Example sentences of "had [verb] another [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Recently he had formed another attachment , one which he valued more .
2 Lily had wanted to be kind and had arranged another grouping — herself dressed up again and as many of those originally present as possible .
3 On the other hand , few had witnessed another user undergoing withdrawal symptoms .
4 Wilcock had developed another interest too , one that had burgeoned on the Voice , a fascination with Andy Warhol 's factory , then turning out movies at the Factory by the dozen , and sucking in voyeurs , drifters , hopers , and no-hopers .
5 He had completed another revolution of the prescribed path , and the man still stood and stared at the fences , and his shoulders were not hunched as if the cold no longer concerned him .
6 Tottenham had to thank another youngster for keeping them in a position to fight back .
7 The car had pulled over , then he had heard another car .
8 He was almost sure he had heard another whistle , in a low key , somewhere ahead of him .
9 The words , spoken casually , had given another shake to the kaleidoscope , entirely altering the pattern her mind had grown used to .
10 ‘ I had to see another patient .
11 ‘ The boy drove the whole way to Dublin on his half day to bring you home and then drove straight back and said you had to see another doctor .
12 ‘ He said he had to meet another woman .
13 Emma Brodie died in Frenchgate shopping centre in Doncaster after being stabbed through the heart with a carving knife by Carol Barratt , 24 , who had attacked another child in the same place weeks earlier .
14 Then , it had added another stamp of ‘ difference ’ on a child whose father rarely appeared in the family home and who spent most of her free time in the company of paid supervisors .
15 The earlier Welsh campaigns of 1277 and 1282–3 had cost a sum approaching £150,000 , while the building of the castles had added another £80,000 to this throughout the reign .
16 A Brown try and Stabler conversion after the break brought a two-penalty reply from Coventry , but Stabler had added another penalty before Coventry finished with a converted try and a penalty .
17 Marguerite 's voice was warm when Jenna had expected another burst of either anger or distress .
18 The tension drifted from Blufton 's eyes , as if he had expected another challenge to his veracity .
19 For either he had to obtain another document for which he had to apply to the court and would be given by its clerk .
20 His father had wounded another bull in the same herd , but not mortally , and although they had tracked it by a faint blood trail for an hour , in the end , to the senator 's ill-concealed irritation , they had been forced to abandon the search .
21 But Doyle had forgotten another journey that Weaver would shortly be making .
22 Although almost by chance , the Vietnam war had claimed another Head of State ( its first victim being Ngo Dinh Diem ) .
23 One twelve-inch Marathon record achieved a playing-time of more than 16 minutes , spread over two sides ; but customers had to change the soundbox of their record-players to cope with ‘ hill-and-dale ’ grooves , and within a couple of years non-standardization had claimed another victim .
24 Within a couple of years , non-standardization had claimed another victim ; but this time , the recorded legacy includes records which we can not play back electronically , because the mechanism has to work with a clockwork motor .
25 Fun Fortnight had claimed another victim and I was forced to be game for a laugh and work in a joke shop .
26 Fun Fortnight had claimed another victim and I was forced to be game for a laugh and work in a joke shop .
27 The sisters married and , when Asheham was eventually relinquished , Virginia and Leonard Woolf had to find another country base .
28 Usually , you lost your money , and had to find another £1,000 for the genuine John Smith .
29 Having dealt successfully with the dreaded cupboard under the stairs , we had to find another situation for Sylvia to cope with .
30 His firm sent him for a month to another part of the country , and at first he telephoned home every night ; but three weeks later she got a letter saying that he had met another woman and was planning to marry her as soon as possible .
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