Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there they were , Vinkelkopf and Stu , lording it at Squire 's or Squires ' Wine Bar as the case may be , when who should step in but some vieille flamme of Herr Vinkel 's , and this Fräulein had in tow none other than what turned out to be our own dear Gillian . |
| 2 | Elsewhere there was no need to set up special bodies , but it is clear that much local administration had in practice to be devolved into the hands of local men . |
| 3 | Scott J concluded that if this were a case in which there was any question or threat of general disclosure by the defendant of confidential information concerning the way in which the plaintiff carried on its business or concerning any details of the affairs of any of its clients there would be no answer to the claim for an injunction ; but it was not general disclosure that the defendant had in mind . |
| 4 | It was difficult to sleep that night , not only because the floor was hard , but because we could n't escape the worry of what the future had in store for us . |
| 5 | We did not want to be the cause of friction ; but as we were unable to ascertain what the Club had in mind by way of arrangements , we proposed tea or dinner , or , if he were not being entertained in the evening , both . |
| 6 | Violence , sexual scandal and murder had of course been seized on by Mary 's sixteenth-century detractors as admirable means of blackening the character of a major political figure — particularly a female political figure . |
| 7 | She can spare you but a few minutes , she says — ’ the dowager-duchess had in fact said no such thing ‘ — but will see you at once . ’ |
| 8 | Ottoman rule had in effect atomized society . |
| 9 | Slowly it became clear that what Labour had in mind was a circular we had sent out three months earlier to health authority chairmen for comment , entitled Co-operation between the NHS and the private sector at district level . |
| 10 | Local community action had in fact failed to make any important impact on the larger social and economic political structures in Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | The thought of the forthcoming windfall reminded Rev. Levitt that his last wedding had in fact been that of Mrs Cohen 's elder daughter . |
| 12 | Certainly , when Yeats chaired the Irish Senate committee that commissioned the Irish coinage ( so wonderfully handsome as it turned out to be ) , it was photographs of Sicilian Greek coins that went out to prospective designers to show them what the committee had in mind . |
| 13 | It was this sort of situation the Agency committee had in mind in justifying its activities because ‘ provincial associations have become inert and inefficient ’ with the result that local groups concluded ‘ their own individual exertions were too little sustained by those of similar bodies elsewhere to be of real utility ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ While I respectfully agree that recommendations of a committee may not help much when there is a possibility that Parliament may have decided to do something different , where there is no such possibility , as where the draft Bill has been enacted without alteration , in my opinion it can safely be assumed that it was Parliament 's intention to do what the committee recommended and to achieve the object the committee had in mind . |
| 15 | There was affidavit evidence before the judge which , if admissible , showed that the appeal committee had in fact approached their task in accordance with the two stage test propounded in the Croydon case . |
| 16 | Yet even ‘ Disgruntled , Kilgraston Road , Edinburgh , ’ who had expressed his disquiet most volubly to the The Scotsman sports desk had to gorge on his opprobrious remarks as Hastings became the leading scorer in matches between the two countries with some imperious striking as he landed five goals from eight attempts . |
| 17 | 7–10- The Session had under consideration the more frequent celebration of the Lord 's Supper in the congregation than at present , which is once a year in May and resolved the ordinance be observed on the first Sabbath of November next … |
| 18 | 18–1–1915 The Session had under consideration the question of the running of the public motor bus for pleasure on the Sabbath Day on certain occasions last summer , and the probability that such facilities may be increased this year , and instructed the Moderator to bring the matter to the notice of the Presbytery , with a View to the Presbytery taking such action as they may deem advisable to prevent such encroachment of the Lord 's Day . |
| 19 | 25–9–1897 The Session had under consideration the subject of having a half yearly Communion and arranged for a service on 7th November . |
| 20 | When any aircrew came raging in to inform us that our optimistic prediction of clear , moonlit skies and baby cumulus had in fact turned out to be 10/10ths stratus on the deck , we were able to wave them airily in the direction of Messrs Coutts , Stark and Coleman and say , ‘ You 'll have to talk to them ! ’ |
| 21 | This was the case notwithstanding the fact that all the information which was given to the expert had in fact been previously published . |
| 22 | If gaunt-face had in fact given Upper Gumtree something tranquillizing , the effects would wear off long before then . |
| 23 | It was not a question of the right the child had after conception , but of the right to compensation which commenced when she was born . |
| 24 | We had a bit of a party in the Met Office that night , tearful farewells were said all over the place , and I departed the next morning with my kit and a bad headache , ready for whatever Fate had in store for me . |
| 25 | He little knew what fate had in store . |
| 26 | The Security Council had in fact already been active , once the fighting was over . |
| 27 | His invoker had of course been Joshua Godolphin , and he 'd commanded Dowd to serve his line until the end of time . |
| 28 | Charts 1 and 2 illustrate the effect the campaign had on customer and non-customer perceptions of the Bank in the two key areas of mortgages and savings . |
| 29 | The conditions to be met before a leap-frog appeal can take place indicate the type of case the legislature had in mind . |
| 30 | The likely reason for the inquiry was that the deceased had in mind to name Miss Hughes as a beneficiary in the document he was writing . |