Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm called Bocodonism and it turns out , find out later in the book that the reason they outlawed this is because of the guy Bocodon who was , who originated the religion had made a deal with the head of the state of the country that he would outlaw it , so that 's how the religion thrived , because it was outlawed |
| 2 | Her sidelong glance had caught a quick exchange of looks between them as if Father Devlin were silently saying , ‘ I 've done my share ; now it 's your turn . ’ |
| 3 | Most important was that the Association had lost a high proportion of the key members by death or removal from the area , and failed to attract the younger men coming home from war service who found an outlet in more direct political activity . |
| 4 | On Tuesday evening , the family heard that a housing association had struck a deal with a local farmer to buy a house which will be refurbished , extended and rented to the family , but a last minute call yesterday morning to the Scottish Office for more time to allow the family to move was turned down . |
| 5 | Another member of ASUTRAMES explained how the repression increased , until there came a point when the Association had to call a halt to its public activities . |
| 6 | In previous years the British Independent Programme Producers Association had taken a stand and we were initially distressed to find that this was not to be the case in 1990 — a decision based on the exorbitant cost ( they will retain a stand at MIP-TV ) . |
| 7 | Hundens Lane resident Ian Haszeldine said members of the allotment association had taken a lot of criticism about the way their land was kept . |
| 8 | Rumours that the Football Association had ordered a replay made it necessary for secretary Sir Frederick Wall to issue a statement confirming the result . |
| 9 | Castle Square tenants association had submitted a petition calling on the council to withdraw the offer . |
| 10 | It was only the fourth time that one horse had completed a clear round . |
| 11 | His horse had taken a dozen blows and was weakening . |
| 12 | And yet the best form of relief for this boy whom grief had made a man would be in action . |
| 13 | By 1750 the buying and selling of government stock had become a straightforward routine . |
| 14 | IF THE Angry Brigade had chucked a bomb through the window of one particular Granada TV studio instead of Employment Secretary Robert Carr 's front room in '71 , the world would be free of Bernard Manning , Jim Bowen , Mike Reid , Stan Boardman , Frank Carson , and Tom O'Connor , such was the northern Working Men 's Club potential and future might of Johnny Hamp 's Comedians line-up . |
| 15 | The part of the city through which they were walking reminded Zen of Venice , but a Venice brutally fractured , as though each canal were a geological fault and the houses to either side had taken a plunge or been wrenched up all askew and left to tumble back on themselves , throwing out buttresses and retaining walls for support as best they could . |
| 16 | The further side had offered a fair-sized patch of flat ground . |
| 17 | Among the lands earlier ceded to the abbey of St Denis was the Vexin français , that natural bulwark between the French royal demesne and the now hostile Norman duchy , which had been held as a Norman fief , had formed part of Simon de Crépy 's state ( see p. 216 ) , and finally was reclaimed for the French crown by Philip I. The Vexin had had a comital family , in origin probably the advocates for the abbey ; but Philip had bypassed their claims , granting the territory to the young prince Louis , who met with such opposition in the area that it was not until 1119 that his possession was secured . |
| 18 | To my surprise this man who could not swim a stroke had covered a quarter of a mile towards Malta , judging by the fluorescine trail . ’ |
| 19 | Coalition had become a political habit that would be quite difficult to break and had sapped the party 's confidence in itself . |
| 20 | The Middle East Economic Digest ( MEED ) of April 12 reported that the United States administration had announced a new arms deal , subject to approval by Congress , worth US$919,000,000 and comprising exclusively spare parts and engineering support . |
| 21 | Rubino , attempting to show that his client was the victim of a political vendetta by the Bush administration , had sought access to classified government documents , to obtain evidence that the US administration had maintained a formal or covert relationship with Noriega . |
| 22 | Reports in early March suggested that the US administration had defied a ban on military sales to Pakistan by issuing licences to commercial companies worth US$100,000,000 for the export of military spare parts . |
| 23 | Following the decision to commit US ground-based forces , estimates as to the numbers which might ultimately be deployed rose quickly and , on Aug. 10 , it was widely leaked that the administration had adopted a " contingency plan " involving the use of 250,000 ground troops should full-scale fighting break out with Iraq . |
| 24 | On July 13 the Guardian , quoting US officials , had claimed that the Bush administration had approved a list of 100 targets for possible air strikes against Iraq . |
| 25 | After determined application of the economic weapon by the Eisenhower Administration had forced a cease-fire as British troops advanced down the Suez Canal on 6 November 1956 , an exhausted Eden flew to Jamaica to recuperate on 21 November . |
| 26 | Her bedroom had become a nest . |
| 27 | Fair enough , perhaps , but your ex-wife had got a rich new boyfriend . |
| 28 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that on the plain words of section 2(1) ( a ) of the Rent Act 1977 a statutory tenant enjoyed that status so long as he remained in occupation of the dwelling house as his residence , and , therefore , the defendant had remained a statutory tenant after the possession order had been made ; that since she was neither a statutorily protected nor an excluded tenant within the meaning of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 she was entitled to the protection of section 3 of that Act and could not lawfully be removed from the premises until the possession order had been executed in accordance with rules of court ; that since the only method of enforcement provided by the County Court Rules 1981 was by execution of a possession warrant in accordance with Ord. 26 , r. 17 , the plaintiff was not entitled to re-enter by other means ; and that , accordingly , the defendant was entitled to damages for unlawful eviction under section 27 of the Act of 1988 ( post , pp. 879B , 881D–E , G–H , 882A–B , B–C , 883C–E ) . |
| 29 | In Bennett v. Bale the defendant had invited a person to tell lies to disguise what he believed had been the commission of a licensing offence . |
| 30 | The second defendant had made a large number of deliveries to and collections from the premises on Capricorn 's account . |