Example sentences of "[conj] had [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hated excessive make-up and had applied just enough to emphasize her striking looks . |
| 2 | ‘ I am on my way to take up a situation as companion and had to put up here to catch the cross stage tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | Others had scrambled across the field , dodging shellbursts , and had taken off only to forget where they were supposed to be going . |
| 4 | Perhaps he had discovered a seam — did you have a seam of garnet ? — and had come back secretly to exploit it , and … |
| 5 | It was an uneasy night , pondering the risks of leaving illegally , with a barely seaworthy vessel , from an island of which we had read so fondly in Wallace and had come so far to see . |
| 6 | Her parents had been very aware of the problems of sibling rivalry when the younger child was born and had tried very appropriately to help Mary accept the situation . |
| 7 | Scarlet had been willing to admit the truth of her words but had ceased too soon to concentrate , her mind already elsewhere as she wondered whether , if she could express herself differently and more coherently , her therapist might not have another , and a clearer , image of her . |