Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 ln that time , the sixty men had adjusted to the soldiers ' normal routine of work at night and lie-up during the day .
2 Like the wind that guttered and blew out the candles , a bloodied man had broken through the dancers ' joy to break the glittering ball into dark fragments , yet still some few couples could not bear to relinquish the last moments of peace .
3 The superior numbers of the Imperial army stood them in good stead : within a few minutes , Dara 's forces had broken through the rebels ' artillery and put to flight the infantry .
4 Don Roberto had worked with the Colonel and had acted as cut-out between him and the CIA on the operations which Trent had undertaken on the Americans ' behalf .
5 He had looked at the children 's modelling and their puzzling drawings of oversized objects — single , primary colours and minute figures dwarfed by the chaotic world around them .
6 He had come to the comrades ' attention when he wrote an article in the journal of the Right-On wing of the Communist Party , Marxism Today , shortly before the £750 GLC pre-feasibility study was completed in November 1984 .
7 In 1933 it first appeared in its present format , accompanied by the slim one-volume Supplement which added quotations , words , and meanings that had come to the editors ' attention after the publication of the relevant part of the Dictionary .
8 At the time of writing , the first batch of prosecutions had collapsed in the magistrates ' court , on account of the long delay in launching the prosecutions against those involved .
9 ’ A note of uncertainty had crept into the wolves ' voices .
10 The next time they returned to the windward mark , Paul Cayard tried to shoot the mark as Dennis Conner had done in the defenders ' trials on Tuesday .
11 In the orchard , Murphy was standing beside the trough Alexandra had appropriated for the hens ' use .
12 He often brought her scraps he had filched from the instructors ' table .
13 A plan of it had appeared in the Architects ' Journal the previous Friday , and it also appeared in The Times the morning after the Prince 's speech .
14 If , when it was in a position to do so , Consumers ' Co-operation had reverted to the Pioneers ' intention to develop independent and self-governing factories and workshops , the story would of course have been different .
15 The agency gave assurances that this new evidence had been passed to the relevant prosecuting authorities , and it was this which had led to the prosecutors ' decision to withdraw from their plea bargain arrangement with Drogoul , thereby allowing him to change his plea to innocent .
16 Last night Irish Marine Department officials confirmed that the sewage system on the 20-year-old boat had led to the children 's deaths .
17 Johnny Martin , the ideal tourist , had gone on the Cavaliers ' tour of India and South Africa in 1962–63 .
18 Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat .
19 However , by that time property in the goods had passed to the buyers ' customers , so that the sellers were unable to recover their goods ( by virtue of s25 of the SGA 1979 ) .
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