Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They might not dare to admit it , but they did n't like the changes they saw around them ; they enjoyed television 's recreations of more confident times , when they had had a country to be proud of , when people had reached maturity at forty and had not pandered to youth .
2 He went sick in September and had not returned to work since .
3 He went sick in September and had not returned to work since .
4 She had cleared for Antwerp , where she spent a couple of days , and had then gone to West Africa , calling at several ports before returning to Antwerp .
5 Alyson , of Hazel Court , Middlesbrough , said she had had minor illnesses , but had always gone to school .
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