Example sentences of "had [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doris and the editor auditioned dancers who had to perform physical exercises along with acrobatic dancing . |
| 2 | Although from her upbringing it might have been thought that ‘ visiting the sick ’ would be a part of her daily life she had hardly ever — thanks to the Welfare State — had to perform this duty , and then only with her mother or father . |
| 3 | The governors had placed great trust in him over the period of ten years ‘ during one of which it pleased its liberal Grand Visitor to take me with him to Ireland ’ . |
| 4 | They had placed small groups of bowmen wherever this rich cover offered , keeping their main companies higher along the hills to shoot over them . |
| 5 | By the end of March , after five months of operation , Springboard had placed 3,000 people in work , and , despite the recession , had handled over 200 vacancies a week . |
| 6 | Firstly , due to the low usage figures found by the programme monitors in Phase 1 villages ( described in Chapter 5 ) , the Oral Replacement Workers had placed greater emphasis during Phase 2 on telling the village people about LGS at the expense of telling them about the dangers of adding too much salt to the solution . |
| 7 | Since the early 1970s Soviet leaders had placed greater emphasis on the role of the Soviet navy as an instrument to deter Western intervention in the affairs of non-aligned and pro-Soviet countries . |
| 8 | A shipload of food and medical aid from Italy reached Albania on March 19 , one day after the Albanian government had placed all food distribution in the country under police control in an attempt to counteract speculation . |
| 9 | He had a wire basket in his left hand , in which he had placed two tins of pineapple cubes . |
| 10 | He would know I had placed two packets there inside . |
| 11 | Each platoon had placed two men on guard duty , with orders to change them every two hours , to ensure that no one went without rest . |
| 12 | She had placed enough mines . |
| 13 | Beside him , against the wall , he had placed those things he had seen himself use in the dream — a blanket and his old porcelain water-bottle . |
| 14 | The owners of the roadside dhabas had placed steaming cauldrons full of saffron-coloured biryani rice outside their doors ; from inside came wafts of grilling kebabs . |
| 15 | Soon after the embarrassing disclosure , the French ministry announced an inquiry into claims that Glaxo had placed numerous articles in the popular press and on television promoting its prescription-only migraine cure . |
| 16 | She sensed his fear and , perceiving that he had placed this construction upon their encounter , pressed herself closer to the soft protuberance of his cock , touching his balls with her cheeks , one side and then the other , wheedling the while . |
| 17 | The case , heard in February 1929 , revealed that , since his association with Arsenal began in 1910 , Sir Henry had placed some £15,000 of his own money at the club 's disposal ( a bounty which could explain his campaign against rising transfer fees ) . |
| 18 | Presumably Miss Philimore had placed some sort of order before she left , forgetting that she would no longer be around to take delivery . |
| 19 | Women 's organizations , although disappointed at the outcome , took heart that the episode had placed sexual harassment in the workplace firmly on the political agenda and had increased prospects for legislation to attack this . |
| 20 | The aged had , nevertheless , acquired ‘ a definite status in the community … and the ‘ pauper taint ’ [ was ] removed by a system of personal thrift organized by the state' , a provision for which the Conference congratulated itself , claiming to have succeeded because it had placed national interests over and above political tactics . |
| 21 | The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) , the central bank , had placed severe credit restrictions on imports on March 20 in an attempt to curb the outflow of hard currency following a sharp deterioration in foreign exchange reserves . |
| 22 | The most successful of the three accords was with Brazil , whose president Kubitschek needed both to find new export outlets and to conserve foreign exchange in the aftermath of a rapid industrial expansion policy which had placed severe strains on his country 's economy . |
| 23 | The violence had placed severe strains on the ANC 's relationship with the government over the issue of perceived police partiality towards Inkatha supporters , and had delayed the holding of negotiations on a post-apartheid constitution . |
| 24 | The march began after several thousand people had filled four churches to overflowing in the centre of Leipzig , for a special service of ‘ prayers for peace ’ . |
| 25 | He told how Stephen began draining petrol from the car , but when he had filled two plastic bowls petrol was still flowing . |
| 26 | The jars had been recycled at last ; Caro 's tomatoes had ripened all at once , last September , and she and Bryony had filled sixteen jars with chutney . |
| 27 | Now Fincara had filled that space , brought her spells into the centre of his mind , and he was aware of nothing else . |
| 28 | When he had filled that side , he turned the page over and continued to make notes , completely disregarding the pencil sketch that had been begun . |
| 29 | Her studies were remarkable ; as a young woman Madame had filled eighteen notebooks with summaries of these women 's careers , reading them very literally as sources of practical advice , in much the same way as she had taught herself to understand stock management and how to do her own accounts . |
| 30 | But within a fortnight the Indian Round Table Conference had opened in London , and the second fissiparous issue had filled any gap left by the temporary subsidence of the first . |