Example sentences of "had [verb] [adv] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bryan Atherton , director of finance at Teesdale district council , said their budget had come well within last year 's allowance . |
| 2 | Hignett , lined up to share the new-ball bowling with Nigel Peel , had to pull out of last Sunday 's MCC Trophy game with Cumberland due to a rib injury . |
| 3 | ‘ Pubs , ’ he had said briefly at first . |
| 4 | Brundle , who had risen briefly to third place during the tyre stops , was again completely out of luck and , like Johnny Herbert , was forced to retire by a collision in which he seemed to be the innocent party . |
| 5 | When the cheers and the clapping had died down at last , Don Mini stood up to make a speech . |
| 6 | If that point , which coach Douglas Morgan had amplified repeatedly in last week 's aftermath , still needs re-inforcing , the coach was at least able to reflect with satisfaction on the birth-pangs of Scotland 's try . |
| 7 | If that point , which coach Douglas Morgan had amplified repeatedly in last week 's aftermath , still needs re-inforcing , the coach was at least able to reflect with satisfaction on the birth-pangs of Scotland 's try . |
| 8 | After the hearing in the court Alison Draper , who lives near the station , said : ‘ Nearly all the people here are against the festival because of the trouble we had to put up with last year . |
| 9 | This is what I had set out for last week . ’ |
| 10 | She had read of Cupid , the little god of love , and of his wicked darts piercing the heart at the moment of understood love , and she had laughed a little at the idea ; but one of them had struck home at last , and she knew that on the two previous occasions when she had previously and disastrously thought herself in love it had not been love at all … |
| 11 | If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do . |
| 12 | By the end of Elizabeth 's reign its population had risen to 11,500 , and though this was 2,500 less than the total number of inhabitants 200 years earlier , York had climbed back from sixth to third position amongst England 's provincial cities . |
| 13 | With about half a mile to go Elliott decided that it was time to make a move , and in a matter of a few strides Phar Lap had stormed up from last to first . |
| 14 | Enzo Ferrari has watched him in Monaco , where in the superannuated BRM he had held on to third place for a third of the race , and then at Zandvoort . |