Example sentences of "[Wh pn] had [verb] this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not the only one who had made this uncomfortable observation . |
| 2 | The defence given by some of those who had authorised this unparalleled act of iconoclasm in modern England , while clearly sincere , points to the narrow perspectives that had allowed the events to occur . |
| 3 | Just for a second , for one brief surprising second , the old man admitted to himself that it was he who had created this pitiful excuse for a man , and his conscience , that bothersome thing which he had buried long ago , rose to haunt him . |
| 4 | Others I met included , who had organised this splendid day in conjunction with , who live at nearby Fonmon Castle , in South Glamorgan ; , who is secretary of the Cirencester Polo Club , and his charming wife who is such a good time keeper and was going to time the match later . |
| 5 | By good fortune it had been the manager himself who had effected this particular transaction , and who remembered the occasion reasonably clearly . |
| 6 | Another Lioniser then proposed a toast to the memory of Mr John Chipperfield , who had died this very week , one of the last known models for a Charles Dickens character : ‘ Lamps ’ of Mugby Junction was no more . |
| 7 | But no , she was sure it was Queen Victoria , personally , who had spread this grey fog over Britain from which we 've never recovered . |
| 8 | Peter Yeo , who had known this particular juggernaut since he had his first small factory and two stores and dirt under his fingernails from shifting packing-cases personally , was not fazed by the question . |
| 9 | ( I should point out that had it not been for my sister Etty , who had financed this latest venture , there would have been no printing business . ) |
| 10 | He gave his condolences to the widow and said that he hoped whoever had perpetrated this terrible deed would soon be brought to justice . |