Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The robe had tripped me each time I had stooped low enough to exert sufficient force , so I had taken it off . |
| 2 | Stephanie had broken off breathlessly to announce this in English to Anneliese , adding with a determined glitter of hostility in her eyes , ‘ What time does your flight go tomorrow , Signorina Hastings ? ’ |
| 3 | We had come so far to find this . |
| 4 | I assess the student 's ability and level of performance , and I might come to the conclusion that they had done pretty well to get those grades ; or it might be obvious that they could have done better . ’ |
| 5 | And she had wanted so badly to stay alive . |
| 6 | The morning after he had left his swimming things in the stolen Mini , when he had gone up early to see old Bones , he had found Nails fast asleep in the straw in the chestnut mare 's box . |