Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must have removed the remains of the heart from the carpet , or Michael or Maria had cleared it up , like the mouse . |
| 2 | They 'd be able to get in unless Jack or Tom had put a padlock on since he 'd last been there . |
| 3 | MacGibbon & Kee had published a book by him about the Suez affair . |
| 4 | Or Sam had found Zeno by the noise : he was captured . |
| 5 | On the other hand , the despair and decay of much of the northeast or Merseyside had left their mark , too . |
| 6 | DC & CA had received requests from external institutions for labels to be made . |
| 7 | Authorities such as Rochdale ( Grt Manchester ) and Tyne & Wear had used existing legislation to declare informal IIAs before 1977 . |
| 8 | Sarella failed to gather in her scattering thoughts , but knew that whatever she or Peter had said was being stacked against her , no matter how innocent it really was . |
| 9 | In reply , the plaintiffs argued that either Pan Am or Aviv had waived that protection by knowingly leaking the report to the media , and Chief Judge Platt referred the issue to Magistrate Judge Allyne Ross for a ruling . |
| 10 | Even in the fading light it impressed her , if only because it was worse even than she had imagined — or Lionel had said . |
| 11 | It was rather as though Attlee or Macmillan had spent post-war autumn holidays at Saratoga Springs while eschewing any contact with the United Nations in New York . |
| 12 | CW & RP had prepared a list of security risk areas , which included : |
| 13 | Above their heads the music still throbbed , more sweetly now since either David or Sandra had switched the records to more old-fashioned melodies . |
| 14 | An early-morning meeting with Goodwin , finance director Rodger Braidwood , Lazard 's — the company 's bank — and stockbroker Carr Kitcat & Aitken had confirmed the chief 's Friday night order . |
| 15 | There were notices all over , but that was like the Army to bring her all the way over to Sweetmary not knowing Hatch & Hodges had shut down its stage service . |
| 16 | Unquestionably , if either Richard or John had married her , it would have added plausibility to Philip 's claim that this vital territory was his sister 's marriage portion and , as such , might one day be returned to France . |
| 17 | Of course it turned out not to be a Gainsborough , in spite of what Evans or Owens had said . |
| 18 | Over his coffee , Pascoe toyed with permutations of possibilities in which Felstead or Evans had written the letter ( all the letters ? ) , in which Mary Connon had a lover ( someone at the Club ? |
| 19 | Whereas his state visits to Washington , London or Bonn had given Ceauşescu enormous status even within Romania , his tireless travelling around the Third World helped to undermine respect for him at home . |
| 20 | A strange fierce joy had filled him after that , and he had n't really heard anything Ashton or Smith had said to him . |
| 21 | It had been such a good idea and all that had resulted from it was a double punishment for her and a complete failure to make anyone believe to Alicia or Daryl had played the trick . |
| 22 | Quite apart from blackmail the New Zealand police had no proof that either Mafart or Prieur had planted the bombs so when the two appeared in court in Auckland on 4 November 1985 the prosecution announced that they had accepted a plea of manslaughter . |
| 23 | Until now neither Lineker nor Taylor had admitted what everyone close to the England camp knew — they simply did not get on . |
| 24 | A second vote for the " leader " was postponed for at least two months , since neither Barzani nor Talabani had won an overall majority . |
| 25 | The parliament , designed to promote political and economic integration in the region , was formally established on Oct. 28 by Honduras , Guatemala , and El Salvador , but its credibility was immediately in question as neither Costa Rica nor Nicaragua had joined , for domestic constitutional reasons , and would remain as observers . |
| 26 | After the funeral at Golders Green Crematorium , the entire Williams clan — including cousins neither Pat nor Ken had seen for a quarter of a century — assembled for drinks , ‘ a real old Cockney wake , ’ as Pat put it . |
| 27 | Whether he was feeling the cold neither McCrea nor Sam had thought to ask , but he had put on jeans , his new cashmere sweater over his shirt and a zip-up leather jacket . |
| 28 | Bull revealed : ‘ Alex Ferguson contacted me later and was incredibly apologetic , saying that neither he nor Edwards had contacted Barnet . ’ |
| 29 | At the time Circular 7/88 was published , neither Cambridgeshire nor Solihull had had any experience of the use of funding based on a formula . |
| 30 | Which was how Thorfinn of Orkney and Scotia learned that the wind had achieved what neither Rognvald nor Norway had managed to do . |