Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [noun] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former US President Ronald Reagan had placed Mozambique on this list in October 1986 . |
| 2 | And I even had added colours on this copy . |
| 3 | About half of our patients had attended hospital on several occasions when either no satisfactory diagnosis was established or an erroneous diagnosis was made . |
| 4 | Gobbi had sung Falstaff on many occasions . |
| 5 | But the first is also significant , suggesting that the duke had had designs on some of the earl 's patronage . |
| 6 | But the first is also significant , suggesting that the duke had had designs on some of the earl 's patronage . |
| 7 | The two men , the former a steadfast Tory , the latter a dedicated Whig , had crossed swords on several occasions . |
| 8 | His optimism was apparently derived from the fact that the participants had reached agreement on several divisive issues , including the recognition of Quebec as a distinct society — with a concomitant devolution of powers to the provincial government — and the recognition of the inherent right of aboriginal peoples to self-government . |
| 9 | ‘ It was Sheena Hawthorne , and it was the first time we had set eyes on each other for 50 years , ’ Betty says . |
| 10 | He was no longer at odds with himself ; he had declared war on all those who were out to suppress or castrate him , for whatever reason . |
| 11 | At the time , and indeed until much later , I had no knowledge of Mrs Castle 's objections or of the many discussions that had taken place on this subject at government level . |
| 12 | The adults , in the way that grown-ups have , forgot that my ears were listening and talked with bated breath of the murder that had taken place on those very sands earlier that year . |
| 13 | In the first decade of the century the Rev. Richard Cecil ( 1748–1810 ) , a leading Evangelical preacher and one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society , had expressed doubt on this score : |