Example sentences of "had [verb] four [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | It was revealed on July 25 that Fuji Bank , the country 's fourth-largest commercial bank , had dismissed four employees at the centre of an illegal loans scheme using forged deposit certificates worth 260,000 million yen ( about $2,000 million ) . |
| 3 | Their punishment was that they were to walk bare foot behind the procession on the following Sunday , but instead of one taper they had to carry four tapers ( value 2d ) and there they should offer two at the High Altar , and two at the Altar of St. John . |
| 4 | The daughter of an Indian labourer , Mrs Swami was deserted by her husband and had to support four children on her own . |
| 5 | I had to wait four days before I could risk flying her again . |
| 6 | His first Grand Prix was the 1951 Swiss when he was in a British HWM but he had to wait four years for his first success . |
| 7 | Residents had to wait four years to elect their council after receiving that bill . |
| 8 | Experienced planners could do this job in three or four hours — we had to arrange four meetings each lasting three and a half hours and they still only just got it done . |
| 9 | In another broadcast the radio station claimed that on Sept. 14 a group of 30 monks had attacked four soldiers travelling to hospital in Mandalay . |
| 10 | Another runner to attract support was Run And Skip , who had won four races that season — including the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow — and come second in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup . |
| 11 | At Talaq had won the Grand Prix de Paris after finishing fourth in the Derby , and French challenger Mont Basile had won four races during the season . |
| 12 | The 50 per cent threshold did not apply to this second round , in which Tamas polled 55 per cent of the votes cast , compared with 33 per cent for an independent candidate backed by the HSP ; the Hungarian Democratic Forum , which had won four by-elections in July and September 1989 [ see pp. 36830 ; 36895 ] , did not participate . |
| 13 | Six heavy 18-pounder siege guns were brought from Whitehaven , a cumbrous , three-day , process , but on 28 December the siege began and on the morning of the 30th , after Cumberland had hanged four prisoners outside the walls as a specimen of what the rest may expect' , a white flag was hoisted . |
| 14 | It was cold but not too cold , and dammit , I had caught four fish with hardly any effort ; fish that had taken a big crust with a savage bite that suggested they were very hungry . |
| 15 | Finlay had recommended four alternatives : full internationalization , a European plus dependencies system , an Empire only system , or international regulation . |
| 16 | They had met four years earlier at a Christmas party in the village , where Mrs Williams ( nee Theakston ) lived and Mr Williams , originally from Shildon , had relatives . |
| 17 | When rescuers found her , Cherry had struggled four miles through the wood to a track to meet them . |
| 18 | Mrs Cass , who was in a wheelchair in court and had breaks to be given oxygen , said she had suffered four heart attacks since the RSPCA became involved with her dogs . |
| 19 | Kumar , the son of the former External Affairs Minister P. Shiv Shankar , was released on May 13 after the ( Congress ( I ) ) state government had freed four PWG members from Vishakhapatnam central jail . |
| 20 | Mr Banerjee said only the would-be bomber had been killed , but witnesses and other railway officials said they had seen four bodies on the platform . |
| 21 | It had said four A's , four A's |
| 22 | She remembered what Deana Davenport 's friend had said four months ago — ‘ If I had a dollar for every nurse … who 's been infatuated with Tom Russell … ’ |
| 23 | The squatters had made four bedrooms out of it , keeping the kitchen at the back , and a pretty basic bathroom tacked on to that , as communal areas . |
| 24 | Seve , who had made four trips to the course during its construction , completed the tough par-73 course in 75 but announced himself satisfied with the lay-out . |
| 25 | It was the first time they had conceded four goals at home since the Manchester United of Charlton , Law and Best rammed four past them in 1969 . |
| 26 | She had written four introductions to her old cronies in Dublin , in the hope that one , at least , might prove useful . |
| 27 | I had to replace four needles in all after that disaster . |
| 28 | The former world champion had saved four match points in rallying from 2–5 in the fourth set , which he eventually won on a tie-break , before winning the fifth set 6–0 but he had little to offer in the doubles , when he and Eric Jelen were beaten in straight sets . |
| 29 | Gloucester had missed four penalties … but made up for things with an opening try … as full-back Martin Roberts picked up a tap penalty and bulldozed his way through to score … |
| 30 | But one forgetful employee told his boss a grandmother had died four times in one month . |