Example sentences of "had [vb pp] a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember that he liked one in celebration of wool ; another was of everything brown or gray , for which I had arranged a large collection of natural objects , of woven and blockprinted textiles , pots , and beautiful bowls and boxes made of wood . |
| 2 | A MacDougall & Co. had erected a large malt barn and brick stalk . |
| 3 | By 1880 he had completed a large wing of workshops . |
| 4 | Rachael had hidden a large kitchen knife in his jeans pocket and smuggled it in unchecked . |
| 5 | As a present I had received a large book of complex Legion history written in difficult French . |
| 6 | There they had joined a large group of sect heavies , some of whom were armed . |
| 7 | On her head was a hat that looked as if someone had dropped a large meringue on her head . |
| 8 | We went along the river bank : two smugglers were being hanged near Billingsgate and this had attracted a large crowd to watch their last dance . |
| 9 | She had prepared a large stew , or thick soup , her speciality , brought to perfection in years of communal living . |
| 10 | He had ensured a large population by making the land inalienable and by prohibiting the exposure of children , a practice common among the Greeks . |
| 11 | Just in front of me I had seen a large shell-crater , an old one . |
| 12 | The widely publicised work of Basil Bernstein had made a large public at least aware of the possibility that pupils ' response to the process of education might be limited by their habitual uses of the mother tongue . |
| 13 | Shortly before this great day Vigilant 's crew had made a large seizure from a Finnish vessel berthed in the Thames , the goods concerned being unearthed from a very clever concealment , and the Queen was very interested to hear about the incident . |
| 14 | The second defendant had made a large number of deliveries to and collections from the premises on Capricorn 's account . |
| 15 | The Local Plan inquiry had been taking place and the village had made a large input thanks to help from Rear Admiral Charles Weston and Christine Darter , who had devoted time and effort in presenting the parish point of view on many matters . |
| 16 | The fact that he had written a large part of it after his marriage led him to think of it as a work quite different from the one he had originally envisaged.It was while engaged on it at Kensington Court Gardens that he added the more tender love scenes which provide its real poetry . |
| 17 | He waited until he had collected a large number of observations of the fact that he was fed at 9 a.m. , and he made these observations under a wide variety of circumstances , on Wednesdays and Thursdays , on warm days and cold days , on rainy days and dry days . |
| 18 | The brilliance of the flame had collected a large crowd of urchins , dancing in the warmth ; behind them the cabmen stamped their feet and held forth their hands to the glow . |
| 19 | The film crew had leased a large hangar at Ford Island and used it as their headquarters during the filming . |
| 20 | He had bought a large map representing the sea , |
| 21 | Information published in Le Figaro in September 1991 following Swiss investigations appeared to confirm that , as speculated in the press at the time , Roger-Patrice Pelat , a friend of Mitterrand who died in March 1989 [ see p. 36706 ] , had bought a large number of Triangle shares via a Swiss company , Experta Treuhand , only days before the Pechiney-ANC deal . |
| 22 | Robert said that ill-feeling between him and his brother had made him so annoyed that he had used a large knife to slash a rubber dinghy which they owned jointly . |
| 23 | After five minutes of rapid chasing , Fitz had isolated a large group of adolescent colobus , and all the chimps in the trees started making the typical exciting hunting barks . |
| 24 | He was going to return in three days ' time , and had invited a large number of ladies and gentlemen to stay for several days . |
| 25 | But although he had mustered a large army the siege went badly for him . |
| 26 | By the second century B.C. it had become a large square surrounded by imposing buildings . |
| 27 | In December 1989 Najibullah had arrested a large number of Khalqi officers whom he suspected of plotting against him [ see p. 37184 ] . |
| 28 | She had found a large blanket , which she placed in the back of her car , in the garage . |
| 29 | This had necessitated a large number of meetings , particularly for the Socialisation of Industries Committee and the Social Services Committee : ministers had tended to bring too many items to committee ; senior ministers had wanted to keep an eye on their more junior colleagues , and as a result a heavy burden fell on a handful . |
| 30 | The other eye had been closed for most of the fight by a left hook that had caused a large amount of swelling both above and below the brow . |