Example sentences of "had [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a wire basket in his left hand , in which he had placed two tins of pineapple cubes . |
| 2 | He would know I had placed two packets there inside . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He told how Stephen began draining petrol from the car , but when he had filled two plastic bowls petrol was still flowing . |
| 5 | In February 1991 Civic Forum had formed two parties , Civic Democratic Party and Civic Movement [ see p. 38017-18 ] . |
| 6 | The abolition of Pomgol was greeted with so many protests from the affected areas of Russia that Kalinin had to issue two statements in which he tried to show the stricken population that it had not been abandoned by the government . |
| 7 | For one thing , a much smaller house , because after all , C. Mellings , Printers and Stationers had to support two establishments ; Cedric 's and Jane 's house did not have that elusive but unmistakable atmosphere of ease , of success . |
| 8 | I had to wait two hours before seeing him as he was in conference with a producer . |
| 9 | That was in 1977 and Hope had to wait two years before making his second attempt . |
| 10 | I have difficulty from time to time in persuading some of my colleagues to believe that a boy not yet 21 could amass so much experience in such a short time ; he had completed two tours and looked like completing a third . |
| 11 | In fact , by then Reagan had served a valuable apprenticeship in the communications industry and had completed two terms as governor of the most populous state in the union with a GNP comparable to that of Canada and exceeded by only six national economies . |
| 12 | Regulations required the direct-grant schools to set aside , without fees , 25 per cent of their places for pupils who had completed two years in an elementary school . |
| 13 | Benjamin , however , squeezed me by the wrist and I followed him , taking some consolation in the fact that I had hidden two knives , three spoons and a small silver plate used for sweetmeats inside my jerkin . |
| 14 | He had broken two ribs . |
| 15 | The UN Security Council had received two reports in early August , from the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) and the UN Special Commission [ see pp. 38165 ; 38211 ; 38307 ; 38361 ] , outlining a comprehensive strategy to monitor Iraq 's nuclear capacity , including the right of international inspectors to " full and free " access to " all locations , all persons and all information " and to use independent means of transport and communication . |
| 16 | He says he had no idea that Surrey had received two warnings in 1990 and 1991 until the summons arrived from the TCCB citing a third instance , against Leicestershire last month , and referring to the two previous offences . |
| 17 | What really disturbed the Under-Secretary was the report he had received two days ago about the smuggling in of arms for this new Volunteer army . |
| 18 | They won it for the outstanding service that they had given two clients , Comfort Cooling and PSA . |
| 19 | In fact he seemed to have lost interest in the book before he had completed it — the last two chapters are haphazardly constructed — and he padded it out with three radio talks on " The Unity of European Culture " which he had given two years before . |
| 20 | When she was questioned she told the officer she had consumed two glasses of wine at the school Christmas concert . ’ |
| 21 | It had been prepared originally by the secret society he had joined two years earlier after being forced off his own rice lands for nonpayment of taxes , and he had copied it out dozens of times already in trying to win new recruits for the society in remote jungle villages far from Saigon . |
| 22 | With a little gentle persuasion , Pipe encouraged Peter Scudamore to switch from his intended mount Valfinet , who finished 16th , to the winner who had fallen two flights out when poised to strike in last year 's race . |
| 23 | With a little gentle persuasion , Pipe encouraged Peter Scudamore to switch from his intended mount Valfinet , who finished 16th , to the winner who had fallen two flights out when poised to strike in last year 's race . |
| 24 | The fact that the youth had attacked two boys before in a bizarre experiment to find out whether he was homosexual does not excuse that comment or the judge 's equally inane remark that he was ‘ a normal young man . ’ |
| 25 | On Jan. 13 Azerbaijani anger boiled over into an anti-Armenian pogrom in Baku , when some 70,000 people at a rally in the city centre were told that an Armenian resident of the city had attacked two Azerbaijanis with an axe , killing one of them , when they came to evict him from his flat . |
| 26 | He had booked two holidays and had no apparent worries . |
| 27 | Flavius the Noseless had booked two weeks in Greece for his holidays , so whilst there he dropped in on Archimedes and asked if he could come up with anything . |
| 28 | Ace , on the other hand , still had the Browning and the knife , but had added two packs of C-4 Plus to her pockets . |
| 29 | This was the autumn of 1982 , immediately after the Falklands war , and the public image of the Parachute Regiment was in high profile after its members ' achievements in the South Atlantic ; they had won two Victoria Crosses and had fought at Mount Longdon , Goose Green and Wireless Ridge . |
| 30 | After Dot had won two rounds , Mrs Hollidaye said , ‘ We 'll have supper early this evening . |