Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It claimed patients would have more choice over which hospital they went to , but in fact they would have less because they would have to go to the hospital with which their district health authority had placed a contract , he said .
2 But he was under a cloud anyway after his men failed to find who had placed a bomb in the office of Major-General Seri Temiyaveh , the head of the Bangkok police department 's crime-suppression division .
3 On the eve of poll he had placed a £5 bet at 16–1 with a Bristol bookmaker that the Tories would win an overall majority of between 20 and 25 seats .
4 George Clifford , whom Miller met in Holland , had placed a brilliant young Swede , Carl Linnaeus in charge of his large garden and menagerie at De Hartekamp .
5 In 1663 an Act of Charles II had placed a partial ban on the importation of foreign cattle to England ; the ban became total in 1666 and permanent in 1680 .
6 St Bernards had placed a fee on this transfer should he go to a Football League club so Palace had to settle with them and with Kettering , but his eminent place in the club 's history assures us that if Palace had had to pay a dozen clubs , it would have been money well spent .
7 Officers had placed a metal colander on the head of a suspect and attached the colander to the copier with metal wires .
8 It was Britain more than any other country which had placed a stamp on all European discussions about integration since the war .
9 Twenty minutes later , George Leeming lay as they had first seen him , except that his eyes were now open and his back arched as the doctor had placed a pillow under him to make him more comfortable .
10 He mentioned a lake not far away , at the centre of which a farmer had placed a scarecrow .
11 But within the clearing it was warm and safe-feeling ; Clumhach had lit their usual fire , which was burning up brightly , and somebody had placed a cauldron of spiced wine to simmer over it .
12 When he had returned home that day , after leaving Franco , Maria Filippa had placed a dish on the table , filled with warm fresh taralli .
13 The Arches exhibition organisers had placed a dinosaur around a corner and asked them to deal with it .
14 In my self-conscious zeal to improve myself , I had placed a regular order for the London Times , not a paper normally stocked by that small newsagent .
15 Yolland saw that the BCR had installed a turntable at Stretford Bridge , constructed a platform and upon it had placed a temporary station — presumably a building of some sort .
16 By Nov. 20 Mahdi Mohammed was reported to be massing reinforcements in Warsheik , about 60 km north of Mogadishu , and had placed a satellite telephone call to the British Broadcasting Corporation denying that he had been ousted .
17 The bogus golfers had placed a triangular support under the open end of the decapitated golf-bag and had hammered a notched support into the grout at its base , which still rested on the trolley .
18 She had placed the worm-cake on one of her prettiest saucers .
19 Walter Carew had placed the painting of himself further down , dissociating himself from his weaker , lecherous , spendthrift brother .
20 Lessingham had placed the bottle of claret on the hearth .
21 His Uncle 's illness had placed the responsibility for all the sheep on George 's shoulders .
22 On returning to the surface , he carelessly looked away from where he had placed the briar and a snake ate it , whole .
23 Violently used , she could scarcely walk — and without a word , had placed the shilling on the kitchen table .
24 While we had been out Mrs Taylor had placed the paper in position .
25 The producer , Roy Emerson , had placed the soloist in the midst of the RPO strings rather than in front of the orchestra and conductor , as would be the normal configuration .
26 Neither Henry V nor his son had placed the solution to the problem of Aquitaine ( the old feudal problem ) high in his list of priorities .
27 Lee waited until the girl had placed the tray down on a small side table and backed silently from the room .
28 The rise of the Greens had placed the SPD in a difficult position , in that any attempt to capture moderate votes might alienate existing party supporters and drive them over to the Greens .
29 He had placed the torch on a small mound of dirt and the light shone on to Louise Butler 's cold and lifeless skin .
30 Jotan had placed the family yurts in the centre of a clearing , part of a screen of trees which enfolded the northern end of the lake .
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