Example sentences of "[adv] had [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Broadly speaking , Swann provided a liberal , semi-official legitimation for tackling issues of racism ( or , more accurately , prejudice ) and what it coyly referred to as ‘ cultural pluralism ’ in all schools , including the so-called all-white schools which hitherto had maintained the stance of ‘ No problem ( i.e. blacks ) here ’ . |
| 2 | At the beginning of the final session , 14 September 1965 , Pope Paul entered the basilica with little of the pomp that hitherto had surrounded the papacy . |
| 3 | The subsequent lengthy coalition negotiations had revealed the preference of some ÖVP members for a coalition with the right-wing Liberal Party ( FPÖ ) , which together had formed the government in 1983-87 . |
| 4 | All seven of them at table together had shrunk the kitchen , and they were in noisy , exuberant enjoyment of boiled beef and carrots . |
| 5 | I only had to hold the end of the string , while my friend went round the circle , so I thought I 'd have a rest , and so … |
| 6 | Jesus only had to say the word and he knew that the servant would be healed ( Luke 7:7 ) . |
| 7 | The men only had to scrape the ship and careen her , recaulk her seams and overhaul her rigging in readiness for the voyage home to market . |
| 8 | Dr El-Essawy , of the more moderate Muslims , said Mr Rushdie only had to withdraw the book and Muslims would give up their campaign . |
| 9 | He only had to remember the day after Dobson 's resignation . |
| 10 | You only had to compare the opening version of Zobi la Mouche ( lumpy drums and shuddering halts ) with the neatly turned performance eventually wheeled out as an encore , to realise how this is a machine which runs the better for being well-oiled . |
| 11 | She had known they were n't going to make love the moment the sound of that door being either opened or closed had penetrated , and flooding in had come the memory that she was Mr and Mrs Hepwood 's guest . |
| 12 | When the tables had been cleared and those who could do so had entertained the rest with songs and recitations , the whole company settled down for a sing-song . |
| 13 | Everyone on board who was free to do so had attended the funeral , Ruth standing with the Carsons on the upper deck . |
| 14 | Perhaps such a range of activities seemed to endanger his chances of getting a degree but those who thought so had underestimated the strength of his neurotic energy . |
| 15 | He felt attached to it so had tattooed the name in his right armpit where it matched the oriental dragon rampaging over the inside of his bicep . |
| 16 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 17 | Concerning costs , it has been reported in the financial press that FIMBRA merely had to take the word of Dunsdale that it was investing in gilts , as the SRO had too few staff to adequately deal with each individual firm . |
| 18 | She merely had to change the venue slightly . |
| 19 | Luckily they hit on a nice policewoman who more or less had to throw the teacher out , she was so insistent and heavy . |
| 20 | Among scientists , botanists especially had grasped the potential of the new art of photography for recording complex scientific specimens . |
| 21 | ‘ The told me that they alone had cracked the system ; they said only they could fix up proper contracts with local authorities on behalf of their clients . |
| 22 | Some hours later one returned and claimed , modestly , that one 's own efforts alone had won the day , and the crisis had been averted . |
| 23 | The Gaullist candidate , Chaban-Delmas , was beaten in the first round : thus ended the period ( 1958–74 ) when Gaullists alone had controlled the apparatus of state broadcasting . |
| 24 | Erm , he finally had to shut the adult school , not because the prisoners were n't interested in in attending any more , but because the prison officers and the governor were n't able to provide the man-power to cover the existence of that class . |
| 25 | In 1624 the Company , fantastically charged with depopulating England by encouraging emigration to America , finally had to acknowledge the loss of its Charter and hand over all its papers to the Privy Council . |
| 26 | At the height of the heatwave , with Hurley in Washington , Coleman finally had to notify the embassy that he was closing down the listening post and moving into the hotel across the street to save the equipment as well as the family from overheating . |
| 27 | BNFL press officer who was at Dover for the arrival of a NTL flask of spent fuel on its way to Sellafield , said : ‘ Greenpeace were at Dover for two days and finally had to admit the sand was harmless . |
| 28 | The consequence was that the company no longer had to accept the market price for its products but could affect that price by varying the output of the product . |
| 29 | all mothers are sacred but I just had to put the boot in on her , I 'm afraid , I said stuff ! |
| 30 | When Jim Courier and Andre Agassi roomed together at Nick Bolletieri 's tennis academy in Florida , one of them just had to leave the door ajar . |