Example sentences of "[noun] had received a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs and Mrs Singh had received a letter offering Balbinder a place at Cedars . |
| 2 | As Hunter says , ‘ his mind had received a shock from which it never fully recovered ’ . |
| 3 | Dundee had received a commission from the deposed James II as his Commander-in-Chief in Scotland , and fled into the Highlands to gather support among the clans . |
| 4 | And I believe er , at this meeting it was revealed that Scottish Homes had received a tender from the West Lothian District Council for this work over a period of ten years for a figure which comes to four hundred thousand pound which , apparently , was the cheapest tender ! |
| 5 | She had almost successfully deterred André from his plans to paint the town red with her , had vaguely told him that she would see how she felt when he issued the invitation , only to pour all her good intentions down the drain when this morning Piers had received a call from Nicole , and informed Alyssia offhandedly that he would be out for the balance of the day . |
| 6 | Nails had received a message from Mr Sylvester that the Social Services representative wanted to see him at four o'clock . |
| 7 | Pauline Mitchell , director of housing , said the council had received a doctor 's note that the heating in the house could be detrimental to Mrs Atkinson 's health . |
| 8 | But the management at the Christian Salvesen warehouse at Warrington had received a tip-off and police were keeping watch . |
| 9 | Hardly a profound question , I know , but one prompted by my nine year old daughter 's conversational aside this week that her primary school teacher had received a fax from someone in the county 's education department . |
| 10 | True it is , in the present case , that the respondent had received a copy of schedule B when he was served with Form N78 , and Form N79 contained a comprehensive finding that the contents of schedule B were proved . |
| 11 | He told me that the telephonist at the police station had received a telephone call from a man saying that an escaped prisoner , a Lawrence er was to be found at er the home of a David and that the er Lawrence was in possession of a hand gun . |
| 12 | Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar . |
| 13 | The islands ' economy had received a setback from the effects of hurricane " Hugo " in September 1989 [ see p. 36891 ] , but the tourism and construction sectors recovered quickly . |
| 14 | On May 13 it was reported that Taylor 's forces had received a cargo of military equipment from Libya through the port of Buchanan , and that the rebels were freely using supply routes through Côte d'Ivoire . |
| 15 | In recent years , fraud cases involving professionals had received a lot of publicity in Scotland , but there had also been a surge in mortgage and cheque frauds , primarily at the expense of banks . |
| 16 | The press could provide little enlightenment because all newspapers had received a D-Notice asking them not to print any details about the background to the case . |
| 17 | Paul Richardson had received a dawn summons from Stephen and arrived at Crystal Springs fifteen minutes later . |
| 18 | The spokeswoman said the centre had received a lot of complaints from women in the catering industry , concerning pay and conditions . |
| 19 | The Geneva talks were described by Pérez de Cuéllar as of " psychological " importance in preparing the ground for future peace talks within the framework of Resolution R98 and the Iraqi News Agency ( INA ) reported on July 6 that Saddam had received a letter of thanks from Rafsanjani for the assistance and sympathy shown by the Iraqi government and people to the Iranian earthquake victims [ see p. 37522 ] . |
| 20 | Sunday Life has learned that detectives had received a number of complaints against the businessmen after cheques bounced at banks . |
| 21 | Stevie had received a tip that he was to be featured . |
| 22 | That morning , just after Sullivan had received a cable form Washington telling him to inform the new government that the United States would continue diplomatic relations with Iran , machine guns mounted on the surrounding buildings all opened up in a pre-arranged barrage . |
| 23 | His grandfather had received a baronetcy for loyalty to the Crown in the Civil War . |
| 24 | But his own reasoning was different : there were questions he wanted to ask and things he wanted to consider before it became common knowledge that MacQuillan had received a threat typed on a newsroom machine . |
| 25 | Some children had received a laxative , and when given , it was either given in minimal dose or given for too short a time . |
| 26 | Within four months Sir Edmond had received a writ under the privy seal for the working of gold and silver for the new king ; in the following year he , his nephew John Shaa , and his friend Sir Reginald Bray were granted possession of a large estate in Essex , augmenting earlier acquisitions . |
| 27 | The writer had received a bill from St. Peter 's Hospital for £10.5s.6d. : |
| 28 | The guardians had received a string of complaints from the nurses about their accommodation , insufficient lavatories , and deficiencies in their uniforms . |
| 29 | Until the age of seven , Nicholas had received a treat every year on the Feast Day of his patron ; and from the age of ten he grew to know that the day would generally be marked for him in some way or another — in many different ways , although not every year — until , of course , his wife Marian died . |
| 30 | Oedipus had received a lot of dusty answers to his researches too . |