Example sentences of "[adv] had [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Broadly speaking , Swann provided a liberal , semi-official legitimation for tackling issues of racism ( or , more accurately , prejudice ) and what it coyly referred to as ‘ cultural pluralism ’ in all schools , including the so-called all-white schools which hitherto had maintained the stance of ‘ No problem ( i.e. blacks ) here ’ . |
| 2 | At the beginning of the final session , 14 September 1965 , Pope Paul entered the basilica with little of the pomp that hitherto had surrounded the papacy . |
| 3 | For just as he had begun to survey the picture from a wholly different angle , just as he thought he espied a gap in the clouds that hitherto had masked the shafts of sunlight the switchboard-operator dashed any hope of such a breakthrough with the simple statement that she 'd known Theodore Kemp very well indeed . |
| 4 | together had broken the pair of them . |
| 5 | The subsequent lengthy coalition negotiations had revealed the preference of some ÖVP members for a coalition with the right-wing Liberal Party ( FPÖ ) , which together had formed the government in 1983-87 . |
| 6 | All seven of them at table together had shrunk the kitchen , and they were in noisy , exuberant enjoyment of boiled beef and carrots . |
| 7 | I only had to hold the end of the string , while my friend went round the circle , so I thought I 'd have a rest , and so … |
| 8 | The Variety Club 's Chief Barker , Marsha Ratcliff , said : ‘ You only had to see the expressions on the competitors ’ faces to see how much they were enjoying themselves . ’ |
| 9 | Jesus only had to say the word and he knew that the servant would be healed ( Luke 7:7 ) . |
| 10 | We only had to watch the ladies final at Telford at the end of last year to see how bad our tennis has become . |
| 11 | The men only had to scrape the ship and careen her , recaulk her seams and overhaul her rigging in readiness for the voyage home to market . |
| 12 | The tone controls really are sensitive and , being used to the somewhat reluctant EQ on my own amplifier , I found that I only had to move the X-Amp 's a few degrees before the sound began to change radically . |
| 13 | Dr El-Essawy , of the more moderate Muslims , said Mr Rushdie only had to withdraw the book and Muslims would give up their campaign . |
| 14 | He only had to remember the day after Dobson 's resignation . |
| 15 | You only had to compare the opening version of Zobi la Mouche ( lumpy drums and shuddering halts ) with the neatly turned performance eventually wheeled out as an encore , to realise how this is a machine which runs the better for being well-oiled . |
| 16 | He was reluctant , because he believed that he personally had ejected the Shah and that his standing was now so great that he could face down Khomeini alone . |
| 17 | When the tables had been cleared and those who could do so had entertained the rest with songs and recitations , the whole company settled down for a sing-song . |
| 18 | Everyone on board who was free to do so had attended the funeral , Ruth standing with the Carsons on the upper deck . |
| 19 | Perhaps such a range of activities seemed to endanger his chances of getting a degree but those who thought so had underestimated the strength of his neurotic energy . |
| 20 | He felt attached to it so had tattooed the name in his right armpit where it matched the oriental dragon rampaging over the inside of his bicep . |
| 21 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 22 | Concerning costs , it has been reported in the financial press that FIMBRA merely had to take the word of Dunsdale that it was investing in gilts , as the SRO had too few staff to adequately deal with each individual firm . |
| 23 | She merely had to change the venue slightly . |
| 24 | Luckily they hit on a nice policewoman who more or less had to throw the teacher out , she was so insistent and heavy . |
| 25 | Thus we have witnessed recently the end of an era here , with the closure of the studio complex in Windmill Lane , which for so long had set the trends . |
| 26 | Among scientists , botanists especially had grasped the potential of the new art of photography for recording complex scientific specimens . |
| 27 | In his testimony to Congress in July 1987 — which had been given under immunity and was , therefore , inadmissible at his trial — Poindexter had said that he alone had authorized the Iran-contra operation and that Reagan had known nothing of it [ see pp. 35828-29 ] . |
| 28 | ‘ The told me that they alone had cracked the system ; they said only they could fix up proper contracts with local authorities on behalf of their clients . |
| 29 | Some hours later one returned and claimed , modestly , that one 's own efforts alone had won the day , and the crisis had been averted . |
| 30 | The Gaullist candidate , Chaban-Delmas , was beaten in the first round : thus ended the period ( 1958–74 ) when Gaullists alone had controlled the apparatus of state broadcasting . |