Example sentences of "the [noun] had get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His retreat was , however , purely tactical , for the hunter had got wind of his quarry and from early 1869 he began to lay his traps , with the certain knowledge that he was on the right track . |
| 2 | The mercenaries had to get hold of their horses somewhere in Fife , and there were always distractions . |
| 3 | How the printers had got hold of her photograph she did not know , but they had , and now it was being sold all over London , along with ones of Lillie Langtry and other noted belles . |
| 4 | He tried to educate them about the nature of demythologizing , a word of which the press had got hold , and to guide them about the best modern writing on the New Testament . |
| 5 | It was a bit late for that , since the press had got hold of the story anyway . |
| 6 | The sheriff demanded to know how the solicitor had got hold of a confidential social inquiry report . |
| 7 | It looked just like the picture of Gullible or whoever he was , except the nomes had got hold of what the nomes in those days had never heard of , which was lots of electric wire . |