Example sentences of "[conj] had [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this , a number of those interviewed had either not heard of the ATB or had not participated in training . |
| 2 | Johnson 's , I was soon to learn , was typical of other South Seas stores — more like a warehouse than a shop , with new lines that had just arrived by boat piled up against the shelves of the barn-like building . |
| 3 | Though he had few intellectual interests , he was fascinated by the lineage of ancient families , such as his own , even of those that had long lapsed into obscurity . |
| 4 | As his depleted army made its way home it was harried by Dwarfs and Men , and even attacked by Orc tribes that had once fought as part of the Waaagh . |
| 5 | Castro later stated that he favoured political and economic integration with Latin America but had not come begging for aid and had not asked for oil supplies to replace the potential loss of shipments from the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He went sick in September and had not returned to work since . |
| 8 | He went sick in September and had not returned to work since . |
| 9 | Either they had been obliged to renew such contracts , perhaps several times , and had thus come under pressure to give the workers concerned permanent status , or they had found themselves carrying workers whose fixed-term contracts had not yet expired , despite the fact that they were no longer needed . |
| 10 | At the time of writing , ‘ Countdown To Extinction ’ was enjoying its sixth consecutive week in the US Top 10 and had already generated in excess of two million sales worldwide . |
| 11 | Charles Taylor , a former government employee who was charged in 1984 with theft of government funds [ see p. 32898 ] and had subsequently escaped from custody in the USA , claimed that a previously unknown group led by him , the National Patriotic Forces of Liberia ( NPFL ) , was responsible for the rebellion . |
| 12 | ‘ I consider that in enacting the Damages ( Scotland ) Act , parliament did not consider that it was making any change to the right of parents to sue for damages for the death of a child who had sustained injuries prior to birth , had been born alive and had subsequently died in consequence of these pre-natal injuries . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In any case , it is too difficult for me , and I wish I had been a movie comedian or something of the sort and had never heard of physics ’ . |
| 15 | I had ‘ done ’ Twelfth Night at school and had never thought of music for it . |
| 16 | But it had been the older sister he had gone there with , and had apparently abandoned in favour of the younger , more exciting girl . |
| 17 | Emil , the chefs , Oliver and Cathy had finished cleaning up and had all gone off duty . |
| 18 | and had recently written in collaboration with the new librarian , the head of lower school , and the second in department , some study skills booklets for use by children in the library : The study skills … came in really last year . |
| 19 | These had been regular church-goers in the Caribbean but had not felt at home in the more restrained worship of the British churches , and some had felt cold-shouldered by the white members . |
| 20 | He made good progress until February 1992 when he was readmitted with a febrile illness and a tender mass in the right side of his neck , which was thought to be infective , but had not resolved despite treatment with flucloxacillin . |
| 21 | It occurred at a time when abolitionist leaders hoped for improved treatment of slaves in the West Indies but had not focused on emancipation as an objective and had not specifically propagandised for it . |
| 22 | News of the suspension of the conference , which had resumed on Jan. 14 after a series of delays but had soon come into confrontation with the government , was greeted with demonstrations in Kinshasa . |
| 23 | Alyson , of Hazel Court , Middlesbrough , said she had had minor illnesses , but had always gone to school . |
| 24 | Sometimes he would even say that Tom had not only gone home but had subsequently died of cancer . |
| 25 | In a statement read to the inquest , she told how her husband of 11 years had been having difficulty sleeping , but had never talked of suicide . |
| 26 | Daphne 's first suggestion was Alchemilla mollis , or lady 's mantle , a plant I already grow but had never thought of cutting . |