Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] had [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He observed that the economy had expanded steadily since 1981 , and repeated something that Kenneth Baker had said earlier in the week : that there was ‘ no precedent for eight years of sustained growth ’ . |
| 2 | Both were fined by Southampton and boss Ian Branfoot had to think seriously about playing them together . |
| 3 | Old Lillian Tibbs had done well at the Market . |
| 4 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 5 | Like The Fabulous Baker Boys , the King Brothers had broken up as much because they 'd ‘ had it up to here ’ as because of the ominous advent of ‘ the group ’ . |
| 6 | Capricious and Lothian , two of the flotilla 's escort frigates , swung at their buoys , which could only mean that the Jan Mayen had gone out to bring the submarine in . |
| 7 | As Dean Acheson had commented back in 1962 , Britain had indeed lost an empire yet failed to find a post-imperial role . |
| 8 | So regretfully Sven Svennsen had to go back to Sweden . |
| 9 | It was not far from Moira roundabout to Aldergrove , a half an hour or so , but by the time Rory dropped her at her car , Jessica Roberts had made up her mind . |
| 10 | Jim Scott had locked up . |
| 11 | S. Kettering had gone too far . |
| 12 | Stuart Rimmer fired City ahead at Millmoor but David Pugh had to equalise twice . |
| 13 | So Angela did n't want to get involved — she did n't need the capital , after all — and she said to me she might do it in a year or so when Miss Huntley had calmed down . ’ |
| 14 | We visited the spot where in June 1914 , Gavrilo Princip had stepped out of the shadowy twisting maze that forms Sarajevo 's Turkish old town , onto a broad Austrian boulevard , and shot dead the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Throne , Archduke Franz Ferdinand , the first shot of the First World War . |
| 15 | The Lord Chief Justice had said then that it would be wrong for it to appear that the proposals had the backing of the judges or that they had had any hand in their preparation ; and that it was essential that the judges remained at arm 's length . |
| 16 | David Linacre had dozed off on the sofa one evening when his daughter Heidi came in and asked who was in the shower . |
| 17 | Les Holliday , with some intelligent distribution and accurate touch finding , established a measure of early control for the home side , who took the lead through Wilf George , after David Holmes had worked diligently to set up the chance . |
| 18 | There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was , but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible . |
| 19 | Jones revealed how a half-time dressing down from manager Ian Porterfield transformed Chelsea after David Hirst had struck twice to put Wednesday 2-0 up . |
| 20 | Gable refused to work further and Metro 's boy-wonder Irving Thalberg had to fly out to the location at Catalina to calm Gable down and persuade him to continue filming . |
| 21 | But in spite of every difficulty placed in his path , by the end of July 1941 David Stirling had got roughly what he wanted . |
| 22 | As I entered , Miss Kenton had turned back to the window . |
| 23 | He was n't often out of his bed now , and David Beaton had said privately to Bridhe that it was only determination to see the baby born that was keeping the old man alive . |
| 24 | When Mrs Hollidaye said that she and Miss Lilian had to walk over to fetch the milk from the home farm , she suggested that Dot should stay and rest by the fire . |
| 25 | Mrs. Fairfax had come along with Sandra in the first place . |
| 26 | Mrs. Fairfax had seemed more interested in who was attending the school than in what was being taught . |
| 27 | Whitaker justified his position as favourite for the Toyota British Horsemaster by collecting the £3,300 cheque — but only after Marie Edgar had thrown away her chance . |
| 28 | After Richard Eaton had cancelled out a second minute opener from Kenny Morris on 20 minutes , John Stephens shot Annadale into the lead with a superb finish to two minutes into the second period . |
| 29 | But Mrs. Pridmore had seized gratefully on a familiar name . |
| 30 | When the local doctor , confounded by the sparrow size of his patients , informed the couple that they were to become parents , llya Holovich had dropped her lined and weary face to her chest and wept , and Stepan Holovich had jumped up from his chair and then scratched between his thin grey hair and laughed . |