Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 erm called Bocodonism and it turns out , find out later in the book that the reason they outlawed this is because of the guy Bocodon who was , who originated the religion had made a deal with the head of the state of the country that he would outlaw it , so that 's how the religion thrived , because it was outlawed
2 On Tuesday evening , the family heard that a housing association had struck a deal with a local farmer to buy a house which will be refurbished , extended and rented to the family , but a last minute call yesterday morning to the Scottish Office for more time to allow the family to move was turned down .
3 In previous years the British Independent Programme Producers Association had taken a stand and we were initially distressed to find that this was not to be the case in 1990 — a decision based on the exorbitant cost ( they will retain a stand at MIP-TV ) .
4 Hundens Lane resident Ian Haszeldine said members of the allotment association had taken a lot of criticism about the way their land was kept .
5 Rumours that the Football Association had ordered a replay made it necessary for secretary Sir Frederick Wall to issue a statement confirming the result .
6 Castle Square tenants association had submitted a petition calling on the council to withdraw the offer .
7 And yet the best form of relief for this boy whom grief had made a man would be in action .
8 IF THE Angry Brigade had chucked a bomb through the window of one particular Granada TV studio instead of Employment Secretary Robert Carr 's front room in '71 , the world would be free of Bernard Manning , Jim Bowen , Mike Reid , Stan Boardman , Frank Carson , and Tom O'Connor , such was the northern Working Men 's Club potential and future might of Johnny Hamp 's Comedians line-up .
9 The part of the city through which they were walking reminded Zen of Venice , but a Venice brutally fractured , as though each canal were a geological fault and the houses to either side had taken a plunge or been wrenched up all askew and left to tumble back on themselves , throwing out buttresses and retaining walls for support as best they could .
10 To my surprise this man who could not swim a stroke had covered a quarter of a mile towards Malta , judging by the fluorescine trail . ’
11 Reports in early March suggested that the US administration had defied a ban on military sales to Pakistan by issuing licences to commercial companies worth US$100,000,000 for the export of military spare parts .
12 On July 13 the Guardian , quoting US officials , had claimed that the Bush administration had approved a list of 100 targets for possible air strikes against Iraq .
13 After determined application of the economic weapon by the Eisenhower Administration had forced a cease-fire as British troops advanced down the Suez Canal on 6 November 1956 , an exhausted Eden flew to Jamaica to recuperate on 21 November .
14 Her bedroom had become a nest .
15 In Bennett v. Bale the defendant had invited a person to tell lies to disguise what he believed had been the commission of a licensing offence .
16 In Portsmouth City Council v. Richards [ 1989 ] 1 C.M.L.R. 673 , the Court of Appeal upheld the grant of an interlocutory injunction restraining the operation of sex shops , despite the fact that the defendant had raised a defence under article 30 of the Treaty .
17 The defendant had produced a program called " Oscar " , a job scheduling program for controlling the order in which tasks are carried out by a computer .
18 The Countess had arranged a family tea party in the nursery , and Diana 's mother , Frances , was a guest .
19 Before that , however , the British High Command had made a decision of the utmost ineptitude .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 ) .
24 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 .
25 Up to this point , West had shown up with 4 Clubs and 3 Hearts and on the last Club had discarded a Spade .
26 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 .
27 and er there was a , a , erm a car , a car had hit a barrier earlier on in the day
28 On the way home , the car had had a tendency to wander from one lane to another on the road .
29 Jazz had become a way of life for her .
30 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 .
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