Example sentences of "[conj] had [adv] [adv] [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt she was about to laugh aloud and he wanted to join her , his every thought consumed with the miracle that had so suddenly happened to bring Ken back to them . |
| 2 | She had known Rose since before Rose was born , and had long since resolved to think nothing about Rose except what suited her . |
| 3 | She had never known anything about that occasion ; her mother had never mentioned it — and had certainly not seemed to suffer any ill-effects herself . |
| 4 | He was nineteen years of age and had only just qualified to receive the King 's shilling ; but now he was a couple of inches taller , shaved and had even come near to losing his virginity . |
| 5 | When you left education but had not yet started working . |
| 6 | He had always wanted to do something creative , but had so far failed to find a suitable medium — then he discovered photography . |
| 7 | She had known the truth for some time by then more or less , and the legal position , but had never quite managed to have it out with her mother . |