Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr was well aware because he 'd been told by the plaintiffs solicitors that the plaintiffs received terms for cover or to obtain interest on their costs , the plaintiffs solicitors wrote specifically to Mr enquiring was his offer in , in the sum of forty two thousand pounds , that 's er the possible agreed settlement figure for costs , er if it was inclusive or exclusive of interest erm there were some delay but er Mr wrote back in due course making clear that interest was n't included , I should also say that in Mr er proposed bill of costs he had disallowed interest for a fairly short period in respect of both the plaintiffs bill of costs and the defendants bill of costs and the plaintiffs solicitors do n't appear to have erm taken any point on that , but as I say it , the point as to interest was specifically raised by the plaintiffs solicitors letter and er I 'm quite satisfied on the correspondence that they when it came to the matter were seen , were desires of obtaining interest in respect of their costs . |
| 2 | The growth of the tsar 's chancery had embodied a " personal " principle , whereas the abolition of the majority of governors-general had implied adherence to a " ministerial " principle and the reform of the municipal government of St Petersburg had intimated sympathy for a " representative " principle . |
| 3 | The student went on to say that , though he had received help for a specific question , he had not obtained enough understanding to cope with his future library problems . |
| 4 | The County Council had given permission for a 70 acre toxic waste dump in Ringaskiddy on part of the 1000 acres owned by the IDA — there was that threat over people 's heads . |
| 5 | The swings had gone and the pier had been demolished ; a few years ago the Council had given permission for a café-and-restaurant to be built , but the place had only been open a month when it caught fire and was burned out ; the Fire Brigade could n't get to it , the promenade being too narrow for their vehicles . |
| 6 | A young woman called Simone Thiroux had eyed Modigliani for a long time . |
| 7 | It was the first time the FIS had claimed responsibility for a violent incident . |
| 8 | Monique explained that she and the children had undergone psychotherapy for a year . |
| 9 | Honecker had undergone surgery for a malignant kidney tumour on Jan. 10 and was briefly arrested upon leaving hospital on Jan. 29 , being released on Jan. 30 because he still needed medical attention . |
| 10 | This typical lesion was also present on the surgical specimen from patient 10 who had undergone surgery for a ‘ bleeding ulcer ’ seven years before the definitive diagnosis . |
| 11 | Last year , though , a group led by Eric Norman at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California declared that it had seen evidence for a 17 keV neutrino in radioactive decays of carbon-14 . |
| 12 | She had done research for a medical writer . |
| 13 | The company had made proposals for a coal gasification plant which it claims would be far more environment-friendly . |
| 14 | He had felt misgivings for a while . |
| 15 | Founder Henry Stewart had produced costings for a daily paper financed out of the profits of News on Sunday , which would be protected by a similar fiendish arrangement . |
| 16 | Months ago the couple had bought tickets for a Benjamin Britten concert in Aldeburgh . |
| 17 | Tshwete agreed that the SARFU had promised money for a development programme . |
| 18 | He was posing as a new Theodosius , evoking the " happy Christian emperor " who had performed penance for a political massacre , made his peace with his critics , and won the praises of St Augustine in The City of God . |
| 19 | Still , the case was important , because Louis had summoned Eudes for a breach of the peace , in accordance with the Second Lateran Council 's definition . |
| 20 | Watching Peter 's face under the leather helmet , staring at Andrew , he felt Peter had become Jamie for a moment , able to do anything , nothing would stop him . |
| 21 | Paul McBride , for Todd , 32 , of Hogarth Road , London , said that he had known Sim for a number of years and out of loyalty wanted to help him . |
| 22 | Finney had known Harwood for a long time before finally working with him on the film of The Dresser . |
| 23 | It was confirmed on Monday that the former army officer had attempted suicide for a third time . |
| 24 | There could be no doubt that FGD was practical : it was widely employed in Japan , the USA had 88 units and 40 more under construction some two years earlier , and West Germany had announced plans for a retrofit of 200 power plants and other large boilers in 1983 giving over 80 per cent FGD on power plants by 1988 . |
| 25 | No doubt Mr Rochester had left England for a life of wild pleasure in the cities of Europe . |
| 26 | Margaret Fischl ( Miami , USA ) presented results from ACTG 155 which showed that among symptomatic patients ( CD4<300/L ) who had taken zidovudine for a median of 18–19 months , the combination of zidovudine and zalcitabine ( ddC ) was no better than either zidovudine or zalcitabine alone ( primary end points , first AIDS-defining event or death ; mean follow-up , 17 months ) . |
| 27 | After his two trips into Benghazi , he had submitted proposals for a further expedition to destroy once and for all the harbour facilities . |
| 28 | It was announced on April 3 that in talks between Foreign Ministers Russia and Georgia had begun preparations for a treaty . |
| 29 | He had sent money for a little while , and dates when he was going to be back ; and then excuses , and little money . |
| 30 | The Centre — with raids in mind — had devised plans for a relatively silent , low silhouette landing craft that became the LCA ( Landing Craft , Assault ) , and produced some other worthwhile ideas , including methods for supplying troops by air . |