Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] had [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumours about them had circulated for several years but this was the first time they had been linked by a named source — former US ambassador Lewis Fields . |
| 2 | William Joyce and the Communists between them had seen to that . |
| 3 | There was a small group of young people who , as it happens were also associated with the bed-and-breakfast on Iffley Road , erm and several of them had moved between this house and the bed-and-breakfast . |
| 4 | She was aware of a past neither of them had spoken of much — at least , not while she 'd been there . |
| 5 | They were things both of them had sacrificed to this relationship which she was beginning to understand was destructive to both of them . |
| 6 | Er I 'm afraid a lot of it had gone by that time . |
| 7 | The loss of her family , the futile years of servitude , even Edmund 's death — none of it had hurt like this . |
| 8 | Next we knew , we must take the road which led to Cherbourg , where we hoped to find out more of what had happened on that tragic occasion — and we were soon on our way to the Château de la Brehouse at St Pierre Eglise , where we were to spend the night . |
| 9 | When we left Baghdad , there was no further news of what had happened to those on board , except that the ship had been forced to unload its cargo in the port of Kabbous , Oman . |
| 10 | I was crying because of what had happened to both of us , which was so sad and pitiful . |
| 11 | He was concerned simply with the effect of what had happened in this particular case . |
| 12 | We were greatly influenced by the work of the FMS and some of us had collaborated with that organization back in 1968 during the teachers ' massive strike . |
| 13 | ‘ At least none of us had carried over any problems from the England game . |
| 14 | And before I even had time to wonder if Tony So per himself had slept between these very army blankets , I was asleep . |
| 15 | ‘ There is a phone in number for viewers to air their opinions and he called in and said he was furious about what had happened to this poor woman and wanted to give her the money so she could buy presents for the boys . |
| 16 | For Papa , too , had wanted her to be a proper young lady after she had reached eighteen , and , for the first time , remorse struck her , for what had happened once that magic date had been reached , and for what had happened after that , culminating in … |
| 17 | The boys around him had looked at each other . |