Example sentences of "[noun pl] and had [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thatcher had established her environmentalist credentials in several speeches and had replaced the true-blue but ungreen Nicholas Ridley with the practically viridescent Chris Patten as Environment Secretary . |
| 2 | By this time I had joined the Scouts and had reached the dizzy heights of Patrol Leader . |
| 3 | Tennants had lived in and around the village for many generations and had served the small community as farmers , millers and blacksmiths . |
| 4 | This had been there for thousands of years and had defeated the British Raj 's efforts to move it . |
| 5 | Because in that instant she had fired the ship 's rear guns and had blasted the other ship 's nose section into particles . |
| 6 | She was studying modern languages and had spent the previous year working in France to gain experience . |
| 7 | The Georgian Communist Party , which had adopted a nationalist manifesto for the elections and had joined the other 120-odd political parties in campaigning for restoration of Georgia 's independence , failed to build on its strong first-round showing , and increased its seat total only to 64 . |
| 8 | At this time , the Blackpool Transport fleet totalled 350 vehicles and had become the seventh largest in the country . |
| 9 | He said that licensing justices at Flint , Mold and Hawarden were endeavouring to only grant licences to experienced people and those who had completed various licensing training courses and had passed the British Institute of Inn Keeping examination . |