Example sentences of "[noun] had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Countess had arranged a family tea party in the nursery , and Diana 's mother , Frances , was a guest . |
| 32 | Bernice had seen a number of films where that had succeeded , and more importantly thought it likely that everybody had seen at least one film where that less than daring idea had been tried . |
| 33 | Before that , however , the British High Command had made a decision of the utmost ineptitude . |
| 34 | His sharp eyes had seen a figure moving in the darkness in front of us , and as the man came closer , I could see that it was indeed Stapleton . |
| 35 | Lynn Boyle , a social worker from area 2 , told how the Inland Revenue had scuppered a plan to get unemployed women to provide informal care in return for expenses and small payments . |
| 36 | In 1929 Hill had become a director of the Eagle Star Insurance Company , which , in the economic recovery of the 1930s , grew rapidly and had substantial funds to invest . |
| 37 | The original bitterness was over the way Niki had pointed a gun at McLaren 's head and taken the team for a great deal of money . |
| 38 | Gulliver wanted to step down in August because of business commitments but was asked to carry on by chairman Wallace Mercer until the club had made a decision about a new stadium . |
| 39 | It was reported on Sept. 21 , 1990 , that the Paris Club had launched a strategy offering more favourable terms for lower-middle-income countries ( defined as countries with per capita incomes of between US$700and $1,000 ) . |
| 40 | He had sat in the store-room behind the shop here and told her how someone in the club had sung a song that recalled his Nelly to him . |
| 41 | Up to this point , West had shown up with 4 Clubs and 3 Hearts and on the last Club had discarded a Spade . |
| 42 | The opponent in the West seat had made a call of a weak 2 Hearts , which suggested that he had a 6 card Heart suit and not many high cards in his hand . |
| 43 | Eleven minutes later , Yate had added a second ; Darren Tilly 's corner was headed clear but only back to the same player who returned the ball to the far post and Danny Iddles headed home . |
| 44 | He said that during his recent visit to Moscow , President Gorbachev had given a warning that the failure of East Germany 's reform process would not only destabilise the GDR but also have ‘ serious repercussions ’ for perestroika in the Soviet Union . |
| 45 | He said that during his recent visit to Moscow , President Gorbachev had given a warning that the failure of East Germany 's reform process would not only destabilise the GDR but also have ‘ serious repercussions ’ for perestroika in the Soviet Union . |
| 46 | The assault came only a few hours after Gorbachev had reassured a Federation Council meeting in Moscow that force would not be used . |
| 47 | The renewed violence [ see p. 38205 for previous outbreak ] , in which the Soviet Interior and Defence Ministries and the KGB denied involvement , came after Gorbachev had issued a decree lifting the state of emergency in two areas of Nagorno-Karabakh , noting Azerbaijani President Ayaz Mutalibov 's guarantee to ensure the safety of the population . |
| 48 | On Sept. 10 Gorbachev had addressed a telegram to all republican , regional and local leaderships calling on them to take action to prevent a collapse of law and order . |
| 49 | On Sept. 19 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had signed a decree providing for all conscripts in the Soviet armed forces from the Baltic states to be released by the end of October . |
| 50 | and er there was a , a , erm a car , a car had hit a barrier earlier on in the day |
| 51 | On the way home , the car had had a tendency to wander from one lane to another on the road . |
| 52 | Jazz had become a way of life for her . |
| 53 | After joining in 1930 the Oriental Ceramic Society , founded in London a decade earlier , David had begun a career of scholarship with papers read to that body , distinguishing himself by identifying the imperial ru ware made between ad 1107 and 1127 . |
| 54 | By 1960 , the American space programme had launched a number of ‘ Mercury ’ spacecraft , and the first of their manned spacecrafts was launched in the early part of 1961 , once again with the Russians just beating them to that objective . |
| 55 | The opposition had imposed a deadline of Aug. 31 for Nabiyev to restore stability or resign . |
| 56 | Later , Lucien realised just how fortunate he 'd been when Mandru 's agent had made a bid for him at Por Tanssie . |
| 57 | As Hunter says , ‘ his mind had received a shock from which it never fully recovered ’ . |
| 58 | Other drivers had taken a break and carried off a number of her fellow spectators , but Simon had yet to appear . |
| 59 | Like thousands of children in Guatemala , Nahaman had lived a life of poverty on the streets ; begging , shining shoes , sleeping under benches and parked cars , stealing , sniffing glue ; like many his death was violent . |
| 60 | Western aid had totalled a record $1,000 million in 1991 . |