Example sentences of "[conj] had [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But again there was no reply , and she decided that Bertha was either out in the garden or had gone to town . |
| 2 | These ministers had mostly either left the west of Scotland because they could not reconcile their consciences to episcopacy when it was restored there , or had come to Ulster to evangelise and serve the Scots settlers . |
| 3 | The surprise announcement of British entry into the Exchange Rate Mechanism appeared to have solved , at least in the short term , the long-standing divisions in the party and government over the correct approach to Europe — divisions that had contributed to Lawson 's resignation a year earlier . |
| 4 | The fishing fleets that had gone to Newfoundland since early in the century indicated another possible area for settlement , and Gilbert lost his life in 1583 on the way back from inspecting the prospects for a colony there . |
| 5 | The cells were stimulated with peptides that had bound to HLA-B53 in the HLA assembly assay , each at 25μM , pooled as follows : cp6 , cp6.1 , cp6.2 , sh1 , sh6 ; and ls6 , tr15 , tr16 and tr20 . |
| 6 | In 1974-75 , the last Labour Government spent £1,425 million in real terms at 1991-92 prices ; by 1978-79 , that had fallen to £918 million . |
| 7 | The Ironclaws and the Broken Tooths were all that was left of the countless Orc tribes that had flocked to Gorbad 's banner . |
| 8 | After that , everything changed and everything that had seemed to Dot to be all right disappeared . |
| 9 | All that had happened to Jenna was that an old , painful wound had reopened . |
| 10 | One was found — ‘ a pragmatic , civilized feminist who did not pretend to understand all that had happened to Laura but had the good sense to see that she was a great deal saner than her parents . |
| 11 | Rose told him everything that had happened to Oliver since then . |
| 12 | There was a very long story about him and Donald in the Rose and Thorn , a short , rather vulgar anecdote about something that had happened to Donald 's wife while crossing Wimbledon Common and a boastful piece about how he , Henry , had amused some French sailors in the bar at the Mini Golf , Boulogne sur Mer . |
| 13 | On the basis of the actuarial valuation the market value of the scheme assets in the Wedgwood Group Pension Plan at 31 December 1991 was IR£71.4 million and this exceeded the benefits that had accrued to members based on service to and pensionable pay at the valuation date . |
| 14 | The level of funding was sufficient to cover 100 per cent of the benefits that had accrued to members after allowing for expected future pay increases . |
| 15 | Now that Jack Kuehler has persuaded Louis Gerstner to let him go in August — we should have pointed out in yesterday 's issue that he reached retirement age last year and only stayed on because he was pressed to stick around awhiles longer by John Akers , returnee and vice-chairman Paul Rizzo gets additional powers , at least temporarily : four parts of IBM that had reported to Kuehler — its semiconductor , software , AS/400 and personal systems operations — will report to Rizzo . |
| 16 | A few of Richard 's toys were there as well , and some that had belonged to Kate . |
| 17 | Sharpe shook the bundle loose to reveal that it was a dark blue woollen cloak lined with scarlet silk , a luxury that had belonged to Lucille 's husband . |
| 18 | Rogers produced a flask that had belonged to Church , and they circulated this while the appalling display went on. , |
| 19 | Above them was a trilby that had belonged to Peter 's father . |
| 20 | In May and June 1945 de Gaulle clashed with the Americans over the presence of French troops in Alpine regions that had belonged to Italy before the war . |
| 21 | But a short fur jacket that had belonged to Faith , one which fitted Kathleen and which she had looked forward to wearing the following winter , that had gone from its polythene bag in Faith 's wardrobe . |
| 22 | The red bitch was the seventh in a line of dogs that had belonged to Kalchu 's family since his grandfather had brought the first one back from Tibet some forty years previously . |
| 23 | It , and two cut-down companion panels in the Capilla Real , Granada , were thought to be originals by van der Weyden of an altarpiece that had belonged to Queen Isabella of Spain , while another version , in the Gemäldegalerie , Berlin , was dismissed as a workshop copy . |
| 24 | By dint of some speedy alterations by Taheb 's dressmaker , Huy was able to wear a kilt and shirt that had belonged to Taheb 's late husband , his friend Amotju . |
| 25 | He said the words softly , like a breath , letting them mingle with her scent , then turned away , reddening at the thought that had come to mind . |
| 26 | Li Yuan turned angrily , glaring at her , then , biting back the retort that had come to mind , he turned back , looking at Fei Yen . |
| 27 | That investigation had been initiated under rule 7.9(1) ( b ) of the Rules on the direction of the Chief Executive to the chief enforcement officer in the light of evidence that had come to Lautro 's attention suggesting that Norwich Union might have been in breach of various of the rules in failing adequately to monitor the business and operations of the Winchester Group and to ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct . |
| 28 | The hulking nephew of Kalv Arnason had been only a youth when King Olaf had killed his uncle Ølve at the spring feast at Sparbu and had given to Kalv his uncle 's rich widow in gratitude . |
| 29 | Word had reached Carewscourt that several of the big landowning families in the county had sold out and had gone to England . |
| 30 | I at once thought that the poor fellow had had a pretty rough day and had gone to sleep as he had n't made a sound . |