Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had looked in to clean up the following day the meal was still on the table , untouched . |
| 2 | The street seemed to be full of perfume now , wafting around her in the biting wind — the perfume that was the most evocative memory she had of her mother , a haunting perfume , light and teasing and sweet , a perfume that smelled a little like a summer garden at dusk , a perfume , the memory of which had possessed the power to bring tears to her eyes long , long after she had forgotten how to conjure up the image of her mother 's face . |
| 3 | Then as if the whole world had hunched over to block out the sun , the sky becomes as black as coal . |
| 4 | Britain had exercised tight control over the entry of aliens for as long as anyone could remember and , anyway , there had been little contact between Germany and Britain for at least nine months . |
| 5 | Britain , as the largest of these , had stepped in to sort out the country 's chaotic finances . |
| 6 | Les Holliday , with some intelligent distribution and accurate touch finding , established a measure of early control for the home side , who took the lead through Wilf George , after David Holmes had worked diligently to set up the chance . |
| 7 | Napoleon III 's ministers had worked hard to bring about the visit — not merely because it was in support of the Emperor 's policy but also , it was hoped , to distract him from his privately announced intention of himself going to the Crimea . |
| 8 | Broomhead had managed partly to knock out the large dent in the horn but he had taken off a fair amount of paint in the process . |