Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SINGER-AND-SONGWRITER Channi Singh had a dream come true when one of Bombay 's biggest movie moguls asked him to pen the music for a multi-million pound cinema extravaganza , writes Michael Tarat . |
| 2 | What I did not realise at the time , but discovered later , was that Mrs Singh had no idea that transfer next September had been suggested — she expected that it would happen straight away . |
| 3 | If a state failed to develop or execute a satisfactory plan , the EPA had the authority to intervene directly . |
| 4 | Lave and Omenn ( 1981 ) claim long-term trends conceal that during the 1970s ‘ dirty air got cleaner and the clean air got a little dirtier ’ , for it was not until the 1977 Amendments that the EPA had the authority to prevent the worsening of air quality in pristine areas . |
| 5 | Nellie had no idea where her friend Aggie could obtain a neutered tomcat but she had made enquiries . |
| 6 | But Mr Stein had the backing of some thoughtful advisers , and tried hard to push serious economic and fiscal issues higher up the electoral agenda . |
| 7 | Being an ‘ illiterate mechanic ’ , Stephenson had no time for the niceties of laboratory research . |
| 8 | Robert Louis Stephenson had a phase for it , ‘ To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive , and the true success is to labour ’ . |
| 9 | Robert Louis Stephenson had a phrase for it , ‘ To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive , and the true success is to labour . ’ |
| 10 | Huddersfield 's Clem Stephenson had the ability to beat the offside trap of the old-style full-backs ; that it was possible to beat the stopper Chapman showed by pointing to the example of Robert Gurney . |
| 11 | Corbett had no choice but told her from the beginning of the events at Godstowe . |
| 12 | Like any good soldier , Colebrooke had the garrison working to break the tedium caused by the freezing weather , as well as to take his own mind off the recent murders . |
| 13 | In the morning Creed had a meeting with a city bank . |
| 14 | Tammuz had the feeling he must be appearing like a predatory beast at that moment , and wished Zambia was there to put the kid at his ease . |
| 15 | ‘ Neil had the vision to see what needed to be done to carry Labour forward , he had the courage to take on the task , and he had the determination to see it through , ’ he added . |
| 16 | Dr Neil had the baby upside-down and was smacking him to make him cry — having been born , he no longer seemed to want to survive in the harsh world outside his mother 's warm body . |
| 17 | Jane Mansfield had an IQ forty , er four times that . |
| 18 | Addressing the " peace summit " on May 24 , de Klerk attacked the ANC 's boycott , while Buthelezi denied that Inkatha had a policy of using violence . |
| 19 | Now three seasons old , Athletico had a surprise 2–1 first round victory over Shedford Sunday in the first year , before going out to Nettles 5x Lager/Kellys Spicy Bacon Bites Division One champions , AFC Brampton by seven goals to less . |
| 20 | Melissa was about to retort that Dora had every right to be concerned about her friend , but reminded herself that it was no business of hers and that in any case , Dora was quite capable of fighting her own battles . |
| 21 | Morley had the concept ; in Paul Rutherford 's words , ‘ Morley had his strategy all worked out , he wanted it to be like the Sex Pistols — all the outrage , controversy — but this time with all the sex ’ , and it was rumoured that he was first interested in Bronski Beat for the Frankie role — they turned him down . |
| 22 | He was angry when wife number one Neile Adams had a baby girl : ‘ He went into total shock . |
| 23 | Weatheralls had a shop there — mackintosh people — with a deep doorway . |
| 24 | As a bachelor , Adeane had no concept of the intense pleasure fatherhood had brought the Prince , and no understanding of why he should want to spend so much time at home . |
| 25 | The caretaker Prime Minister , Jatoi , said on Oct. 8 that he had given Bush written assurances that " Pakistan had no intention of producing nuclear weapons " . |
| 26 | He stressed , however , that Pakistan had no intention of producing a bomb as it wished to concentrate on economic development . |
| 27 | In January Pressler , sponsor of a 1985 law under which the USA had suspended economic and military aid to Pakistan in October 1990 on the grounds that it might have developed nuclear weapons [ see p. 37764 ] , had claimed in January 1992 that Pakistan could manufacture two nuclear weapons [ see p. 38726 ] , anticipating a controversial admission by Pakistan 's Foreign Affairs Secretary , Shahryar Khan , who suggested that Pakistan had the expertise to assemble one nuclear device [ see pp. 38762-63 ] . |
| 28 | Sky 's live coverage of England v Pakistan had an audience of just over 300,000 , the BBC 's highlight programme at 10pm had an audience of 5.8 million . |
| 29 | Naturally , Ceauşescu had no intention of engaging in a debate with Goma . |
| 30 | Only Ceauşescu had the energy left to push on even in his seventies in the hope of fulfilling the dream . |