Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] had [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Almost everyone I met had lost at least one relative , some had lost several , and families had been scattered hundreds of miles apart , ’ said Mr Thomas . |
| 2 | Also , domestication of dogs and cattle had been undertaken some twelve hundred years ago in southern Europe by Azilian hunters who had used dogs to corner their prey . |
| 3 | Doctors ( psychiatric and general practice trainees ) and nurses had been given special instruction in the assessment of deliberate self-poisoning patients . |
| 4 | Some time after dark , when the cans which had held chicken and plum pudding lay cold in a shallow pit , and when our plates and dishes had been scraped clean , we wrapped ourselves up and sat out of the wind , behind the Land Rover . |
| 5 | But others had been celebrating all night . |