Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] had [adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headlights revealed only the worn flagstones of the farmyard , the archway into the byre on the ground floor of the house , the crumbling steps that had once given access to the living quarters above . |
| 2 | We can witness all these in Worsley 's book in which he demonstrates that architectural draughtsmanship reached a point of perfection by 1837 , after which it degenerated into mere technical proficiency , when even bodies such as the Institute of British Architects condemned the use of colour and supplementary foreground activities that had previously made competition perspectives more attractive . |
| 3 | It extended society 's consideration for deprived children towards those groups that had previously excited anger rather than compassion and as such it was a progressive and humanitarian measure . |
| 4 | Ironically this transformation was in no small degree the consequence of the increasing technicality of the law to which the clerical judges themselves had so fertilely contributed by their advice , judgements and writings ; it had now become necessary to recruit judges from those who had served their apprenticeship pleading in the courts and had perhaps sought instruction from the law lectures and books which were then being provided . |
| 5 | Patients in the sulphasalazine group had been maintained on the drug at a daily dose of 2 ( 2–3 ) g for 8.0 ( 1.7–2.1 ) years and had never received mesalazine . |
| 6 | They were caught in the storms that had earlier caused chaos for sailors in the area . |
| 7 | As Horton Davies , who has explored this subject deeply , wrote : ‘ More worshipful churches proved incentives to , if not a deeper , yet a better ordered and more dignified worship among congregations that had previously regarded worship as merely a preliminary to preaching . ’ |