Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I recall , I had conveyed a plea to Miss Kenton for assistance — via a messenger , naturally — and had left M. Dupont sitting in the billiard room awaiting his nurse , when the first footman had come hurrying down the staircase in some distress to inform me that my father had been taken ill upstairs . |
| 2 | Also in January I reported that the Queen had decided to give up the bottle . |
| 3 | By the time I had been an intern for a few more months , doing my rounds in my white coat with stethoscope dangling round my neck ( and feeling very important ) , Father had had to close down the second branch , leaving — for the time being — only the original shop which he had opened near the Market Place where the annual Goose Fair was held . |
| 4 | Her exhausted captain had had to hand over the wheel to Arthur and for eight days he was scarcely relieved . |
| 5 | However , by the end of May , the Russian government had decided to pull out the troops . |
| 6 | This had to be her mother 's bed , she surmised , and the doctor had forgotten to draw back the curtains . |
| 7 | I thought the doctor had forgotten to draw back the curtain , and I was just about to do it when I heard his voice . |
| 8 | While admitting that the US company 's board had discussed winding up the Irish operation a number of times , he emphasized his gratitude and that of the board for the help and co-operation received from the Irish government and the IDA . |
| 9 | The rising tide had begun to fill up the channel . |