Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [verb] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few weeks before , her brothers had deposited some things in her kitchen for safe-keeping , and while they were there Barbs had called and had asked , in her friendly and inquisitive fashion , what the cardboard boxes contained . |
| 2 | The fact that the trustees had to retain some monies to cover expenses did not prevent the income arising from the specific assets . |
| 3 | Defeat in five of the last six presidential elections had convinced some Democrats that fresh ideas were needed , while others call for a more forceful and enthusiastic avowal of liberal policies . |
| 4 | Fields had spent some months , and a modest amount of money , examining the feasibility of a new transatlantic airline ; he had approached several key figures who had been with Laker Airways and solicited their interest ; he had begun to make enquiries about purchasing an aircraft . |
| 5 | The Beaver Committee defined 294 areas of England ‘ black ’ , requiring smoke control , and by 1974 all but fourteen local authorities had taken some steps towards implementing the Act . |
| 6 | In fact , today 's activities had offered some hours of reprieve from thoughts of him — at least until such time as they were due to meet up later in the afternoon . |
| 7 | He said the killings had shaken some members of Panama 's Defence Force , but that in the aftermath of the uprising , when suspicion of complicity ran wide , no one was prepared to plead for the lives of the coup plotters . |
| 8 | However , without exception , all the women had to make some economies because their wages had been an essential part of the household economy and their benefits were too low to compensate for their lost earnings . |
| 9 | Drawing to a halt , he recollected an investigation which one of his colleagues had conducted some weeks before . |