Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a bizarre leadership contest had dug up a dead Davidian and challenged his rival Vernon to bring the body back to life . |
| 2 | By around 1910 the cultivation of rubber and tea had brought about a more permanent change . |
| 3 | D'Arcy had invited Saint Julien to join them ; the Corsican had struck up a strangely abrasive relationship with Nadirpur , who appeared comforted by his mildly sarcastic wit and no-nonsense approach to the situation in which they found themselves . |
| 4 | Rare Bear had fallen back a little . |
| 5 | Following the thread of light upwards into the darkness , Bernice found that the curves and kinks which had been so obvious from the surface of Belial had straightened out a little more . |
| 6 | In time , the ever-increasing number of visitors had opened up an entirely new source of income for the Heymouthians , and instead of having to depend on fishing as their primary source of income , they found the tourist trade was theirs for the developing . |
| 7 | Rose had calmed down a little , but not much . |
| 8 | Rose had moved back a little to stand in front of one of the shop windows , scanning the crowd with knowing eyes . |
| 9 | The trees had thinned out a little , the closer they got to the coast , until they passed by the last of them and stepped on to sand that seemed to stretch endlessly in either direction . |
| 10 | The tears had dried up a little . |
| 11 | Richie had picked up an almost invisible speck and said , ‘ I 'm just this tiny grain of sand . ’ |
| 12 | Careful to avoid being declared a fugitive , Coleman had kept up the fortnightly calls to his pre-trial services officer in Chicago , reporting truthfully but contriving to leave his precise whereabouts in doubt . |
| 13 | His skin had taken on a more normal pink tinge , but there was still no heartbeat . |
| 14 | Berkeley School had taken on a little more than they had bargained for . |
| 15 | Terry had written out a very detailed plan for a farm-school project for juvenile offenders that he had been working on for almost two years . |
| 16 | At 3500 miles into the Metro 's life , the Rover dealer had to sort out a badly slipping clutch and , a few miles later , replace the brake pads in a effort to cure the soggy feel of the originals . |