Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun prp] had [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While his father was still alive , the Prince Regent had married secretly a Roman Catholic widow , Maria Fitzherbert , but as it was without his father 's consent , it was contrary to the Royal Marriage Act of 1772 , so in 1795 , he married his cousin , Caroline of Brunswick , and a daughter was born , Princess Charlotte , but George IV and Caroline grew to loathe one another , so from 1796 they lived apart . |
| 2 | By the end of the struggle France had lost almost every single colonial possession she had , so that French imperial history had to begin all over again in the nineteenth century , but nobody in 1690 could have guessed at such a result . |
| 3 | Her parents did not know which guest house among the thousands in the resort Nicola had stayed in . |
| 4 | And suddenly , true to the route Ursula had picked out on the map , they reached the crest and saw Maurice 's car , parked at the far end of the lay-by where he had been told to wait , maroon and solitary against the pale expanse of chalk-smeared turf . |
| 5 | It appeared that the roof Billy had fallen off was in one Coroner 's jurisdiction , but where he 'd landed was in another 's . |
| 6 | In pursuit of the action Campbell had caught about 80 of the creatures on a piece of sticky tape and then forwarded them to a zoologist . |
| 7 | Circumstances had greatly changed : the Elector Palatine had become also Elector of Bavaria the previous year , and had removed himself and his court — including the orchestra and singers , the Weber family too — to Munich . |
| 8 | There was great disappointment when the Government decided to choose Glasgow as the preferred option , in spite of the deal Chester had put together . |
| 9 | Of Callejas 's new Cabinet , also sworn in on Jan. 27 , Benjamin Villanueva Tábora was Economy and Commerce Minister in 1977-79 and Finance Minister in 1981 ; Ramón Medina Luna had been a Deputy Economy Minister ; Manlio Martínez had served on a previous occasion as Planning Minister ; Col. Francisco Zepeda Andino had served as Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force ; and Rodolfo Rosales Abella of the opposition PLH had served briefly as Labour Minister in the last few months of the presidency of José Simeon Azcona . |
| 10 | On the coach Geoffrey had stared morosely out of the window ; now he stormed along the wing with ferocious determination . |
| 11 | Some like Sunday long ago , the child Simon had crept up to his Indian step-grandmother when she was asleep in the same wheelchair and thrown a blanket over her , shouting that she was a canary in a cage . |
| 12 | The moment Owen had come in , however , he had waylaid him and taken him off behind the potted palms . |
| 13 | In the two days since the men had been gone the girls had become close friends , beginning from the moment Joanna had knocked timidly on the solar door soon after Guy had left . |
| 14 | Only in the room Sally had chosen especially for her was Harriet amongst familiar echoes of the past and she never entered it without feeling a wave of gratitude towards her aunt . |
| 15 | At the funeral Duncan had stood apart from the rest of the family . |
| 16 | He said that before the war Japan had built up a large international textile trade , part of which in his view , was legitimate and part illegitimate . |
| 17 | Spreading the oilskins out on the floor , she wiped them off , finishing the process with the towel Nathan had tossed on to the worktop . |
| 18 | In the event Schlüter had ended up heading a minority coalition with the Liberals ( Venstre ) . |
| 19 | He said they would all be wanting to study the designs the minute Balor had cleared away breakfast and Bith at once reached for the knapsacks , and said he hoped Flaherty had not spilled jam on the drawing of the four-pronged diadem and Flaherty , injured , said indeed he had not and it the best damson jam he had ever tasted . |
| 20 | This was the day Sarah had made up her mind to speak to her stepmother about her own problems . |
| 21 | Rachaela thought of the day she had seen her in the snow , the day Emma had bowed out from their lives with urgent smiles . |
| 22 | ‘ What a charming picture you both make , ’ he said , sinking wearily into the chair Jules had drawn back for him . |
| 23 | Silence was observed as she moved a table to stand between Charlotte and the chair Natasha had sat in , then arranged the china and poured the first cups . |
| 24 | The windows were tall and mullioned , looking out onto the courtyard Harry had crossed earlier , with the top panels stained purple and gold to match the colours of the school . |
| 25 | Alongside the mirror Josie had hung out an evening gown , long and slinky and black as a panther . |
| 26 | The figure remained absolutely still among the little birch trees and right in the path Stephen had mapped out for himself to take . |
| 27 | In the midst of these , in 1926 , there arrived in India the man who was to take up the challenge Gandhi had thrown down to the Englishman 's belief in his god-given aptitude for rule — the sixteenth viceroy , Lord Irwin . |
| 28 | The only saving grace was that the number Quinn had dictated down the line to Zack was still on the Kensington exchange . |
| 29 | Throughout the year Israel had carried out over 20 raids , killing some 35 people and wounding a further 150 . |
| 30 | He should have known , the way Pete had drooled over that Jimmy . |