Example sentences of "had [pos pn] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one was moved to burn the place down and the teachers were not encouraged to beat the children : though I had my knuckles painfully rapped on various occasions when I had apparently failed to decode some mysterious message or other . |
| 2 | They gave the impression of being a hunting party — not far from the truth , Grant thought , but for the fact that many carried baseball bats and all had their faces heavily smeared with camouflage cream . |
| 3 | ‘ It certainly is , ’ Lindsey smiled , forbearing to mention that , as guests filed into the reception lounge to be formally greeted by the captain and his deputy , each couple would have handed their formal invitation card to a senior officer and had their names discreetly murmured into the captain 's ear as the introductions were made . |
| 4 | Poor kids , but in those days youngsters had their wits quickly sharpened by such antics . |
| 5 | They had their eyes so fixed on its wagging that some said you 'd disappeared in plain sight . ’ |
| 6 | Fusil had been worried that the two local teams would walk away with his event for a second year in succession , but he had his hopes firmly pinned on the ultra-fit , para-military French police team , GIGN , to uphold French honours . |
| 7 | He would pretend — for he always had his excuses well marshalled in preparation for any surprise attack of questioning — that he had been disinclined to stop because of the stone 's unnaturalness resulting from Mr Pocklington 's enthusiastic enterprise in housing an old woman there whose hand — for a fee — you could shake under the stone . |
| 8 | ‘ Does acupuncture hurt ? ’ asked one marcher , who had his eyes firmly set on a placard on the other wall which read : |
| 9 | At the end of the first day ( a long day , which had our reporters still scribbling at 10.20 pm ) , the chart had acquired two heartfelt anonymous complaints : ‘ Working with — not against ’ and ‘ Valuing everybody 's contribution ’ . |