Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talk about money for cold rope — and I do n't care how much a doctor had to study to become qualified ; £65 for 35 minutes ‘ work ’ is ridiculous ! |
| 2 | Perhaps a shoemaker had offended him . |
| 3 | Perhaps a bird had carried it down , as the dove had borne the olive branch . |
| 4 | It maybe still the same now , erm because right up to the time I erm retired we , we had on occasions to pay for the residual value of a tyre , perhaps a bus had been in accident and the tyre had suffered damage which it was n't possible to repair it or retread it , perhaps a hole had been pierced through the wall , they scrapped that tyre and we had to pay for the residual value , mind you being in accident we could then claim it off the insurance company but , so right up to the time I retired that 's how tyres were paid for . |
| 5 | It maybe still the same now , erm because right up to the time I erm retired we , we had on occasions to pay for the residual value of a tyre , perhaps a bus had been in accident and the tyre had suffered damage which it was n't possible to repair it or retread it , perhaps a hole had been pierced through the wall , they scrapped that tyre and we had to pay for the residual value , mind you being in accident we could then claim it off the insurance company but , so right up to the time I retired that 's how tyres were paid for . |
| 6 | Perhaps a dustbin had tumbled over or another tile been flung from the roof . |
| 7 | Well , perhaps a start had been made , even though it was too late for Paddy . |
| 8 | While he realises that there will always be problems in trying to teach anyone a new subject , Reas admits that it was sad to see a keen student being teased by his less keen classmates , but felt hopeful that perhaps a seed had been planted that one day would grow . |
| 9 | The postal service was rather vague in these remote villages , and perhaps a letter had gone astray , for when we arrived at what we thought would be our host 's house , we found that the old perpetua did not know we were coming . |
| 10 | Obviously a thief had been about , but Dad had no time to investigate before setting off for work . |
| 11 | And obviously a decision had been reached . |
| 12 | The Ninth Council ended in deadlock so a compromise had to be reached . |
| 13 | And then I had to th the shower just came , you know came to pieces in our hand , as it were it was not working as a shower so a plumber had to come Mr Butcher came into me |
| 14 | Although just over half of a sample of teenage mothers in 1979 — 80 had had some kind of family planning lesson at school , only a quarter had attempted to use contraception around the time they conceived . |
| 15 | He said that of the nine panes at the SECC which had shattered since its construction in 1985 , only a couple had actually resulted in falling glass . |
| 16 | He said this knowing that the architects were designing for a larger site quite unaware that only a portion had been authorized . |
| 17 | Only a week had passed . |
| 18 | Although Indians had been allowed to join the ICS since 1858 , only a handful had actually sat its fiercely competitive examinations , let alone passed . |
| 19 | Of millions of men and women , only a handful had turned traitor . |
| 20 | Nevertheless a deterioration had begun which his friends were powerless to halt : in conversation he continued to side-step any possible approach to the deeper realities of life by resorting to frivolity . |
| 21 | Word spread quickly and very soon a crowd had gathered . |
| 22 | Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child . |
| 23 | Not a word had been said to him of any untoward suspicions , or of the threat of an eyewitness coming to judgement this very night . |
| 24 | So far not a word had been spoken and if she could manage it the girl would not even know tomorrow . |
| 25 | Not a smile had threatened his expression . |
| 26 | Arguably the only practical advantage in embalming was that it could reveal whether or not a person had been suffering from catalepsy . |
| 27 | Before the Act , there was some doubt as to whether or not a person had to be aware that his conduct or language was or might be regarded as being threatening , abusive or insulting . |
| 28 | Though one would think not a morsel had passed her lips for months . |
| 29 | The fact that Spain was not a democracy had warranted a UN condemnation in 1946 . |
| 30 | For another ten years not a soul had dared enter it , until the snake-hunters steeled themselves to descend in pursuit of a python which had consumed a child in the dry season of 1969 . |