Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind and rain on the little hill above Jaffa had ripped away at the paint but it was just possible to make out the words ‘ David Damiani ’ to the left of the broken wooden gate . |
| 2 | Even Hugh , although able to look like a jeune premier from time to time , had filled out as a result of an under-demanding marriage and a sedentary occupation , and would have been a round peg for such a small square hole . |
| 3 | He had withdrawn there on the advice of several people ( including myself ) that Downing Street was an impossible place for anyone whose curiosity extended to seeing every telegram that came in at whatever time of the day or night . |
| 4 | The barbarian had vaulted down into the heather and had drawn the black sword , Kring . |
| 5 | Somehow my pursuer had guessed correctly at every turn . |
| 6 | In a moment he had jumped on to the horse 's back . |
| 7 | Lorton had jumped up on the gazebo . |
| 8 | Daak had jumped back into the cabin . |
| 9 | He checked , but only momentarily , then he had jumped down onto the track a knife in his hand . |
| 10 | In this damp clay I had left footprints , and over these footprints I now found the splayed-out pug marks of the tigress where she had jumped down from the rocks and followed me , until the kakar had seen her and given its alarm-call , whereon the tigress had left the track and entered the bushes where I had seen the movement . |
| 11 | Grimma led the rescue party into the office and listened while Sacco , with many interruptions , recounted the adventure from the time Dorcas , out of sudden terror , had jumped out of the truck and had been carried off the rails just before the train arrived . |
| 12 | Before she could reply he had jumped out of the car to walk up the drive to the hotel . |
| 13 | As soon as Dennis had roared off towards the offices of Osiris Management Services I strolled down Ramillies Drive to the Parsonage and rang the bell . |
| 14 | The two men had collaborated before on the design of lightning protectors , and the Lodge–Muirhead Wireless Telegraphy Syndicate Ltd. was formed in 1901 . |
| 15 | When , at the end of the Second World War , France was liberated , those who had collaborated excessively with the Germans often had their hair cut off by the French Resistance . |
| 16 | She had gazed petulantly at a mantelpiece empty of deckle-edged cards , remembering the time when she had never wanted for an escort or a party . |
| 17 | His thoughts , when they finally came , had been uttered in all their simplistic banality , in no particular order of logic or relevance , and in a curiously gentle voice punctuated by long pauses in which he had gazed thoughtfully at the throne and appeared to commune happily with some inner presence . |
| 18 | Not just Giles 's spite-filled revenge , but the expression in Nathan Bryce 's eyes as he had gazed down from the dais . |
| 19 | James 's victory gave him 35 points to Lauda 's 61 , his car was clearly among the best , he had matured greatly as a driver , he was on a good roll himself : the championship seemed to be there for his taking . |
| 20 | Cowley leafed through the file that Bodie had gathered together on the girl . |
| 21 | In the 1970s the police were often concerned with the need to keep apart two rival groups , each of which had gathered together for a demonstration in the same place and at the same time . |
| 22 | The riders , about a dozen so far , had gathered together in the middle . |
| 23 | The night before , Kalchu and Sigarup went to the shrine , lit the oil lamp and tied two strips of new cloth — one red , one white — on to the rafters among the hundreds of old and blackened ones that had gathered there over the years . |
| 24 | Snatching an old raincoat from the hallstand she had plunged out into the rain . |
| 25 | Much better to get involved with someone who had plunged fully into the sea of life than with someone who had stood wimpishly on the edge , afraid to dip in so much as a toe . |
| 26 | He would never forget the great dust cloud that climbed over the reactor shell , broken like a duck 's egg , after the jets had soared away into the June evening . |
| 27 | A series of articles in the ( CCP ) People 's Daily in November noted that the CCP 's popularity had ebbed mainly as a result of corruption among party members . |
| 28 | The art market , which had fluctuated greatly during the war , collapsed , with the price of the modern painters Derain , Vlaminck , Valadon completely depressed . |
| 29 | The attendant , now adding a sulk to his sullenness , had shuffled off to the kitchen area . |
| 30 | The latter had the important advantage of incumbency , but , as we have seen , was handicapped by a poor record as president and had stumbled badly during the campaign ; nevertheless he ran Carter close — 49 to 51 per cent in the popular vote and 240 — 297 in the Electoral College . |