow to the Blackgauntlet and he had waited in vain for orders . |
| 13 | Unwelcomed , unwanted , despised and dug out , they had added a new dimension to my life , given me another self and I wanted never to go from Claro . |
| 14 | He still stressed the desirability of banning the fascists but he now stated that anti-semitism had added a new dimension to the problem since 1934 . |
| 15 | But already Lili had added a new dimension to my view . |
| 16 | On completion of his secondary education at Q.R.C. , the young Eric Williams had won a coveted scholarship to Oxford . |
| 17 | As before , he was concerned to hear that we had enjoyed a good flight to his native city , had found a good hotel and that we were managing to survive the bitter cold , the snow and the ice of a Canadian winter . |
| 18 | Someone had applied a damp cloth to her head . |
| 19 | She was not in the habit of ogling men , and although , over the past few months , she had accepted a few invitations to dinner or the theatre , none of her dates had even remotely magnetised . |
| 20 | Since trust in Hitler had owed a great deal to the belief that he would lead Germany to a rapid and glorious peace , since despair of an early end to the war was the essential reason for the waning morale , and since the failure of the Blitzkrieg in the USSR and the declaration of war on the USA made it difficult in logic to hold anyone other than Hitler responsible for the prolonging of the war , it is worth enquiring why the ‘ Hitler myth ’ did not collapse more quickly than was evidently the case . |
| 21 | After he had stabbed a lone sergeant to death the callous murderer kept gory souvenirs of his crime in the glove compartment of his car . |
| 22 | Police said she had suffered a terrible blow to the back of her head but was still alive when she was tossed into the water . |
| 23 | No reduction in damages was made for the plaintiff 's failure to wear a seat belt even though he was found after the collision hanging out of the defendant 's car and had suffered a severe blow to the head . |
| 24 | As regards the Bank 's own activities , however , the financial year July 1989 to June 1990 had seen a positive transfer to the developing countries , amounting to $3,370 million including " soft loans " made by the International Development Association ( IDA ) . |
| 25 | He had had the benefit of meetings with QC and QC , and had made a personal approach to the Lord Chancellor seeking possible improvements in the payment on account scheme , especially a reduction of the waiting period . |
| 26 | During interviews with journalists during March Prince Saad invariably answered questions concerning Kuwait 's future political system with a reference to the October 1990 " popular congress " in Saudi Arabia , at which the Amir had made a vague commitment to opposition leaders to restore the 1962 Constitution [ see p. 37759 ] . |
| 27 | Earlier in November 1987 the Soviet Prime Minister , Nikolai Ryzhkov , had made a six-day visit to India to discuss economic co-operation and international issues . |
| 28 | Venturi was a university teacher , son of a famous father , Adolpho Venturi , who had made a substantial contribution to the publication of documents of Italian art . |
| 29 | York , who had made a disastrous start to the season , won the North East Division One title with one of his best performances of the season . |
| 30 | If the Union had made a significant contribution to solving health problems , it had also unquestionably played a more significant role in awakening community action . |