Example sentences of "[noun sg] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two months later her gall bladder had been removed , but she continued to experience abdominal discomfort . |
| 2 | Gall bladder contractility was present in nine of the 10 patients at follow up ; in two of these patients a non-contractile gall bladder had become contractile and in one patient , gall bladder contractility had been lost . |
| 3 | On the day after the third treatment , the stone in the cystic duct was not detectable and the gall bladder had collapsed . |
| 4 | An impasse had been reached . |
| 5 | She turned on the television to watch the midday news and learned that an impasse had been reached between the American and Icelandic leaders during their discussions about the reduction of nuclear weapons . |
| 6 | An impasse had been reached , a new direction sought , and label manager Billy Kiltie had thoughts on concentrating instead on a less commercially ambitious underground label , Limbo . |
| 7 | The impasse had resulted in California having no budget for 65 days , during which time the state 's authorities had been forced to issue more than $3,000 million-worth of " warrants " ( IOUs ) in order to meet payroll and other contractual obligations . |
| 8 | Normally she 'd have shampooed his hair twice , but his compliment had rattled her badly , or perhaps it was the deep and husky voice he 'd said it in , and she quickly rinsed the lather off , pulling the towel up over his head to blot excess water . |
| 9 | The compliment had foolishly pleased her . |
| 10 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |
| 11 | In reality , it was part of a wider problem , perhaps best expressed in the Quadrilogue invectif of the Norman , Alain Chartier , written in 1422 when his homeland had been overrun by the English . |
| 12 | ( The Executive Committee and the Supreme Council for the Defence of the Homeland had both been formed in February 1989 to act as a central leadership under the country 's emergency regulations — see pp. 36449-50 . ) |
| 13 | A further step towards the creation of an Inuit homeland had been taken on April 27 when government and Inuit negotiators announced that they had initialled the Nunavut Political Accord . |
| 14 | Eileen Sandford , vice-chairman of Shrewsbury 's housing committee , said the borough had a waiting list of more than 4,000 . |
| 15 | It appeared to make no difference whether the borough had been charge-capped . |
| 16 | No registered exotic animal in the borough had gone missing , but , according to one source , there were no registered big-cat owners in Camden anyway . |
| 17 | By 1939 ( the only year for which figures are available ) the borough had ten branches with a total membership of 788 ( WCG Annual Report 1939 ) . |
| 18 | According to the advocacy group Black and In Care , the borough had still not initiated the independent inquiry to which residents are entitled two months after protests about abuse were received . |
| 19 | At the time of the consultation exercise no children 's home in the borough had mobility access . |
| 20 | For Islington this meant that in addition to taking over the day-to-day running and management of the pre-school , school and adult educational facilities in its area , the borough had to provide resources in areas previously funded by ILEA , London-wide . |
| 21 | The borough had no specific structures for discussing drug misuse and the local authority had no statutory responsibilities for dealing with any unwanted consequences . |
| 22 | The Sun published a front page lead stating that a Labour London borough had banned the teaching of Baa Baa Black Sheep as racist . |
| 23 | Not content with blackguarding him in the columns of the local rag , him and his silly daughter 's bum , the one-time Chief Citizen of the Borough had been up to no good with a girl young enough to be Grace 's sister , and in the Grand Hotel , and at a Conservative Party conference of all places . |
| 24 | Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent . |
| 25 | By the final session , the average frequency of waking had fallen to once or twice a week and once or twice a night ; settling time had decreased . |
| 26 | In his account of the rumours surrounding Constantius will , Ammianus points out that the gossip had it that Julian had been instituted heir and friends had been left legacies and trusts . |
| 27 | Soon-Yi Previn , 21 , adopted daughter of Allen 's former lover Mia Farrow , said the gossip had been started because her mother was jealous . |
| 28 | The office gossip had been quite useful in reassuring him on that point , and he had been able to view the uncomfortable ride in the lift with them in an encouraging new light . |
| 29 | Obviously the town gossip had not revealed who had been killed . |
| 30 | All his probing to the roots of religion had discovered simply the bankruptcy of those roots , or at least their apparent irrelevance to the job of finding a meaning in modern life . |