Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the countries of the European Free Trade Association had worked out trade arrangements with the Community , recent decisions of the European Court ruled them to be incompatible with the treaty of Rome . |
| 2 | Previously the authors had carried out research on paraprofessional social service personnel in their own two countries — Israel and the USA ( Brawley and Schindler , 1972 ; Brawley , 1975 ; Schindler , 1980 ; 1982 ) . |
| 3 | As it was , however , the administration had taken over responsibility for this war ; and it had to work with what it had , making a just cause as best it could . |
| 4 | For example , he arrived at the contentious conclusion that the dramatic increase in recorded crime during the period of post-war economic growth in the United States had ruled out poverty and deprivation as being causes of crime . |
| 5 | Whether Branson had taken over Virgin Atlantic or it had overtaken him was difficult to tell . |
| 6 | If Nicholson had strolled down Sunset Strip , he would have caught sight of Dean at Googies or one of the other coffee joints where Dean would meet with Natalie Wood and Dennis Hopper . |
| 7 | Out of the former PNI , Sukarno had taken up partindo , and within one year its membership soared to 20000 . |
| 8 | However much she was questioned , Edna had shut up shop , as it were , whenever Celia mentioned her mother . |
| 9 | In fact he had telegraphed the Informer for some expenses ‘ to entertaining priest ’ , and , bewildered by this unusual demand , the editor had wired back money . |
| 10 | One of the girls made a crack that Rachaela had put on weight due to the food . |
| 11 | Although Invergordon had cut back production like most other distillers , Dr Greig stressed that there would be no closures or job losses , though he also said that life was ‘ becoming more competitive all the time ’ . |
| 12 | Admittedly , these were early days in the season , before the tough training schedule at Richmond had beefed up fitness levels . |
| 13 | The extreme diehards had written off Law as the dupe of Lloyd George because he did not come out fighting against coalition policies , hence the witticism that the coalition was an alliance between a flock of sheep led by a , crook and a flock of crooks led by a sheep . |
| 14 | Security sources said that artillery units in the security zone also shelled Lebanese villages 15 km from the Israeli border , in the Iqilm and Toufah areas , where pro-Iranian Moslem fundamentalists were believed to be preparing to infiltrate the security zone ; it was reported that Palestinians had set up multibarrel rocket-launchers aimed at Israel there . |
| 15 | There had been a good deal of rain , the Thames was high , and a north-westerly had piled up water at the river 's mouth , waiting for a strong flood tide to carry it up . |
| 16 | The first group had taken up position in all the key intersections so that they could control anyone who attempted to pass . |
| 17 | Overstrain had brought on tuberculosis in 1939 and I had been having a lot of trouble with my eyes . |
| 18 | ( Martin had taken up residence there by 1667 , following his marriage , and Jean by 1668 , the year his eldest son died ( Arch . |
| 19 | His plea came as America confirmed Serbs had set up concentration camps in which thousands of Bosnian and Croatian civilians were detained or tortured and killed . |
| 20 | Joshua Morris had given up hope of ever reaching the promised land . |
| 21 | Working with Thirkell , Pilger had drawn up sample pages of a new design , using gobbledegook text except for the headlines . |
| 22 | Seven or eight thousand figures had taken up position kneeling on prayer carpets , so that as you walked in through the great red-stone gate you were confronted by rank upon rank of white-clad backs topped with brightly coloured turbans or embroidered mosque-caps . |
| 23 | A friend had plucked up courage to ask the Sisters of Mercy for food and the Sisters insisted on visiting the family , where they found women making matchboxes in a house infected with smallpox . |
| 24 | Father had given up tobacco and alcohol to send me £2 15s ( Pounds 2.75 ) a week to make ends meet . |
| 25 | As far as I could gather , Nour 's father had taken on responsibility for all his sisters , married or not , and for their offspring , and since his death Marie Claire had assumed the burden . |
| 26 | Your father had taken out insurance to cover the mortgage , so after his death your mother owned it absolutely . ’ |
| 27 | On every journey each passenger had to fill in name , age and profession . |
| 28 | When the GTP was built , settlers had begun to develop the land along its route to such an extent that construction trains had to bring back wheat despite the unfinished nature of the track . |
| 29 | Leonard had given up architecture to help with the business . |
| 30 | Jay had taken up situationist sculpture , and eased herself half upright to look at yesterday evening 's achievement . |