Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Custodio , who had been in charge of his security , said during the trial that the former armed forces Chief of Staff , Gen. Fabian Ver , who left the Philippines with Marcos in 1986 , had instructed him to draw up the security plan for Benigno Aquino 's arrival . |
| 2 | I then told them about the apparition , how I had seen someone walking down the shed and then suddenly disappearing . |
| 3 | She could n't think what had made her blurt out the goading words . |
| 4 | The God who had made him get off the trike and stand still at the side of the grassily banked hill . |
| 5 | And Hayling had told him to tone down the politics to smooth away advertisers ' fears that it was going to be a Commie rag . |
| 6 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 7 | We 'd all kept away from it ever since the priest had had it pulled down the month before . |
| 8 | Sien 's mother had helped him sweep up the plaster littering the place . |
| 9 | Although he was no relation to Charles , his surname had inspired him to pick up the pen . |
| 10 | After she had gone he switched off the gramophone , drained his drink in a single gulp , then stooped to pick up the offending telegraph message . |
| 11 | With that thought , once Peter had left she switched out the bedside lamp and burrowed down . |
| 12 | Two-thirds claimed that training had allowed them to carry out the farm work in less time and with a reduction in mental and physical effort . |