Example sentences of "[noun prp] had get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that Travis had got hold of the scent he would be like a bloodhound , and there was no knowing what Lori would inadvertently reveal . |
| 2 | So that he ca n't see what 's going on , cos she thinks if he do n't see what 's going on he wo n't bark , but he cries but I mean she should n't have them there , she 's never here so she should n't have them , I mean look at the trouble Alan had to get Jessie , because they worked , but Emma goes home every lunch time to see to Jessie from the bank , but I mean the woman one of them would n't let her have a dog , one kennels , which is how it should be , but I mean this one breed those three herself so , yeah I mean if you breed dogs yourself and you have three in the house of the same breed , what the hell do you want an alsatian for , as well but the whole point is she do n't have them as enjoyment , she do n't have them as company |
| 3 | Again , in discussing punctuated equilibria ( much or the initial impact of which depended on the assertion that Darwin had got things wrong ) it is not until after several pages that we are told ‘ It is at this stage entertaining to realise ’ that Darwin ‘ anticipated the present debate ’ . |
| 4 | To her mind , these proved conclusively that Marius had decided to change his will in her favour , and that Nigel had got wind of this and forestalled his father 's plans by killing him . |
| 5 | I was n't sure I wanted to hear any more , but Oliver had got hold of my sleeve again . |
| 6 | From somewhere Fergal had got hold of a bottle of hooch , and the three eldest sat round the kitchen table getting their first taste of hard liquor , and smoking their way through a packet of Camel cigarettes , while Ellie and Patsy , locked into the room with them , were forced to watch . |
| 7 | De Gaulle had got wind of the Allied invasion plan in August 1942 , but he was probably unaware of its full political implications . |
| 8 | Then McPherson had got rope from his car and the other man had tied it to a strap . |
| 9 | Yanto 's father had got hell from the harbour master and Yanto had got hell from his old man . |
| 10 | Peter Arnold had got hold of some copies to sell in Brighton on his own initiative . |
| 11 | Within an hour Allan , Donald the smith , and the Logan brothers had set off down the strath to Weem with the petitions in a leather wallet , to add to the already thick bunch in James 's strong-box , and Cameron and James had got horses from a sympathizer in the village and rode off towards the narrow glen of Keltney . |
| 12 | Clare had got flatulence sorry that was nasty . |