Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [to-vb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now he had come to symbolize the Montparnasse adventure , and even in his worst moments he had a glamour about him , a sense of intensity , that excited envy and admiration . |
| 2 | Last week The Northern Echo disclosed how Durham county councillors had voted to repossess the Duke Street premises in Darlington occupied by the Durlia Club . |
| 3 | Jesus had claimed to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days . |
| 4 | During my last year at Oxford I had applied to join the Sudan Political Service . |
| 5 | The Iraqi plane was one of four to cross the parallel that day ; the first two had flown north when challenged , but the second two ( one of which escaped ) had turned to confront the US fighters , in what US officials considered a deliberate attempt to test the resolve of the allies — the USA , the United Kingdom and France — in policing the " no-fly zone " established in August [ see pp. 39068-69 ] . |
| 6 | It was reported on Aug. 5 that three of Nepal 's smaller communist parties had merged to form the Nepal Communist Party ( United ) in order to " strengthen the left movement " . |
| 7 | On Jan. 15 , Czechoslovak officials claimed that the Soviet Finance MInister , Valentin Pavlov had sought to postpone the Prague meeting in an effort to slow down the pace of reform within COMECON . |
| 8 | In addition , the Commission revealed that Macierewicz had sought to pressure the KPN leadership with information about its chair , Leszek Moczulski , linking this with an attempt to prevent the Olszewski government 's fall . |
| 9 | With counties restricted to fielding two players whose registrations are contested within any five-year period , Robinson had threatened to sue the TCCB . |
| 10 | My first thought was that the superintendent had decided to run the InterCity train with one power car . |
| 11 | It was reported on Feb. 20 , however , that the government had decided to meet the CNG for exploratory peace talks , without demanding that the guerrillas declare a ceasefire in advance . |
| 12 | I am sure that he saw the depressing report in The Sunday Telegraph that , with its customary foresight and thoughtfulness , the Treasury had decided to reject the Thameslink project . |
| 13 | It was reported on March 8 that the USSR Cabinet had decided to rescind the Rbs500-a-month limit on withdrawals from private savings bank accounts . |
| 14 | Acheson , at least , had practically made up his mind as soon as the French had promised to ratify the Elysee agreements ; and in setting out the arguments to the US Embassy in Bangkok no alternative to recognition was in fact suggested . |
| 15 | The government of President Roh Tae Woo , who since his election in 1988 had promised to free the South Korean political process from corruption , was undermined during February by the revelation of several scandals . |
| 16 | The incipient trade breakdown which had helped to spark the Petrograd insurrection accelerated after February . |
| 17 | It was alleged they had helped to organise the Castlemorton free festival . |
| 18 | Twelveheads was near Wesley 's revival centre at Gwennap pit ; Bray 's grandfather had been one of his converts and had helped to build the Twelveheads chapel . |
| 19 | Clenching his fist to deliver an imaginary uppercut , he sketched the very blow he had used to crush the Warlord 's face . |
| 20 | The Ministry of Defence had its continuing missile special relationship with the United States , whose Department of Defense had agreed to substitute the Trident submarine-missile system for Polaris . |
| 21 | Royal Bank Chief Executive Dr George Mathewson said , ‘ Following hard on the heels of our announcement in April that we had agreed to acquire the Boston Five , this is another encouraging step towards our strategic aim of deriving more than 10 per cent of our earnings from the USA . |
| 22 | It was reported on Oct. 16 that the 13 countries of the " Cairns Group " of agricultural exporting nations , led by Australia [ see pp. 36508 ; 37228 ] , had agreed to support the US proposal for reductions in subsidies but had demanded that the " export component " in US deficiency payments to farmers also be subjected to a 90 per cent cutback . |
| 23 | ( Congress had agreed to give the US administration until March 3 , 1991 , to submit an entire trade package which would then be subject to a single vote instead of the more usual procedure of amending it item by item . ) |
| 24 | But on Friday night news came through that VAT HQ had agreed to study the ER scheme ‘ to see if it can be classified as a training activity , which would be VAT exempt , rather than as a business activity , ’ Maxen reported . |
| 25 | South Africa 's President de Klerk announced on June 27 that South Africa had agreed to sign the NPT . |
| 26 | There was no demonstrable prejudice to Findlay by the amendment : the case against him , based on the admissions. remained the same : that he had agreed to rob the Hainault post office at a date unknown . |
| 27 | Peter and Nona were not the only people planning to eat in the open air , because a coachload of school-children together with four teachers , all carrying packed lunches , had arrived to visit the Cutty Sark and then Gypsy Moth in its dry dock . |
| 28 | It was reported that on Aug. 10 Moroccan officials had refused to allow the UN official in charge of the ceasefire and referendum arrangements , Johannes Manz , to enter the territory . |
| 29 | The SPD , for example , had refused to support the CDU in its desire for electoral reform . |
| 30 | De Gaulle had long believed that the PCF 's tendency to align itself with Moscow invalidated it in crucial respects , and in November 1945 he had refused to give the PCF one of the three ministries that he regarded as essential to national security . |