Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sun Tzu had placed the subject at the end of his thirteen-chapter work with good reason . |
| 32 | Depositing the letters in front of him , and waiting until the younger girl had placed the tray on his desk , she flashed a dazzling smile at him , then retreated . |
| 33 | From the yard where the cart was kept , Rosa heard the Small splosh in the bucket after Sabina had placed the bird between her legs and slitted it to pull the guts . |
| 34 | Cranston had placed the wine cup and jug beside the bed , collapsed on to the mattress and was smiling beatifically at the ceiling , fast asleep . |
| 35 | There , by the easy chair , he had placed the works of Gerald Seymour-Strachey three fairly substantial-looking volumes . |
| 36 | The Guardian noted that the report had again highlighted concern at the policy of the United Kingdom government in Northern Ireland and had placed the UK " in the same league as the Iraqi government for the way it treats the Kurds , the Somali government for the torture and murder of the Issaq tribe and the Sri Lankan government for the way it has " escalated " arbitrary arrests and torture of members of the political opposition " . |
| 37 | ( She was , actually , at that very moment congratulating Peter Herbert , the owner of Gravetye Manor , on ‘ the most delicious , old-fashioned , English , scrummy , hot pudding ’ ; as ever , she had placed the emphasis on all the wrong words . ) |
| 38 | In view of the violent intentions of the Guardia de Franco , the military governor of Madrid , General Rodrigo Martínez , had placed the organization 's premises under surveillance and had declared that he would mobilize troops if the Falangist extremists attempted to take the law into their own hands . |
| 39 | ‘ So answer my question , ’ he urged after the waiter had poured their wine and another had placed the tapas in the centre of the table . |
| 40 | The Provisionals said that one of their active service units had placed the devices , causing damage to prime commercial property . |
| 41 | The court heard he had placed the original bet for a £1 stake and paid 10p tax at Ladbrokes in his home town . |
| 42 | Aileen Stewart had placed an eighteen-inch pie in the very centre of the board ; its summit gleamed yellow with a basting of egg . |
| 43 | Venice had placed an embargo on Bosphorus trade and was hesitant even over her Alexandria fleet . |
| 44 | Too much emphasis had been placed upon the strengthening of security by military rather than political means , and this had placed an undue burden on the domestic economy . |
| 45 | The US Defence Secretary , Dick Cheney , said on Oct. 13 , 1989 , that the technology had placed an effective anti-missile system within US reach and described it as " the single most important military bequest this generation could make to the future " . |
| 46 | Air Marshal Sibun , Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force , announced on Oct. 18 that Indonesia had placed an order for 24 Hawk jet fighters from the United Kingdom at a reported purchase price of US$500 million . |
| 47 | In the pre-Test games , he had walloped the England attack , completely destroying John Emburey in the process . |
| 48 | He recorded the seven pieces out of order , however , and I rather wish that the transfer engineers had re-grouped the numbers according to the order of the score . |
| 49 | He was thankful , too , that Len Brayton had healed the rift between him and his father , so that he was able once more to visit the family home . |
| 50 | Daniel had pieced the story together from the radio : " with throat wounds . |
| 51 | The hook had ripped a great tuft of flesh from his throat . |
| 52 | By forcing me to take part in rituals that were scientifically formulated the psychiatrist had logically inverted the magical process whereby my original eidetic memory had ripped the meniscus , thrusting me into the noumenal world . |
| 53 | The wind had ripped the tarpaulin off some of the laid-up boats , and huge fragments of oilcloth were flying at random , wrapping themselves round masts and rails . |
| 54 | Ten minutes afterwards she had filled every available space on the card with news of her journey and her impressions of beautiful Mariánské Láznë , so that when it came to penning a signature there was barely any room for her own name , let alone room to add Cara 's . |
| 55 | That evening , when Mrs Hollidaye crept into Dot 's bedroom to damp down the fire for the night and check that the guard was securely in place , she had filled a trug basket with garden produce . |
| 56 | Once she started writing her a letter and had filled a sheet of paper before she realized that Maggie could n't read so there was no sense in sending it . |
| 57 | If I had filled a tanker I would n't have been prosecuted . ’ |
| 58 | She had filled a cup for herself , but made no attempt to drink . |
| 59 | She had filled an emptiness in his life and he knew that he would be devastated if she left now . |
| 60 | But Jay 's spine became electric as Pergolese 's Stabat Mater came through the speakers sure as it had filled the dusk of her dream . |