Example sentences of "[noun] had [vb pp] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Old Stopfordians ' Association had decided to use some of the proceeds from its sale of the Harrison-Towns field to build squash-courts , and the Parents ' Association was about to launch an Appeal to raise money for a swimming pool , the lack of which had been bemoaned since the move to Buxton Road . |
| 2 | Dr Neil had been busy with a small epidemic of low fever which had fortunately missed Vetch Street , and Matey had decided to do some summer cleaning , spring cleaning having been missed out , due to the deficiencies of Sally-Anne 's predecessor . |
| 3 | Where , however , the recorded mileage was exceptionally low for the age of the vehicle and the defendant had failed to make any enquiries even of the car 's immediate previous owner , the defence is likely to fail , Simmons v. Ravenhill ( 1983 D.C. ) . |
| 4 | By the close of the 1980s the West Coast had started to regain some of its old vitality and was emerging as the most utilised and profitable part of the InterCity network . |
| 5 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 6 | Mr Goodman 's solicitor suggested that his contract should include an arbitration clause because the parties had failed to agree all the terms of his employment before he started work . |
| 7 | With the opposition boycott of legislative elections in March 1992 [ see p. 38802 ] and updating of the electoral register permitted only between January and March of any year , several opposition parties had failed to register some 1 , 500,000 of their supporters . |
| 8 | On asking the reason for such an assembly , Yakovlev was told that the local priest had refused to marry any couples unless the community attended services . |
| 9 | If that journalist had attempted to inspect any files relating to Crabb 's ‘ accident ’ he would either be told that no such files existed or , if they did , were classified in the interests of national security . |
| 10 | After research had begun to throw some light on to the physics of plasmas , invention gave way to a more scientific approach . |
| 11 | His rule had managed to alienate most of the traditional elites in both town and countryside , and few people were prepared to stir themselves on James 's behalf when the crisis came . |
| 12 | Face-saving formulas involving unacknowledged compromises by the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships had served to overcome some of the potential obstacles to the Madrid conference . |
| 13 | I tried to argue that the Criterion had neglected to pay enough attention to certain lines of contemporary thought , above all that represented by Collingwood . |
| 14 | Over thirteen years , since he had taken over from the retiring senior partner to whom Francis Sutherland originally brought the affairs of Sleet , David Rosen and Delia Sutherland had come to know each other well enough to do without greetings ; they liked it that way . |
| 15 | Turning to the CAA , the report said inspectors had failed to detect any significant engineering problems at Birmingham . |
| 16 | Apparently the committee had refused to give such a certificate because the graphic work had been presented by Chagall as a gift to friends . |
| 17 | For one thing , the children involved all had genuine symptoms , and there was no suggestion that the parents had attempted to fabricate any symptoms . |
| 18 | By the late 1970s , Elena had come to share most of her husband 's prerogatives and was almost his co-ruler . |
| 19 | For since that day when he had made his accusations , tearing her heart to shreds in the process , Jake had refused to have any more to do with her . |
| 20 | On Oct. 17 Habyarimana had agreed to allow all refugees to return to Rwanda , but argued for a regional conference to discuss reintegration problems . |
| 21 | Brazil had failed to meet these targets in the first two quarters of the year , but the Franco government would continue with efforts to renegotiate them , since it was dependent on IMF support to secure acceptance of the debt accord agreed in outline with commercial creditor banks in July [ see p. 39002 ] . |
| 22 | The Kaliningrad Museum had planned to receive another five exhibitions from Russian museums this year . |
| 23 | It was reported on Nov. 19 that North Korea had threatened to suspend all channels of negotiation with South Korea , following the latter 's decision to resume in early 1993 the " Team Spirit " annual joint military exercises with the USA . |
| 24 | Josey had wanted to know all about her meeting with her bank manager . |
| 25 | And when Ross had proceeded to tell all the interested spectators — of which there had been many — that he and Laura were on their second honeymoon … she 'd almost exploded with loathing of the man who was now so clearly dominating her life . |
| 26 | All that would have been his years ago when Jonas had had to be put away ; it was as though fate had conspired to ruin both of them . |
| 27 | The club 's chairman , George Marchant , said at the weekend that the Braintree District Arts Council had offered to share any financial losses with the district council for concerts in April and May this year . |
| 28 | Chantal had managed to follow most of the conversation , her expression one of horror . |
| 29 | Since Wilder announced his candidacy in September 1991 , his campaign had failed to acquire any significant momentum . |
| 30 | A previous user of the review machine had tried to send some faxes which never made it down the wire . |