Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] the [noun sg] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few minutes later the Doctor had reached the valley . |
| 2 | The Prime Minister announced on Nov. 26 that some months earlier the Queen had asked him to consider the basis on which she might voluntarily pay tax on her personal income and also take responsibility for certain payments to additional members of the royal family ; the Prince of Wales had made a similar request with regard to the Duchy of Cornwall . |
| 3 | Only a few months earlier the USDOE had decided that the prospect of nuclear fusion by the ‘ conventional ’ route was still too many years away to meet the Pentagon 's urgent needs for tritium . |
| 4 | The swings had gone and the pier had been demolished ; a few years ago the Council had given permission for a café-and-restaurant to be built , but the place had only been open a month when it caught fire and was burned out ; the Fire Brigade could n't get to it , the promenade being too narrow for their vehicles . |
| 5 | Until a few years ago the parish had the right to nominate one person to the Aims Houses at Cobham , also known as Cobham College . |
| 6 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 7 | Eight years ago the plant had 27 production controllers and nothing ever went out on time . |
| 8 | Watson 's 1844 plan shows at least twenty-eight thatched buildings , but eleven years later the town had only two . |
| 9 | Three days later the matron had to take care of Clive Fairbrother , who lost half of one of his front teeth in what he claimed was a game of dormitory rugby after lights-out with Murray . |
| 10 | Three years later the tally had risen to seventeen countries , between them operating 167 nuclear reactors . |
| 11 | Another three years later the passion had cooled somewhat but genuine affection remained . |
| 12 | This old yellow-brown , black-muzzled breed from the Poitou region numbered 728,000 in 1932 , but since 1945 the breed has been declining rapidly and by 1977 there were only 35,000 ; three years later the population had dropped to about 20,000 . |
| 13 | Seventy years later the population had risen to 22.7 million , of whom 62% lived in towns and cities . |
| 14 | Ten years ago the price had fallen to perhaps $450 per font but the restrictions were much the same . |
| 15 | Ten years ago the RSPCA had a cash crisis which meant Nick could no longer patrol the market . |
| 16 | The 1987 and 1992 figures are not strictly comparable because five years ago the Alliance had two separate leaders — David Owen and David Steel — who could each be named . |
| 17 | Twenty minutes later the band had been augmented by violins and drums , and several new girls had joined the party . |
| 18 | Just over twenty years ago the war had ended . |
| 19 | Twenty years later the population had risen by 478 but the proportion of the workforce employed in footwear had grown more dramatically , so that not only were 301 men and boys working at the trade but also 123 women and 118 girls . |
| 20 | Less than 40 years ago the island had a population of about 150 , a schoolhouse , a post office — and a chapel serviced by priests from the mainland . |
| 21 | Four hours later the cottage had allowed the temperature to rise a degree above freezing . |
| 22 | Two generations later the population had trebled and the pall of industrial smoke had become permanent . |
| 23 | Thirty minutes earlier the radio had crackled with news of a definite sighting of the escapee Burrows , who had broken into a deserted farmhouse between Retford and Gainsborough . |
| 24 | Only four months previously the land had suddenly plummeted into the straits , taking with it a village of some eighty souls . |
| 25 | Two days later the sea had settled down after the prolonged gale and we headed north once more through the rock strewn channels and islands . |
| 26 | Two days earlier the family had been told that tests at Darlington Memorial Hospital confirmed Mr Watson was terminally ill . |
| 27 | Four days earlier the Sun had also helped to set the tone with a centre-spread report , ‘ HUMAN TIDE LABOUR WOULD LET IN — Bogus refugees will grab state handouts ’ , complete with coloured maps representing the locations of intending immigrants to Britain from Africa , Asia , eastern Europe and the Middle East . |