Example sentences of "had [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Burnham Committee , which had since the First World War been responsible for determining the salaries of teachers , now produced a unified scheme , making no formal distinction between the remuneration of teachers in Primary , secondary modern , or grammar schools . |
| 2 | The Thurn und Taxis family , which had since the sixteenth century controlled the postal services of the smaller German States , maintained on behalf of the Emperor similar establishments in many cities of the Holy Roman Empire . |
| 3 | On that basis the Irish Parliament , whose legislative powers had since the fifteenth century been subject to the sanction of the executive in London , had that limitation removed from it and became a ‘ free Parliament ’ , but a Parliament on which no executive , not even the local Irish executive , was dependent . |
| 4 | He had enough the last time did he ? |
| 5 | I had not the first notion of mechanics , but you with your capable hands worked on the machine until , after running with it , pushing it along , we were able to make the engine tick over again . |
| 6 | In the darkness , under cover of which they had been kissing cuddling so much ( with his hand inside her blouse ) that she had not the first idea what the film was about , he took her hand and guided it down to his lap . |
| 7 | But there can be little doubt that he had two causes in mind , and great probability that he had also a third . |
| 8 | ‘ I wanted off to Northampton in April and Darlington still had about a third of the season to play . |
| 9 | Of course Joy had n't the first idea what it was . |
| 10 | I had n't the first idea what she meant . |