Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the sycophantic official court chronicles — the Shah Jehan Nama that Dr Jaffery had spent so long transcribing — the accounts of the two European travellers were packed with reams of malicious bazaar gossip . |
| 2 | And there at Stamford , the beautiful town that Celia Fiennes and Defoe had admired so much remained almost exactly as they had seen it : but fossilised , moribund . |
| 3 | Barak waited until Laidlaw and Graham had driven off then got into his own car and drove straight to a white , Spanish-styled mansion on the outskirts of the city , overlooking the sea . |
| 4 | For once the lawyer had concluded his business , having called upon both his own groom and Mrs Elswick to witness the document he had drawn up , and had been seen off the premises , Theda had gone back upstairs to find her employer in a state of near-collapse . |
| 5 | If Rune had set out deliberately to enrage her he could n't have chosen a better way . |
| 6 | Miliutin had begun not only to reduce expenditure , but also to introduce military personnel to the spirit of post-emancipation society . |
| 7 | Darren had become much more attached to his mother and she was showing much more affection towards him . |
| 8 | Angelina had worried how best to approach Mr Pipkin tactfully , but Oliver had no such social qualms . |
| 9 | Although no clear winner emerged from the debate , most commentators believed that Clinton had performed well enough to consolidate his position as the leading contender . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , Hunt had carried out further costing work for Barry on the Houses of Parliament , and when Hall arrived at the Office of Works with the dispute over expenditure between Barry and the Office at its height , he shrewdly persuaded Hunt to change sides in an attempt to gain the upper hand . |
| 11 | Dr. Scambler had given up much hope for his life , but within a few days he was surprisingly recovered . |
| 12 | Beddington had lived long enough to know that very few people were quite what the public considered them . |
| 13 | By the time I reappeared , Lisabeth had cheered up enough to smile weakly , having adopted the invalid-on-the-sickbed routine . |
| 14 | He said afterwards that he had understood Terry had come out just to allow him to reach his goal , but it was an unfortunate end to a splendid innings , which made him the first English batsman since Barrington in 1967 to score three consecutive centuries in a series . |
| 15 | Stephanie had broken off breathlessly to announce this in English to Anneliese , adding with a determined glitter of hostility in her eyes , ‘ What time does your flight go tomorrow , Signorina Hastings ? ’ |
| 16 | It was at that moment that the couple whom Guido had pointed out earlier finished paying their bill and headed out to the car park . |
| 17 | Western Pomerania had become almost entirely Germanised , and had a Polish population of less than 0.5 per cent . |