Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right-wing Hindu-backed Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) formed the state government in Uttar Pradesh , and BJP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh had invited an all-party delegation to visit the site after coming under criticism from nearly all political parties for allegedly violating court orders regarding the disputed plot . |
| 2 | Cunningham had spent an agreeable week in the country with his friend Van Cheele . |
| 3 | The home side had taken an early lead through tries from Ian Blease and Arthur Bradshaw . |
| 4 | Creed had requisitioned an open car , and he stood for the entire procession , as a mark of his own personal respect for the deceased . |
| 5 | Fakrid and Jinkwa had spent an anxious hour waiting for the Doctor . |
| 6 | Iskandarov 's Islamic coalition had survived an attempted coup in October by supporters of the former communist President Rakhmon Nabiyev , whose removal from power in September sparked off a smouldering civil war [ see pp. 39097-98 ; 39147 ] . |
| 7 | An employee of the second defendant had fitted an incorrect part to the tool and the plaintiff was injured . |
| 8 | It must have been obvious to the jury that these witnesses were in a special position , one as the husband of a woman with whom the defendant had had an intimate relationship and the other as the sister of the deceased , whom the defendant had shot , according to himself , accidentally . |
| 9 | The hoverspeeder had completed an erratic circle , and was now moving away from them again . |
| 10 | Such an ‘ abuse ’ was exemplified by the courts in Wheeler v. Leicester City Council where the City Council ( which had adopted an anti-apartheid policy ) banned the Leicester Rugby club from using a Council recreation ground because three members of the club had joined an English touring side to South Africa . |
| 11 | Gorbachev had made an official visit to India in November 1986 , concluding with the signature of a ‘ Delhi Declaration ’ in which both sides pledged themselves to the peaceful resolution of international disputes . |
| 12 | Once informed of this , Ershad had little option but to announce his forthcoming resignation , which he did late on Dec. 4 , saying that he would resign as soon as the opposition had nominated an interim president who would replace him and supervise elections . |
| 13 | The fact that it was the first time in the 20th century that either of the major parties had selected an all-southern election ticket reflected the widespread belief that only by recapturing support lost to the Republicans in the south could the Democrats hope to win the presidency . |
| 14 | In early December 1990 the Defence Department had released an internal report which cited " errors of judgment and failures of supervision " in the programme which was estimated to be at least $1,300 million over budget and 18 months behind schedule . |
| 15 | Many of the heads had made an active move towards involving more people ( even all staff in one school ) in an attempt to make more staff aware of the need to plan finance as a ‘ whole-school issue ’ and to prioritise resource needs . |
| 16 | The Britons claimed to discern a ‘ hidden hand ’ in British government which had delayed the victory against Germany in the war , and argued that Jews had organized an international conspiracy designed to promote anarchy and disorder in the world . |
| 17 | It had been clear from the start that the spinster had taken an instant dislike to both Ashi and her daughter . |
| 18 | There social science and social research had become an established and thriving part of the academic community from the beginning of this century . |
| 19 | Scottish Television 's Managing Director Gus Macdonald said Mr Scott had done an outstanding job in strengthening the news and current affairs programming . |
| 20 | It had been claimed that Mrs McWilliams had had an allergic reaction to the drugs and she had alleged negligence by the anaesthetist . |
| 21 | Ann had met an old boyfriend , and she and Charles had been able to discuss their feelings about this without animosity . |
| 22 | Although subjects in the study could almost all subsequently remember seeing the weapon they were worse at identifying the person holding it than in a comparable condition where the subjects had heard an ordinary conversation followed by a person passing through the room carrying a pen . |
| 23 | Industry had become an ideological battleground , caught in the left-right crossfire . |
| 24 | Last year , the Authority was severely criticised by a Commons Energy Select Committee report which claimed that the nuclear industry had spent an inordinate amount of money on publicising itself . |
| 25 | What appealed to both partners was that by doing so well in the revue , Ken had become an established comedy actor — not comedian , but comedy actor — and that was the kind they were looking for . |
| 26 | Our older daughter Rebecca had left an unlikely farrago of peas , cottage cheese , baked beans and pasta in a tomato sauce . |
| 27 | If any Matson citizen had taken an Italian holiday that year , he would have kept very quin about it . |
| 28 | In this case , the move of premises meant that the employee had to travel an extra 40 miles each day . |
| 29 | Although the proposals contained within Roh 's message were not made public , it was confirmed that the South Korean President had requested an early meeting with Kim — in Pyongyang or Seoul ( South Korea ) or in a third country — for talks aimed at normalizing relations between the two states . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , the students of Paris saw to it that the French President had to beat an undignified and premature retreat from Bucharest . |