Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be a certain exaggeration in the statement that Napoleon had offered a reward for the taking of ‘ the English incendiary ‘ Kvinn or Quin ’ who had been responsible for the burning of three French battleships in the Gulf of Villefranche last year ’ but the sixteen year-old 's behaviour while in prison in Toulon is entirely in keeping with what we know about him : |
| 2 | Mrs and Mrs Singh had received a letter offering Balbinder a place at Cedars . |
| 3 | The CPV had made a number of errors in the past ; it had taken too much time setting forth the initial stage of the transitional period to socialism and had made " many mistakes " in reforming prices , wages and money and in ideological and organizational tasks . |
| 4 | Prior to his visit to the Middle East , Mitterrand had held a round of talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Paris , and Mubarak had also held talks with visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Nov. 15 . |
| 5 | Now they were heard to ‘ twitter with execration ’ at the news that the Nazi SA had seized a number of Jews in the town of Worms , thrown them into a pigsty and beaten them . |
| 6 | In late January ULFA had issued a statement saying that it was ready to respond to any mediatory initiative [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 7 | ‘ Dennis had played a seasson for Northants and I got the opportunity to go and see him in Perth , ’ he explained . |
| 8 | Dennis had experienced a period of unemployment , and this , he admitted , had made him much more sympathetic to social-security claimants and even to strikers . |
| 9 | When Ceauşescu had organized a display of different plans and models for the proposed Civic Centre at Neptune , his Black Sea retreat , she had decided to participate . |
| 10 | Bernice had seen a number of films where that had succeeded , and more importantly thought it likely that everybody had seen at least one film where that less than daring idea had been tried . |
| 11 | In 1929 Hill had become a director of the Eagle Star Insurance Company , which , in the economic recovery of the 1930s , grew rapidly and had substantial funds to invest . |
| 12 | Eleven minutes later , Yate had added a second ; Darren Tilly 's corner was headed clear but only back to the same player who returned the ball to the far post and Danny Iddles headed home . |
| 13 | He said that during his recent visit to Moscow , President Gorbachev had given a warning that the failure of East Germany 's reform process would not only destabilise the GDR but also have ‘ serious repercussions ’ for perestroika in the Soviet Union . |
| 14 | He said that during his recent visit to Moscow , President Gorbachev had given a warning that the failure of East Germany 's reform process would not only destabilise the GDR but also have ‘ serious repercussions ’ for perestroika in the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | The assault came only a few hours after Gorbachev had reassured a Federation Council meeting in Moscow that force would not be used . |
| 16 | The renewed violence [ see p. 38205 for previous outbreak ] , in which the Soviet Interior and Defence Ministries and the KGB denied involvement , came after Gorbachev had issued a decree lifting the state of emergency in two areas of Nagorno-Karabakh , noting Azerbaijani President Ayaz Mutalibov 's guarantee to ensure the safety of the population . |
| 17 | On Sept. 10 Gorbachev had addressed a telegram to all republican , regional and local leaderships calling on them to take action to prevent a collapse of law and order . |
| 18 | On Sept. 19 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had signed a decree providing for all conscripts in the Soviet armed forces from the Baltic states to be released by the end of October . |
| 19 | After joining in 1930 the Oriental Ceramic Society , founded in London a decade earlier , David had begun a career of scholarship with papers read to that body , distinguishing himself by identifying the imperial ru ware made between ad 1107 and 1127 . |
| 20 | Like thousands of children in Guatemala , Nahaman had lived a life of poverty on the streets ; begging , shining shoes , sleeping under benches and parked cars , stealing , sniffing glue ; like many his death was violent . |
| 21 | In February of 1931 , he and Warnie had attended a production of James Elroy Flecker 's Hassan at the Oxford Playhouse . |
| 22 | Conran had launched a business empire that was eventually to employ thirty-three thousand people . |
| 23 | Mrs Hancock 's lawyer said that his client and Mrs Rinehart had reached a compromise over access to the body so that the funeral could go ahead . |
| 24 | It was absurd ; if Parkes had had a gun it would n't have been a .22 . |
| 25 | Panama seemed to many like a re-enactment of Hawaiian history : the States had needed a reason to take over and it had found one . |
| 26 | Credit agencies in the United States had taken a hammering , and people on the lists were now entitled to a report annually or on demand . |
| 27 | He sometimes wondered if Eleanor had put a curse on him . |
| 28 | This time , Eleanor had brought a cake of her own — she was good at making them . |
| 29 | I agreed with him , even if Posh Porky had won a scholarship to some place called St Paul 's , which in any case was miles away in Hammersmith . |
| 30 | Earlier in 1912 Apollinaire had written a series of articles for Les Soirées de Paris and these were gathered together with some additional material to form the bulk of his Les Peintres Cubistes which was issued in March of the following year . |