Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [noun] had [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It so happened that the mainspring of my clockwork mouse had broken that very morning . |
| 2 | Chris Common , the charity 's director , said he felt his organisation had been ‘ whistling in the wind ’ as the statutory authorities in their policy making had paid little attention to the voice of older people and their carers . |
| 3 | Then she put into words what her brother George had thought several years before . |
| 4 | Others present included , who , with her Party Planners had organised this party for our host . |
| 5 | I had heard the National Health Service was in a bad way , but I did n't realize that do-it-yourself , take-your own-chances medicine had reached this level of intensity . |
| 6 | He admitted his hit factory had stagemanaged much of her career , using the age-old ploy of staying ahead of the game . |
| 7 | When asked if his campaign staff had made such contacts he said that he could not " get into details " , claiming that " some of those things are still classified " . |
| 8 | After a time , his doctor friend had seen enough of his extremity and took him for a drink in the airport bar . |