Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was a case there , and course at the end of the day you rolled the little roll up , put elastic round and stood them up in a file and they stood there like little soldiers and you could always go back to the actual time , sometimes you found a man had n't re erm signed on , he 'd just gone and joined his bus up in town centre , well you , that was er subject of another letter . |
| 2 | I found a nail had been hammered through and spoilt the seal . |
| 3 | They finished the session , stripped the gearbox and found a tooth had broken off second gear . |
| 4 | In the blustery dark descending the well-lit centre of the house , Rachaela found a woman had stepped out from a doorway , a neighbour from the floor below . |
| 5 | Back at the house I found a note had been folded into the handle of the screen door . |
| 6 | A telephone call reported a device had been placed on one of the SVR train-sets . |
| 7 | Nigel pretended a relative had just died and managed to get out of most of the remaining classes of the term . |
| 8 | A passer-by alerted detectives after he noticed a window had been forced . |
| 9 | Last year , when she was two months pregnant Louise noticed a mole had appeared on the back of her leg . |
| 10 | 114 ) ; when a member of the court was a shareholder of the brewery company which owned the premises in question : R. V. Gee ( 1901 ) 17 T.L.R. 374 ; when three of the members of a compensation tribunal which refused the renewal of a licence had , along with their fellow justices , instructed a solicitor to oppose the renewal before the tribunal : Frome United Breweries v. Bath JJ. [ 1926 ] A.C. 586 ; when three members of the committee which granted and confirmed a licence had been shareholders and directors of the company on whose behalf the licence was applied for , although they resigned as directors and sold their shares before taking part in the proceedings : R. v. Hain ( 1896 ) 12 T.L.R. 323 . |
| 11 | The defence branded one witness ‘ the Godfather of Gwalchmai ’ and claimed a campaign had been launched against the Roberts family locally . |
| 12 | One witness claimed a shotgun had been brandished before police arrived at the scene . |
| 13 | If it meant a woman had to suffer that was no concern of theirs . |
| 14 | But it also meant trying to contact families and individuals — doctors , schools , health visitors , housing departments , etc. — when they felt a family had too many problems . |
| 15 | I knew a letter had come for him . |
| 16 | At first he thought a tree had uprooted itself and taken flight . |
| 17 | ‘ If they thought a crime had been committed , but there 's no crime in a man going missing . ’ |
| 18 | Tallis thought a lizard had emerged from the creature 's mouth to bite at the thorn , then realized she had seen its tongue . |
| 19 | Part of the parents ' case had rested on the following argument : within the school which the child attended a decision had been taken to include her in a remedial class ; thus , the special educational provision that should be made for her had already been determined ; so a statement ( under section 7(1) of the Act ) should follow . |
| 20 | France 's Finance Minister , Pierre Beregevoy , insisted a step had been taken towards eliminating fiscal frontiers . |
| 21 | But the event clerk denied a rebate had been promised . |
| 22 | Mr O'Malley said a decision had been put off for 48 hours to permit a special investigation of Mr Reynolds ' allegation by Irish High Court president Mr Justice Liam Hamilton . |
| 23 | Duncan Smith , prosecuting , said a row had developed when Harker and his girlfriend were living with his parents in Chaucer Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough . |
| 24 | Police said a man had been arrested and was today being questioned . |
| 25 | He said a man had taken a lunge at him and he had fallen to the ground . |
| 26 | He said a survey had disclosed a gloomy picture of growing waiting lists , homelessness , and repair problems . |
| 27 | Coun. Barry Lamb ( Con ) said a survey had shown 45 disabled drivers parked in the High Row area . |
| 28 | Company secretary Stanley Beller said a consortium had agreed to buy into Barnet , but only if the League temporarily returns £91,000 withheld from the club since April . |
| 29 | Yesterday Insp Gerry Rodgers , of Darlington Police , said a WPC had twice visited Miss Golightly to investigate the attacks . |
| 30 | Detective Inspector Gladding said a shopkeeper had seen Mr Garvey in Great Yarmouth 4 days earlier . |