Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had gagged for hours following the ordeal , convinced that one of the dog 's hairs had lodged itself at the very back of his throat where his fingers were unable to reach . |
| 2 | Beryl 's words had impressed him at the time because they summed up his own vague feeling that what had happened and what was happening might be consequences of the old man 's cynical , even malicious contrivings . |
| 3 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 4 | The War Councils of the gangs had chosen it at random . |
| 5 | The authorities claimed that the bombs were the work of a " terrorist " student group , but the National Union of Students claimed that police paramilitaries had planted them at Santo Domingo University . |
| 6 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 7 | The Eli Hoobaka group , involved in the 1985 North/Contra/CBN arms deal , were prime suspects , and the likeliest motive , as Coleman had suspected all along , was that a DEA informant in the Lebanese Forces had identified him at Eurame as a friend of Asmar 's . |
| 8 | Chauffeurs had met them at their Inn on the Park hotel , at seven o'clock sharp ; and at five minutes to eight they had taken their seats around the long elliptical table at European headquarters to ensure the meeting began on time , at precisely eight o'clock . |
| 9 | Both measures were intended to curb the 1991 budget deficit after initial projections had put it at Rbs250,000 million . |