Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I heard no explosion , I presumed the danger had been averted . |
| 2 | Reluctantly , he agreed the exchange had taken place , and I rushed the story to London . |
| 3 | The men went back and searched the trains but the man had disappeared ; all the men agreed the man had been there , they had all seen him , they were all completely baffled . |
| 4 | Members of the policy and resources committee agreed the Government had also failed to take into account inflation , changes in grants and transitional arrangements . |
| 5 | In a meeting late on Tuesday , the couple agreed the tour had got off to a bad start , upsetting the Koreans . |
| 6 | Most agreed the experience had dented their confidence and morale , leaving lasting memories of isolation and frustration . |
| 7 | He agreed the team had infringed the defendants ' rights when they wrote a book on the case . |
| 8 | Count Tolstoy argued that he should have libel damages waived against him because the man with whom he shared the debt had reached a separate agreement with Lord Aldington . |
| 9 | While Leopold recovered the family had to live without income , though it seems likely that Mozart made use of the interlude to compose his first symphonies . |
| 10 | Whoever owned the cabin had wide-ranging interests — apart from several well-thumbed fishing journals and a variety of motoring magazines , there were numerous glossies that provided her with food for thought . |
| 11 | Sometimes the people that owned the book had to pay it for them you know . |
| 12 | I am sure that the people who inserted the notice had the best of motives . |
| 13 | Next-door neighbour Jean Beveridge , who had been given a running commentary by armed police inside her home , revealed the gunman had been daring the police to shoot him . |
| 14 | A report from a social worker revealed the girl had not been to school since November last year . |
| 15 | JOHN Major survived the challenge to topple him from Downing Street last night but one leading minister revealed the Government had believed it was heading for defeat . |
| 16 | Their success revealed the misunderstanding had been going on for six years . |
| 17 | But this year they announced the recession had hit investments mainly in property and so grants would be reduced for several years . |
| 18 | BRITISH International Helicopters yesterday announced the company had secured a North Sea contract with Ranger Oil — the first to be awarded to the company since last month 's management buyout . |
| 19 | He admitted the Council had begun slowly , but said that was inevitable , and that bishops would work better now they had come to understand different points of view . |
| 20 | However , when seen again as an outpatient 2 days later , she admitted the overdose had been related to feeling rejected by a master at school with whom she was infatuated . |
| 21 | She admitted the girl had been in and out of voluntary care because her mother had been unable to cope with her . |
| 22 | Mr Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade , admitted the Government had ‘ got it wrong ’ , but said he would not be resigning . |
| 23 | Directors for Norman Hartnell , the Mayfair designer for the Royal family for more than 40 years , yesterday admitted the house had fallen victim to the recession . |
| 24 | Dr Kennedy later admitted the party had paid the price for unpopular government policies . |
| 25 | Dr Kennedy later admitted the party had paid the price of unpopular government policies . |
| 26 | Dr Kennedy later admitted the party had paid the price for unpopular government policies . |
| 27 | In what she acknowledged was a difficult year for the Scottish party , Mrs McGuire admitted the party had yet to fully come to terms with the election defeat last April . |
| 28 | Scarborough chairman Geoffrey Richmond yesterday admitted the pitch had been the subject of numerous complaints from managers and players alike last season . |
| 29 | He realized the boy had grown in the two months since he had last seen him and looked at him carefully , noticing the way his wrists poked out of the shirt and the slight roughness of the clear skin . |
| 30 | She felt a twinge of compassion for her new fledgling , but it was n't until some ten minutes later that she realized the marquis had not remained untouched by his encounter with the gypsy girl . |