Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [vb pp] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1693 title-page calls attention to ‘ Alterations , Additions , and several new SONGS ’ , which is fair enough : Tonson had gone to some trouble to update it . |
| 2 | An earlier phone call to Springfield from Curtis had seen to that , when the lieutenant had passed on his suspicion that the sect could in fact be a front for a Triad drugs operation . |
| 3 | ‘ I love it here , ’ she said enthusiastically , seeing that Lucenzo had relaxed to some extent and was actually exchanging a few pleasantries with one or two people . |
| 4 | Sir Ralph Grunte had gone to some trouble over his constituency dinner party , La Noblesse being by no means cheap . |
| 5 | Philip Pesaro had seen to that . |
| 6 | Helen had gone to some lengths over the picnic ; the recipe book included a relevant section , she discovered . |
| 7 | Egbert Rose had talked to many bereaved ladies ; he talked to them quietly , straightforwardly , compassionately . |
| 8 | It said that Lamont had responded to many of its suggestions such as improved investment allowances and export credit arrangements . |
| 9 | Harry had come to this place to meet someone . |
| 10 | His own father had pleaded to be given a Christian burial and Nicolae Ceauŝescu had assented to that . |
| 11 | They had also confirmed that the affair with David Parkin had been a public secret on the programme for several months , and that Nicola had whispered to several people that she had been promised Jane Pargeter 's job by Blufton . |
| 12 | It being the 30th October , His Majesty 's birthday , General Wade had given to each detachment an ox-feast and liquor ; six oxen were roasted whole , one at the head of each party . |
| 13 | Tom Tremayne had seen to that and Liza , irresponsible and hedonistic as she was , could not quite see herself leaving Harriet holding the baby while she went off to undertake some kind of training . |
| 14 | The apostles , the folk who had known Jesus in the old days in Galilee , Stephen , Paul ; all are ‘ witnesses of these things ; and so is the Holy Spirit whom God had given to those who obey him ’ ( Acts 5:32 ) . |
| 15 | Athelstan had talked to another friar who had seen Wallingford 's ingenious clock , the wheels within it fixed as if by magic , which not only measured the hours but indicated the states and signs , the phases of the moon , the position of the sun , the planets and the heavens . |
| 16 | Lord Fulgor Sagramoso had escaped to that insignificant mining world apparently known as Antro . |
| 17 | Grace had seen to that , but it was late and as she sat on the King 's throne in the wings , she wished with all her heart that she could be in bed . |
| 18 | But , yesterday Ven had walked to that same lift with her . |
| 19 | Isabel had clung to those words all the way home , wrapped snugly in fitzAlan 's cloak , held fast in his arms . |
| 20 | But Pascoe had come to this broken-down hotel in these bleak streets already guessing that Charlie probably was n't Zeno . |