Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [noun] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guild found Mr Average had up to 30 ties in his wardrobe , but wore just four favourites . |
| 2 | The man who approached Mrs Lloyd had brown hair . |
| 3 | Sarajevo radio reported Serb forces had breached Gorazde 's defence lines in hand-to-hand fighting at the villages of Borovac and Gornja Glavica and were advancing on the town 's outskirts . |
| 4 | Investigator Ken Randall found Gooda Walker had made unorthodox use of ‘ time and distance ’ insurance policies , which led to a possible £10 million overstatement of profits for 1988 on one syndicate , 290 . |
| 5 | The local ombudsman found Lancashire SSD had not given her the support and counselling she needed . |
| 6 | Theodora noticed Miss Dersingham had not denied that Amy had visited the Rectory . |
| 7 | However , he believed Alan Murray had ‘ stupidly ’ become involved ‘ very much on the fringe ’ . |
| 8 | He added Mr Pennell had resisted arrest . |
| 9 | And he added Mr Dobson had returned just last week from a working trip to Turkey . |
| 10 | But he added Mr Murphy had always denied any knowledge of an attack on Riley . |
| 11 | Work colleague Melvyn Robinson of Bouch Street , Shildon , said he believed Mr Hughes had been drinking all afternoon . |
| 12 | But few Labour MPs privately believed Mr Kinnock had the appetite to continue , and a number of backbenchers were prepared publicly to call for his resignation . |
| 13 | In the telephone poll for today 's edition of The Daily Mail , 66pc of all voters believed Mr Major had lost credibility as party leader , with only 29pc saying the reverse . |
| 14 | In December 1990 , Iran 's spiritual leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei had reaffirmed the late Ayatollah Khomeini 's February 1989 call for a death sentence to be carried out on Rushdie [ see pp. 36450-51 ; 37266 ; 37549 ; 37929 ] . |
| 15 | But it seemed Mrs Eckley had no intention of allowing her to take her leave yet . |
| 16 | Many of the East Germans assumed West Germany had again dug into its pocket to ‘ buy out ’ East Germans seeking to come to the West . |
| 17 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 18 | Before he joined NCPR Lorton had worked in the personnel department of a firm which marketed burglar alarms . |
| 19 | Meola accused Arsenal striker Ian Wright of ‘ talking trash ’ and claimed England players had been calling him fat in exchanges as bitter as the Boston Tea Party . |
| 20 | A police spokesman confirmed Donald Murphy had been in police custody since last Friday . |
| 21 | TROUBLED Princess Di had a smash in her £72,000 supercar last night — when she was rammed from behind by POLICE . |
| 22 | A medical report read to yesterday 's inquest stated Mr Elderfield had been known to manipulate fits to obtain accommodation and pathologist Dr Richard Jones , who carried out a post mortem examination , told the coroner there was nothing to indicate he had suffered a fit prior to the incident . |
| 23 | A spokeswoman for Inntrepreneur confirmed Mr Frost had offered to meet Mrs Thompson and Mrs Robinson in Halifax or Tadcaster but was unable to comment further . |
| 24 | The TV licensing authority in Bristol confirmed Mr Smart had been told that technically he 'd be breaking the law if he watched TV before receiving the new licence . |
| 25 | But as they were McClelland claimed Mr Woodhouse had punched in the earlier incident . |
| 26 | He claimed Mr Marland had agreed he should look after the site and demanded money . |
| 27 | He claimed Mr Marland had agreed he should look after the site and demanded money . |
| 28 | Michael Fallon , defending Darlington for the Conservatives , claimed Mr Milburn had attracted jobs to North Tyneside in his role as the council 's business development officer . |
| 29 | Mr Delors claimed Mr Major had gone back on his word that Britain would help fund the EC-backed High Definition TV , being developed by France and Holland . |
| 30 | They confirmed Leon Kennedy had been informed of the Will . |