Example sentences of "[conj] had [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and we did n't think , and sort of , then we realized that had to sort of like turn it off and that might help a bit , but boiling water , we 're trying to stop it with our finger . |
| 2 | Erm , this was in fact something you know , coming from , I think the feminist movement and very much a a it was quite new for middle class women to go out and work , and you know they are now aghast that they 're you know , having to juggle all these things but these were traditions that had in fact , been handed down . |
| 3 | From the tip of the headland and for some way out to sea the waves were breaking white against half-submerged fangs and stacks of rock that had in time past broken away from the main cliffs . |
| 4 | Theology had long been familiar with this kind of argument , and had on occasion made very extensive use of it . |
| 5 | By the time the traffic ceased , they were far too late to carry out a proper raid on the airfield and had to content themselves with shooting up transport along the road . |
| 6 | It had been written for an age when wind was still the motive power for most of the world 's shipping , so that , though technically out of date , it was invaluable for some of the work I was doing , particularly wire splicing , and if we were rolled over and had to jury-rig the ship it would be a life saver . |
| 7 | ’ His ‘ instant portrait ’ — on the accuracy of which he prided himself enormously — was that the client was most likely a starter , could very well be a married man , children off his hands , time on his hands , going back to his own public school days ( the velvet collar on the overcoat was a giveaway ) and the boys will be boys bit or just realized very late that what he really fancied was a bit of the other and had to wallet to get it . |
| 8 | He was nabbed by a new British Rail patrol waging war on fare-dodgers and had to fork out an on-the-spot £10 fine . |
| 9 | Tolstoy has assumed , in The Minister and the Massacres and elsewhere , that the BGS who originate the signal was Brig Low ( now Lord Aldington ) , and ha used the phrase " verbal directive from Macmillan to Corps Command as important evidence to support his theory that at the 13 May meeting Macmillan had " initiated " moves to hand back the Cossacks , and had in effect used his political authority to " direct " 5 Corps to this end . |
| 10 | Lamarck was eminent for his classification of invertebrates , and had in effect put the chain of being into motion , so that everything was moving slowly upwards , and creatures had not become extinct but had just changed , responding to their environment . |
| 11 | Until then he had thought of her as sulky , even wilful , and had in truth been no more anxious for the match than she . |
| 12 | We agree with the National Curriculum Council 's conclusion , in the light of consultation , that they should be combined and had in fact already decided on one target for the secondary stages . |
| 13 | Especially is it difficult when a child can remember her own mother , and had in fact seen her again some months before . |
| 14 | He had been Sam 's best customer during his vacation , had spent a few pounds on skates and cycles , and had in fact hired these for days at a time . |
| 15 | That was the way Adam wanted it and had in fact been vociferous on the subject , vowing that neither now nor in the future would he ever give in to those bourgeois values and customs . |
| 16 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |
| 17 | He had been made mayor by the Germans during the Occupation , and had in fact done his best for the villagers . |
| 18 | It was obvious that she had come into the laboratory after the blow had been struck , and had in fact seen very little . |
| 19 | Mahdi Mohammed was in agreement with the proposed UN deployment and had in fact , Sahnoun reported , called for the despatch of a 10,000-strong UN force . |
| 20 | ( The asbestos had been built into the carriages to act as sound and heat insulation , but had of course later been found to be a health hazard . ) |
| 21 | Since the introduction of through working on the main line in 1926 , cars on the Thornton Heath service had shown the destination ‘ Greyhound ’ as their southern terminus , but had in fact reversed at the Davis Theatre ( a large cinema ) a little further down the High Street , near South End . |
| 22 | Naming the first person I could think of , I answered St Francis — because he could have chosen to live a life of luxury and ease , but had in fact followed the principles of Christ in giving away all he owned and living a life of poverty . |
| 23 | After the trial it emerged that the foreman of the jury was not only a member of Sir Joh 's National Party but had in fact raised funds for his legal expenses . |
| 24 | The Principal responded initially by agreeing to redesignate courses as full-time , and explaining that the Academic Board had come into existence after departments had been constructed to match DipTech requirements , but had in fact gone a long way towards the Council 's view — further than the report on the June quinquennial visit had acknowledged . |
| 25 | Tolstoy attaches great importance to the change of wording in the signal of 23 May , referring to a " verbal directive " , as if this implied that on 13 May Macmillan had not just " advised " but had in effect given an order , which he was in no position to do . |