Example sentences of "this [noun sg] had [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This change had by the November 1983 uprating resulted in the abolition of short-term child support . |
| 2 | Every aspect of this story had to be substantiated and amplified by further interviews with family , friends and counsellors of the Princess of Wales . |
| 3 | Scholars in this field had for some time been engaged in a debate over the importance of acquired and inherited personality traits in behaviour . |
| 4 | All members of the village knew their place and , whether they wished to change it or not , this division had to be recognized and tolerated . |
| 5 | By citizens and burgesses he meant the freemen of corporate towns , taking it for granted that his readers would understand that this privilege had in practice come to be restricted to the richer inhabitants — merchants , not working craftsmen . |
| 6 | So there they were , Vinkelkopf and Stu , lording it at Squire 's or Squires ' Wine Bar as the case may be , when who should step in but some vieille flamme of Herr Vinkel 's , and this Fräulein had in tow none other than what turned out to be our own dear Gillian . |
| 7 | But the Collector had no time to worry about the locomotion of corpses ; this doorway had to be held until the defenders on the other side of the staircase had made good their retreat . |
| 8 | Even this plan had to be revised when really bad weather struck and , after a couple of uncomfortable days hove-to off Jutland , she scuttled back down the Danish coast to Esjberg and , finally to the mouth of the Elbe and the Keil Canal . |
| 9 | For anyone else this might have seemed ample funds for an expedition , but for Gould , the cautious man of commerce , even this nest-egg had to be used sparingly . |
| 10 | This child had to be born , and soon , or he would lose the pair of them . |
| 11 | but erm , we never used to get the new rates of grants and the new regulations out from the erm Ministry until oh early June and all this work had to be done , erm , obviously before the |
| 12 | His passion and concern for minutiae may have served to diminish the impact that this work had on his contemporaries and successors . |
| 13 | This dream had at last come true , for Lennie anyway , perhaps not in the way he had expected though . |
| 14 | ( This decree had in fact been proposed by the BSP in response to threats by opposition protesters to set fire to themselves if the symbols were not removed ; on the very day of its approval workmen had taken down a hammer and sickle crest adorning the facade of the BSP headquarters . ) |
| 15 | Four of the relieving kicks he launched in this match had to be seen to be believed , particularly as he varied his kicking foot . |
| 16 | In case such arguments failed , the king also reminded the commons frequently that the war had been undertaken with their consent and that this consent had from time to time been renewed , as Sir William Thorp pointed out in the parliament of 1348 . |
| 17 | Owing to the withdrawal of one of the principal guests this event had to be cancelled , it was decided that an article be sent to the C.B. News and early notice publicised next year 's event and date . |
| 18 | Owing to the withdrawal of one of the principal guests this event had to be cancelled , it was decided that an article be sent to the C.B. News and early notice publicised next year 's event and date . |
| 19 | I 'd have felt so much better if this person had at least a year 's sentence . |
| 20 | He was explaining how the finished clubs are matched for weight , and how precise this matching had to be . |
| 21 | This nonsense had to be stopped . |
| 22 | ‘ The first group of children we had in this morning had to be dragged out , ’ she said . |
| 23 | The European Court has in fact held that the internal competence may be exercised at the same time as the external competence so that the Community acquired the power to negotiate an international agreement before it had in fact exercised its internal powers , and this theory had in fact been taken further in the fisheries sector in the judgment in the Kramer cases . |
| 24 | The language specified by this grammar had in excess of 6*109 sentences which were all syntactically and semantically well formed . |
| 25 | This student had to : define the parameters of the subject use the library subject index locate a range of materials — cassettes , topic folders , books learn to use Clover Index to trace periodical literature check Prestel for any up-to-the-minute information send for materials through the Mailbox facility The library provided a print-out of the HEC/ASH pages the student selected ( see Figure 7.6 ) . |
| 26 | This student had at one time worked in catering until her love for learning foreign languages prompted her to tackle French and Spanish as a mature student . |
| 27 | This flat had to be sold by the council , and the ADC states that by allowing tenants to purchase such dwellings , the Government will ensure that over time younger households will buy up accommodation formerly occupied by older people ; |
| 28 | Independence three years later meant that this arrangement had to be altered . |
| 29 | So , in 1219 this road had to be turned into Thame town centre , a diversion of almost a mile . |
| 30 | So lets just as we hurry along this morning notice several things about this interview that this man had with Jesus . |