Example sentences of "[Wh pn] had [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AD 360 when Constantius II took his vengeance against the followers of Magnentius , who had challenged the Emperor for the purple and caused Constans to be murdered . |
| 2 | Lucian Freud 's compelling ‘ Night Interior ’ ( lot 44 , est. $500–600,000 ) , which was owned by Saatchi , attracted a couple of hesitant bids from Anthony d'Offay , who had exhibited the picture at his gallery in 1972 , but was bought in at $260,000 . |
| 3 | Clearly , the man who had overthrown the Somoza dictatorship ten years earlier , who first killed a man when he was in his mid-teens , and who spent seven years in jail , was getting advice from a higher source . |
| 4 | But the efficient-looking woman who had manned the reception desk on Folly 's previous visit was not yet at her post . |
| 5 | At that stage my problem was how to use a restrictive and convoluted Act of Parliament to pursue a policy almost diametrically opposed to what those who had framed the legislation intended . |
| 6 | The administration of vague rules and guidelines effectively removed control of pollution policy from the politicians who had framed the laws , and put a stop to any parliamentary scrutiny . |
| 7 | Why Brunel should have agreed to spare the time to become involved with the competition is not clear , except that his brother-in-law and close friend was Sir Benjamin Hawes , who had framed the War Department 's accommodation schedule . |
| 8 | Bannon was the last of a group of ALP leaders — including Bob Hawke , federal Prime Minister from 1983 to 1991 , and former state premiers Neville Wran , John Cain and Brian Burke — who had revitalized the party in the wake of its 1975 ejection from office . |
| 9 | Barney Moss either did n't know who had staked the seed money … or he was n't telling , and not even the Spanish Inquisition was going to change that state of affairs . |
| 10 | The situation that produced it was comparable to that which was to lead to a similar agreement between the returning Dutch and those who had proclaimed the Republic of Indonesia : in both cases neither side was prepared , there and then , for all-out war when the last British forces left Indonesia or when the Chinese armies in Tonkin were finally persuaded to leave . |
| 11 | As he toured the Colony he was introduced to mayors , civic leaders and clergymen , men ‘ with an outlook , who had escaped the ruts of tradition ’ . |
| 12 | As recently as two weeks ago sources close to Mr Parkinson ruled out changing the route at this late stage , saying it would revive uncertainty , antagonise people who had escaped the BR route , and cause an unacceptable delay to legislation . |
| 13 | The armed guards who had escorted the combatants into the arena retreated through the flush-fitting doors , which they closed and locked behind them . |
| 14 | The shock was greatest for those socialists who had believed the rhetoric of the International . |
| 15 | Betty was so relieved to see Lydia in spirits again that she did n't care at all that it was Beuno who had wrought the transformation . |
| 16 | Confusion about the real cause of the accident was compounded by press allegations that the crew had ignored the advice of air traffic controllers who had instructed the pilot to adopt an alternative flight path , avoiding the over-crowded suburb , to effect an emergency landing at Schiphol . |
| 17 | It was He who had instructed the animals to multiply ; He had given no instructions to the stars . |
| 18 | Stirling may have laid down the principles , but it was Lewes who had trained the men to put them into practice . |
| 19 | Since they 'd met he was the one who had been in charge , the one who had called the tune . |
| 20 | The phone-in revealed two more people who had called the police to remove Sure Style salesmen . |
| 21 | On her return she knew that it was he who had plucked the sting but she was afraid that too demonstrative a show of gratitude might be misinterpreted . |
| 22 | It is understood that , because the victims of the Awiel plane crash were badly mutilated , doctors who had packed the bodies before shipment to France had taken extra precautions , and an explosion from decomposition was therefore said to have been unlikely . |
| 23 | He arrived in England in the autumn of 1968 aboard the USS United States of America , along with 32 clean-cut American youths who had formed the Sailing Party of that year 's Rhodes Scholars . |
| 24 | Charles Luker then gave a speech of reminiscences stressing the need to be grateful for ‘ those who had formed the Club and those who had kept it going for its first 50 years ’ . |
| 25 | Their junior commanders were mainly young urban middle-class men , the sort who had formed the audience for Sukarno . |
| 26 | It had been the property of Mrs Stratton 's first husband , and it was he who had expressed the wish , as stated in his will , that it be returned to England to find a permanent place in the Ashmolean Museum with its counterpart , the Wolvercote Buckle . |
| 27 | While Cooper and McMahon were still serving their sentences , the Postmaster General who had announced the £5000 Post Office reward money , John Stonehouse , MP , and the detective who had arranged its distribution , Commander Kenneth Drury , were themselves convicted of criminal charges and also sent to prison . |
| 28 | Saad 's family rushed to try and have their revenge on the witness who had announced the news like someone possessed , and who cared less about Saad 's death than about convincing the whole community of what he had seen in the hut that burning noonday . |
| 29 | ‘ Madam , ’ said the servant who had conducted the chancellor to the queen-dowager , ‘ the Bishop of Lincoln is here and begs audience of Your Grace . ’ |
| 30 | The RUC men who had conducted the police investigations were fiercely indignant and a senior officer threatened to resign . |