Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rab Stewart , Scottish textile organiser for the Transport and General Workers ' Union , said the Employment Service had withdrawn its objections to payments being made , and was now supporting all the claims . |
| 2 | It should not , in the administration 's view , disqualify Thomas as a Supreme Court Justice , unlike the case of Douglas Ginsburg , who in 1987 had withdrawn his nomination to the Supreme Court after it was revealed that he had smoked marijuana while a teacher at Harvard Law School . |
| 3 | In the face of mounting political tensions , it was reported on April 9 that President Mobutu Sese Seko had withdrawn his objections to the holding of a national conference . |
| 4 | She had justified her behaviour to herself on the basis that the police would have been much slower and more painstaking . |
| 5 | The children here were all considered old enough by their parents to understand a sympathetic explanation of the grounds on which the Reporter had referred their case to the Children 's Panel . |
| 6 | Rose had roared his way to 88 off 79 balls with eight fours and two sixes when he fell lbw to Darren Gough , leaving Harden unbeaten on 76 off 71 balls . |
| 7 | In 1156 Henry II had taken young Aimar V of Limoges out of the custody of his uncles and had arranged his marriage to Sarah of Cornwall . |
| 8 | What is certain is that the Egyptian goldsmiths had developed their skills to the point at which they were able to mount amethyst , lapis lazuli and turquoise in the gold bracelets buried with King Zer of the first dynasty in his tomb at Abydos . |
| 9 | Italy announced it had recalled its ambassador to Romania for consultations , as did East Germany , condemning the ‘ brutal action of the Romanian state power against peaceful citizens demonstrating to assert their elementary human rights ’ . |
| 10 | A Radio Monte Carlo report of Oct. 6 stated that Saudi Arabia had recalled its ambassador to Jordan that day . |
| 11 | Perhaps the rigours of travelling 25,000 miles through Central Asia had blinded our buyer to its true value . |
| 12 | This was not the moment to lecture him on the facts of hospital life , so I said briefly , ‘ Patients prefer two to one , ’ and asked if he had explained his position to Sister . |
| 13 | He had explained his character to her by saying , ‘ He lives half in the air ; it 's only his toes that touch the ground . ’ |
| 14 | There was a truce between Rose and Gabriel , but none between Shirley and Gabriel because Gaby had discovered it to be Shirley who had leaked her secret to Rose . |
| 15 | Franklin , as a Lancashire man , had always wanted the Blackpool job , and had regarded his appointment to Rochdale in 1951 as a stepping-stone to Blackpool . |
| 16 | He had seen her passionate anger and had wanted to kiss her senseless , had heard her lie to him and had wanted to shake the truth out of her , had almost caused her to swoon and had wanted to hold her close and tell her he would n't allow anything to hurt her again — all in the space of about half a minute . |
| 17 | At the time of the Marne , the Crown Prince had communicated his concern to the Kaiser about the difficulties von Kluck 's right wing had run into — only to receive the patronising rebuff : ‘ My dear boy ! |
| 18 | He had communicated his recommendation to Congress , where it would be subject to approval by both chambers . |
| 19 | A slight chill the day after the sale had delayed her journey to London and so she had been forced to leave Summer Lodge with her few possessions in a bag and watch as the cab carried her from the large estate on the hill to the cramped rooms of the house in Chapel Street . |
| 20 | He thought he could remember that he and Peter had fastened their rope to a spur or spike of rock and accordingly it was for such a feature that he searched . |
| 21 | It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation . |
| 22 | The record of this parliament is incomplete , but the recollection of contemporaries seems unequivocal , and in later , more difficult , circumstances parliament was to be reminded more than once that it had given its assent to the war . |
| 23 | Once parliament had given its assent to the war and Edward 's prospective companions in arms had been singled out for honours , Edward set about mobilizing the financial support he needed . |
| 24 | It had given its support to League sanctions against Italy , putting this view forward to its international contacts in the " Left Bureau . |
| 25 | They comprised the Bullhouse corn mill , a fulling mill ( later a wire mill ) which had given its name to a new settlement at Millhouse Green , the Ecklands bridge paper mill ( later an umbrella works ) , the Plumpton cloth mill , the Thurlstone corn mill and another cloth mill which had been erected in 1740 as an oil mill for crushing rape and linseed . |
| 26 | In that context , Franco was the unifying common denominator , in that he was the only person acceptable to all the shades of political opinion present on the Committee , to the external powers whose political and material support were vital to the Nationalists , and to the Catholic Church , which had given its blessing to the rising as the defence of Christianity against communism . |
| 27 | She had given her kisses to a clown , he wrote , and was much gratified when MacBride turned out to be a drunken bully . |
| 28 | ‘ Pawing ! ’ she exclaimed , and illogically started to feel angry that this swine of a man she had given her heart to should still be so ready to think the worst of her . |
| 29 | It was n't many months ago that she had been offended by his exploring fingers , but tonight she had given her breast to his hand as if to a baby . |
| 30 | Julia , stunned but dry-eyed , had given her statement to the police . |