Example sentences of "had [verb] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 13 it was reported that a Manila judge had dismissed 11 of the 39 charges against Marcos on the grounds that the government 's de-regulation of foreign exchange dealings had removed the court 's authority to hear charges relating to currency violations arising from the overseas bank accounts held by Marcos . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , I had formed one of a group of Local Defence Volunteers , an emergency organization set up in May 1940 , later to be transformed into the Home Guard . |
| 3 | Also , under current regulations 75% was the minimum grant to Responsible Bodies ; although in practice the Ministry had treated this as the standard proportion , not to be exceeded , it was worrying that the Ashby Report gave 75% as the maximum . |
| 4 | I had to sit next to a monstrously fat man . |
| 5 | At the same time he had to sound confident about the ultimate triumph of socialism , against all the evidence that it has failed . |
| 6 | Patrick had to signal one of the TV cameramen to move back a bit . |
| 7 | The book 's success , like that later of Moody and Sankey , showed that it was Nonconformity , not the Church of England , which had conquered one of the most important mountain peaks of public morality and sentiment produced in the Victorian era . |
| 8 | This time , the Labour party had smoothed most of the inconsistencies and hesitations from its policies for secondary schools : thirteen years of loyal opposition had given them plenty of time and motivation to do that . |
| 9 | In the 1920s America had witnessed some of the problems of the modern world that was emerging after the First World War ; the confusions and uncertainties that revealed themselves became more acute as prosperity suddenly came to an end in 1929 . |
| 10 | It was building on its strengths in aeronautical engineering and other areas , and had developed one of the country 's first degree courses in computer science . |
| 11 | In Jamaica a separate style of music had developed distinct from the jazz , rhythm and blues and the soul music from North America . |
| 12 | But what is of greater Baldwin significance is the clear indication that at this stage he had developed little of the pervading antipathy to wards Lloyd George which was to be the making of his own career . |
| 13 | University life had developed many of the traits Gedge first revealed while he was in the sixth form . |
| 14 | Within hours of her sister 's death she had developed swelling of the eyelids and face . |
| 15 | It had flown low along the ground . |
| 16 | We had flown most of the trip alone , so one day was n't a big deal . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , dry rot had ravaged much of the atrium and the vaulted entrance hall leading to it , and substantial areas of timber and plaster had to be torn out and replaced . |
| 18 | Val had banished these to the dark of the hall . |
| 19 | When in February 1983 the General synod of the Church of England debated the nuclear threat , only the then Archbishop of York , Dr Blanch , thought fit to remind his hearers that the early church had not only held that the world would soon end , but had regarded this as a desirable consummation . |
| 20 | At an identification parade Meehan was asked to say something Mr Ross had heard one of the burglars say , and when Meehan said it , Mr Ross collapsed , shouting , ‘ That 's the voice , I 'd know it anywhere . ' ’ |
| 21 | He had been playing the piano in a waterfront bar in Dar Es Salaam when he had heard one of the customers talking about the Legion . |
| 22 | It appeared that Lord Coleworthy had heard all about the trouble from Fairfax and was trying to be a peacemaker . |
| 23 | Since , on average , the target word actually took 369 milliseconds to say on the recording subjects were listening to , this means that subjects had often pressed the button before they had heard all of the target word . |
| 24 | The new Milanese opera , Lucio Silla ( another opera seria ) had been partly written during the summer in Salzburg , but Mozart could not complete it until he had heard each of the principal soloists , and was able to adjust his arias and recitatives to suit individual voices . |
| 25 | Scott had heard little of the Judge 's summing up or , indeed , of his comments after the life sentence had been passed . |
| 26 | Carl had heard half of the conversation . |
| 27 | Perhaps this soldier had heard this in the films . |
| 28 | It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about . |
| 29 | Henrietta had heard more of the conversation . |
| 30 | Sheila had heard most of the exchange ; and , with the volume of Janet 's voice , so probably had several of the others too . |