Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adv] the [noun sg] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an irresistible inference that before 5 p.m. the mother had discussed the question of blood transfusions with her daughter because Miss T. ‘ out of the blue ’ according to the nurse raised the subject . |
| 2 | It said that PW 's independence was compromised by BCCI loans to partnerships in Panama and Barbados , and that from 1987 onwards the firm had ‘ ample reason ’ to believe that BCCI 's accounts did not give a true and fair view of its financial situation . |
| 3 | By six o'clock the water had n't arrived and Haverford , looking at their despondent faces , said , ‘ It 's like a death in the family . ’ |
| 4 | But by ten o'clock the mist had gone , burned off by the sun which shone from a clear blue sky . |
| 5 | But Eileen did n't sleep , and by nine o'clock the pain had become stronger . |