Example sentences of "that had [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three times in the next ten days the beacons passed news from point to point — from Rubha Nan Gall across the Sound of Mull to Castle Nan Con , back to Aros , across to Ardtornish and back again to Duart — that the threat that had first been hinted in Luch 's arrival had taken solid shape . |
| 2 | It was struggling vainly to free itself , bleating weakly , but suddenly letting out the long , piping , despairing cry that had first arrested Deborah 's attention . |
| 3 | It was Miss Hazelwood that had first told her about her Guardian Angel . |
| 4 | It happened with the same naturalness that had first drawn them together , and in taking her he felt the greatest fulfilment of his life . |
| 5 | It was not the kindness that had first struck Dinah Asshe , but a young man 's interest in herself ; she had not been permitted to meet many young men . |
| 6 | It was such a discussion that had first brought Isobel and Anna together . |
| 7 | It was at a family gathering , though one very different from what was now taking place in Tace Way , that had first alerted Stephen to the true facts of his descent . |
| 8 | At last , Jimmy was telling the story that had first prompted Cardiff to seek him out and bring him here . |
| 9 | Betrayal , the theme that had first entered Harry 's head in Burford , recurred to his mind now as the link between all the widely spaced events that had borne down on Heather Mallender . |
| 10 | After 113 minutes of attacking football that had Second Division Swindon reeling from the start , Third Division Bolton finally took the lead through Brown . |
| 11 | Newly-arrived in the NCA hangar during FlyPast 's visit was a pair of DHC-3 Otters that had last served with the Ethiopian Army and further cementing NCA 's associations with the Canadian manufacturer . |