Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |
| 2 | It should also be remembered that , until legislation was introduced which prohibited the use of most lead fishing weights , the number of swans dying from lead poisoning had reached critical proportions . |
| 3 | In the face of such concerted action it was clear that the Library Association had to take strong action on behalf of its members who , individually , could have little chance of opposing the ban . |
| 4 | Questioning the present position at Bowleswood Farm , John White asked whether the association had made any progress since the last general meeting . |
| 5 | In each case , the association had commissioned structural surveys , followed by feasibility and market studies . |
| 6 | In such cases they implied that every Ujdaid or every Amiri had had combatant status . |
| 7 | Interestingly , as we went to press , Intel stock had spiked 15 points in three days , some of it on the strength of a strong buy recommendation from Merrill Lynch , whose analysis underscored the strong demand for Pentiums . |
| 8 | Arens said that the US side had indicated continuing support for the joint US-Israeli development of the Arrow surface-to-air missile programme , which involved the US company Lockheed , and on which the USA was underwriting 80 per cent of the costs . |
| 9 | Ian Branfoot 's side had collected 73 bookings and six sendings off before the match . |
| 10 | Terry Nicholson 's side had conceded eight goals in two previous defeats by the Co Antrim Shield holders . |
| 11 | Terry Nicholson 's side had conceded eight goals in two previous defeats by the Co Antrim Shield holders . |
| 12 | At 3.30 in the afternoon the visiting American side had won one match , were ahead in eight others and seemed to have the famous golden chalice in the big bag . |
| 13 | The Chinese side had ordered that construction be halted until the project received China 's approval , saying that China had not been consulted on the matter , and expressing concern that it would place a financial burden on the new government after 1997 . |
| 14 | Indeed , the Illustrated London News shows that Guest & Merriman 's experiment had included several microphones and a selector system , but the surviving disc shows no sign of active ‘ mixing ’ . |
| 15 | In Scotland , the electorate had to pay this tax for an extra year . |
| 16 | The young concert pianist had spent fewer hours reaching concert standard than he had spent achieving a mediocre amateur level . |
| 17 | At the same time the duchy administration had provided new recruits for Edward 's service . |
| 18 | At the same time the duchy administration had provided new recruits for Edward 's service . |
| 19 | The news is embarrassing for Mr Lang , who ten days ago told an Edinburgh audience that inward investment had provided huge opportunities for local sub-contractors . |
| 20 | The violence had placed severe strains on the ANC 's relationship with the government over the issue of perceived police partiality towards Inkatha supporters , and had delayed the holding of negotiations on a post-apartheid constitution . |
| 21 | However , whilst there is no need to take account of the attributes of a particular contracting partner , if a business contracts with people of a particular class , the steps must be reasonably sufficient to bring the terms to the notice of a member of that class — in Richardson , Spence & Co v Rowntree [ 1894 ] AC 217 , terms on a steamer ticket for carriage in steerage class were not incorporated into a contract because the defendant had taken insufficient steps to bring them to the notice of steerage class passengers . |
| 22 | Moreover , GCE had received many reviews , which detailed both its strengths and its weaknesses . |
| 23 | By the eighth century the eastward drift of shingle along the coast had given natural protection to the spread of the salt marsh , and during the 12th and 13th centuries Pevensey Levels gradually changed from saltmarsh to reed and sedge meadows and ultimately pasture . |
| 24 | Women 's organizations , although disappointed at the outcome , took heart that the episode had placed sexual harassment in the workplace firmly on the political agenda and had increased prospects for legislation to attack this . |
| 25 | His command had travelled seventy miles in thirty hours , and had been reinforced en route by eleven settlers under Arthur Chapman . |
| 26 | Sidacai and the remaining Altun who were to ride with the command had arrived several days earlier , but since his return he had spoken to none of them . |
| 27 | The selective use of vous and tu forms in dialogues involving different characters suggests that the French translator had to make conscious decisions about the nature of the relationships among different characters in the story and about the social standing of these characters as reflected in their adoption of certain conventions to do with approved/non-approved expression of familiarity and/or deference . |
| 28 | One smack with the whip — the first time that Mill Reef had received such encouragement since the Guineas — and he was through a gap between Hallez and Ortis with less than two furlongs to race . |
| 29 | But ultimately the ordinary allied soldier had to find some reward for his exertions . |
| 30 | Williams designer Patrick Head said the car had absorbed 25 times the energy of the 20mph control crash tests each F1 car has to be put through . |