Example sentences of "had [verb] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither Henry V nor his son had placed the solution to the problem of Aquitaine ( the old feudal problem ) high in his list of priorities . |
| 2 | Another Nassauer battalion had formed a line to the right of the stream . |
| 3 | Miller explained that lack of space prevented directions on specific culture of plants , but where necessary , he had referred the reader to the Dictionary . |
| 4 | ‘ A high-class combination ’ , concluded the Sportsman loyally : ‘ Those croakers who had likened the visitors to a fifth-rate team must now be hiding their diminished heads . ’ |
| 5 | In those days she had likened the climb to life : she had dared to hope that there might be wonderful things over the horizon . |
| 6 | The police had traced the dinghy to Londoners who owned a weekend cottage a few miles away up the Welsh coast . |
| 7 | Auguste had adjusted the menu to his own standards . |
| 8 | His tone had developed an edge to it . |
| 9 | The Germans were fully cognisant of the strategical importance of this high ground and had developed the position to the utmost , using forced labour and that of unwilling prisoners . |
| 10 | The priest could n't have looked more relieved if he had completed a mission to those that dwell in the waters that are below the earth . |
| 11 | Some examples of these sophisticated Court items , dating from the 17th century , are in existence today , but by the early 19th century , Caucasian weaving had completed the transition to the " folk art " tradition that is universally regarded as the epitome of Caucasian village textile art . |
| 12 | The architects duly made economies , although they were dismayed that these had to include the reduction to a dwarf wall of the high wall intended for the street side of the car park because they felt that the omission of a high wall at this point would detract from the character of Rotherhithe Street . |
| 13 | But Mr Fallon yesterday said he had explained the incident to the full satisfaction of Whitehall watchdogs in the Serjeant at Arms department . |
| 14 | His wife had explained the situation to him , but he never listened to what he called women 's gossip . |
| 15 | On his return he was taken to the sleeping cell and , following the usual routine , was locked in , but on the next day the cell was empty ; he had broken the stone to which the iron grid was fixed . |
| 16 | Sir Bryan himself had broken the news to Stephen Bonnard . |
| 17 | Her agent had all but ordered her in front of a firing squad when she had broken the news to him — it was fortunate that she had already pencilled a six-month-long break into her diary , intending to spend the time writing new material . |
| 18 | Before my marriage , I had to arrange a visit to the mikva . |
| 19 | As of early February , society officials say they had received no response to their request from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs . |
| 20 | Azerbaijani officials claimed that the attacks on the border were the consequence of frustration of local residents that they had received no response to demands presented during the previous month for freer access to their fellow Azerbaijanis in northern Iran ( numbering up to 14,000,000 — twice the number of Soviet Azerbaijanis ) , and to rich agricultural land given over to border defences . |
| 21 | It was almost as if I had received a blow to the heart . |
| 22 | The next week Meg had received an invitation to dinner at Martyr 's Cottage . |
| 23 | It was He who had instructed the animals to multiply ; He had given no instructions to the stars . |
| 24 | The Nationalist high command had disrupted the normal functioning of the country 's political , economic , cultural and social life , but had given no thought to the construction of alternative infrastructures and super-structures on their own organizational patterns . |
| 25 | She had invited several friends to lunch the next day , and she had given no thought to what to cook . |
| 26 | Here the husband had given a guarantee to the bank in support of advances by the bank to a third party . |
| 27 | She was oddly reluctant to start the day 's work although previously the demands and challenges of working for Luke had given a spice to her days . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , how kind ! ’ she exclaimed , and felt inordinately pleased that Ven had given a thought to her before he had gone away . |
| 29 | The interim parliament condemned him for acting contrary to the peace process , and for a gross violation of basic human rights ; Johnson had given an undertaking to Sawyer that he would desist from carrying out executions , after previous killings of rebels and civilians . |
| 30 | The charm — that demon glitter of narrowed eyes which had given the lie to all previous insults — was conspicuously absent . |