Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also provided an opportunity for Devi Lal , whom Singh had dismissed as his deputy in August , to rally opposition to the government [ see pp. 37710-11 ; 37774-75 ] . |
| 2 | Before we ever reached Cyprus , Niccolò had demonstrated where his desire lay . ’ |
| 3 | Even if Neil had returned while I had been asleep , he would take care not to show a light . |
| 4 | The Financial Times of March 1 reported that Gorbachev had appointed as his economic adviser Oleg Ozherelev , hitherto an official of the central committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) and formerly dean of the economics faculty at Leningrad University . |
| 5 | Hounslow had to wait until the second-half before England 's Martyn Grimley scored their first goal in a 3-0 win over Lyons , the Poundstretcher Second Division side . |
| 6 | By the end of the period the United States had become as dependent upon Israel in its Middle East policy as Israel was dependent upon the United States . |
| 7 | Hardy had urged as he signed out the gun and ammunition to Denis . |
| 8 | ‘ She 'll sort me out like a good Daily Telegraph lady , ’ Arlott had said when she first came to look after them at Alresford . |
| 9 | The ICRC also estimated that about 30,000 inhabitants of Mogadishu had died since the fighting erupted in mid-November 1991 . |
| 10 | It pointed out that a prolonged period of profits growth at ISC had ended because of insistence by the auditors that ISC adopt more conservative accounting policies on long term contracts . |
| 11 | Irwin had triumphed because , as Lawrence had said of Cromer , ‘ he was so good a man ’ . |
| 12 | If composers such as Mahler , Scriabin , Mussorgsky , Prokofiev and Richard Strauss had collaborated as equals with musicians from the European colonies of Brazil , Cuba , Haiti , Nigeria , Ghana , Cameroon and Congo , what a sound they would have made . |
| 13 | Faldo had to wait until the ‘ 89 Masters before he could catch up with Lyle and maybe the picture of him on the 11th green , the second hole of a sudden-death play-off with Scott Hoch , encapsulates Europe 's men in the majors in the Eighties . |
| 14 | There was a plan once to supply our place and the Fawcetts ' at West Birk Hatt from a source within the boundaries of High Birk Hatt , but the Fawcetts had to leave when their farm disappeared under the waters of Balderhead Reservoir which , ironically , put paid to that enterprise . |
| 15 | This opinion was consistent with the opinion which Mr. Tinker had formed while the deceased was at Samuel Saye House and that Dr. Rao had formed in the period before the deceased 's death . |
| 16 | That was the message Molly had received when she had come down the stairs and left her husband at the dinner table . |
| 17 | It was the first smile Maggie had seen since Laura 's arrival in Heymouth . |
| 18 | The detached building housing the anatomy theatre , museum and dissecting room was praised , and the theatre 's similarity to the one in the London Veterinary College and that in St Thomas 's hospital ( which Sewell had visited when it was still in Southwark ) is noted . |
| 19 | In June , 1978 , two girl Salvationists were killed at Usher during the unrest Eva had foreseen if the Africans were not given leadership . |
| 20 | It was reported on Jan. 10 , 1990 , that , as President-elect , Lacalle had resigned as director of the Blanco Party and as president of the national executive committee of the party 's Herrera movement tendency . |
| 21 | Old Florence had left as usual for East Gore to stay with Jim and Jean and ostensibly to clear her verandah room for Tina and the new baby , but really everyone knew it was to get out of the way before all the excitement . |
| 22 | Fortunately , because Darwin had noted where the mocking birds could be found , it was possible to show that each new species was confined to its own island . |
| 23 | The anthology Poems by Four Authors ( 1923 ) contained ten poems Ackerley had written while an undergraduate , and in 1925 the play based upon his experiences as an internee , The Prisoners of War , was produced in London . |
| 24 | All the occupants of Teignmouth had fled as the French came ashore and the 500 horse militia which assembled on Haldon [ or Halden ] Hill , some two miles [ 3.2 km ] behind Teignmouth , simply watched as the invaders tore down the thatch from the cottages before setting them on fire . |
| 25 | Ruth had to smile because it certainly did n't sound like her . |
| 26 | Kaneko had resigned as governor of Niigata prefecture on Sept. 1 , amidst allegations that he , too , had accepted illegal payments from Tokyo Sagawa Kyubin . |
| 27 | Karen had admitted as much the day she came to the school . |
| 28 | ‘ It is n't going to be easy , ’ Karen had remarked when she heard I was coming . |
| 29 | That was where she liked to mark papers , under the laburnum tree Harold had planted when they had moved in , many years ago . |
| 30 | In the pauses , I tried totting up the words Vern had spoken since we 'd arrived . |