Example sentences of "had [prep] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I remember a horrifying dream I had during one Wimbledon wherein I was sitting on top of a tall step-ladder half-way down the garden in the umpire 's position — not awarding points to the thrusting vegetation below but conducting them with a baton . |
| 2 | Shareholders had until 12th July to elect to accept the Scrip Dividend offer , those that failed to do so received the cash dividend in the normal way . |
| 3 | Given that the MIT was formed on 13 May 1991 , we had until 12 May 1992 to achieve the objective . |
| 4 | The Canadian government had until 26th August to appeal against the ruling and has already lodged an appeal . |
| 5 | It would also leave India with no budgetary provision ( a continuing resolution , to allow four months ' expenditure after the current financial year end on March 31 , had been introduced on March 4 after the Congress ( I ) had in late February denied Shekhar 's government its backing for a full budget bill — ibid . ) . |
| 6 | Hungary had in late January limited the renewal of export licences for sales to the Soviet Union ( with which it had a marked trade surplus ) and pursued its aim of exporting more to the West for hard currency . |
| 7 | The IMF had in late June 1989 approved a drawing of 9,180,000 special drawing rights ( approximately USdollars 11,460,000 ) under the second annual structural adjustment programme ( ie part of a three-year plan agreed with the IMF in October 1987 ) , with objectives including tax reform , reform of the cotton sector , liberalization of price controls and foreign trade , reduction of the balance-of-payments deficit ( currently some USdollars 64,000,000 ) , the control of inflation within a 5 per cent ceiling , and boosting of real economic growth to 3 per cent . |
| 8 | ( Yan Jiaqi and student dissident leader Wuer Kaixi had in early July released a videotaped statement in France announcing the formation of a differently named organization — see p. 36815 . ) |
| 9 | In Turkey the government had in early September been voted powers by parliament to contribute forces if it deemed necessary . |
| 10 | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and the Western European Union ( WEU ) had in early September offered 6,000 and 5,000 troops respectively for UN forces protecting humanitarian convoys . |
| 11 | The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) had in early October launched convoys from northern Namibia destined for remote areas in the south-east and south west . |
| 12 | The tribunal , convened after the House of Representatives had in early October voted unanimously to revoke the amnesty [ see p. 39145 ] , ruled that the government had no authority to order trials of those involved in the military crackdown . |
| 13 | But with the tide of war now running against the Allies , many of the natives decided to join the winning side , just as they had in Dutch Timor the previous winter . |
| 14 | Whatever effect Fru Gertlinger 's hint had on poor Miss D — and it was impossible to forecast just what it might be — it would be upsetting . |
| 15 | On the other hand , the discussion went on , " this HQ " had on 17 May sent a signal " to the effect that Chetniks and dissident Jugoslavs " should be evacuated to Italy [ the " Distone order " ] . |
| 16 | The relief sought is an order of certiorari , and the principal ground on which relief is sought is that in relation to Winchester the board of Lautro had on 30 October failed to observe the rules of natural justice . |
| 17 | Lyle , as defending champion , had to be-jacket Faldo , and coincidentally it signalled the end of perhaps the finest stretch of golf played by a British golfer . |
| 18 | The only socks they had at bloody Kingsworth were all girlie ones . |
| 19 | At this Faye sat up , flinging aside covers , in one movement , like a swimmer surfacing , and she glared at Alice as she had at poor Monica . |