Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [verb] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nellie had packed the two children 's bags and left them at the door . |
| 2 | Eight months previously ZTT 's Paul Morley had used the XL image factory and Katherine Hamnett to plaster fragments of his prose on to the chests of the nation 's youth . |
| 3 | Journalists published last week a copy of an affidavit made to the police saying that Mrs Mandela had put a 20,000 rand ( £4,000 ) ‘ contract ’ on the life of Dr Abu-Baker Asvat , shot dead in his surgery on January 27 , 1989 . |
| 4 | Professor Pacey had epitomised the forties as one of ‘ vacillation and disillusionment , ’ but the tide had indeed commenced to turn , a new era was opening up . |
| 5 | Lucy arrived , drained and tight-lippéd , Jeremy had been having trouble with his girlfriend , and Lucy had provided the two a.m. shoulder all week . |
| 6 | Irving had studied the 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act proposals to legislate for interrogation and prisoner control . |
| 7 | Speaking at a rally in Budapest , the Hungarian Prime Minister , Jozsef Antall said that he condemned the treaty " historically speaking " , but noted that Hungary had signed the 1975 Helsinki Final Act renouncing the violent changing of frontiers . |
| 8 | At other times they claimed that Kylie had negotiated a one million dollar contract to return to Neighbours — a story which Kylie described as wildly untrue . |
| 9 | Peter Thomson had won the 1954 and 1956 British Opens with Cecil Timms . |
| 10 | The NHS had inherited a gross geographical maldistribution of facilities in 1948 which meant that in practice " equality of access " was a chimera . |
| 11 | Somewhere amongst the ochrous jumble of mountains to the south Moses had received the Ten Commandments . |
| 12 | Tessa had subdued the two boys , Bob discovered with relief and admiration when he went out to the living-room . |
| 13 | Allan Wells had won the 1981 World Cup 100 metres here , fully vindicating his Olympic win of the previous year . |
| 14 | England had won the '88 Championship duel by a considerable margin at Twickenham but Aherne , now living in Dublin and throwing in his hand with Leinster , got his chance . |
| 15 | The first quarter deficit had been about 80,000 million roubles , although January and February had shown a 12,200 million rouble surplus , as concessions on social spending and tax cuts had been made towards the end of the first quarter . |
| 16 | But analysts recalled that Mr Parra had spent the two weeks before the talks touring member states in an attempt to secure a deal that would remove at least 1 million bpd from the oil market as demand falls with the onset of warmer One analyst said that the delay in reaching agreement had unsettled the market . |
| 17 | He was right , a fire watcher came in saying that there was a stick of small unexploded bombs right down the Palace Road but that the junction of Munster and Dawes Road had had a hundred pounder and houses had gone . |
| 18 | But Philip had spent the three hundred pounds , and needed money to pay for delivery . |
| 19 | And Peter Oosterhuis had taken an eight or nine there some time earlier ! |
| 20 | It was reported on Feb. 14 that China had appointed the 40 members of the Chinese People 's Political Consultative Committee to advise it on the affairs of the territory , leading to concern that the Chinese government might use the group , composed of business executives , conservative politicians and pro-Chinese sympathizers , to strengthen its control over Hong Kong in the run-up to 1997 . |
| 21 | It was reported on Sept. 28 that China had launched the Jiulong-1 missile into the East China Sea from a submerged Xia-class nuclear submarine . |
| 22 | There were those amongst his small circle of intimates who said it would be his undoing , but they or their predecessors had been prophesying the same for three decades , and Klein had out-prospered every one of them . |
| 23 | Before he reached them Paul and Joseph had hoisted the two boys , aged eleven and thirteen , onto their shoulders and were encouraging them to joust at one another with chopsticks from the table . |
| 24 | Nicola had phoned a dozen times , without luck . |
| 25 | The specimen was taken from the eastern side of the sandbar just as the tide began to ebb and came the day after Kevin had taken a 2 lb 8 oz flounder from the same spot . |
| 26 | Wilf had photographed the two boys in their brand new uniforms outside the garage . |
| 27 | The chain was long , too long , and Debbie had unbuttoned the two top buttons of her blouse so that the stone would n't be hidden . |
| 28 | Woodmill came back well after Humberside had taken a 2–1 lead with a spectacular goal scored from inside their own half . |
| 29 | Jay had poured a million words her way with little response . |
| 30 | Tony Jacklin had won the 1960 Open and the 1970 US Open , and his huge British following was going to make sure that he did what they 'd hoped he 'd do in 1970 at St Andrews , and win the 1971 Open at Birkdale . |