Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , I had had time to pick up the late edition . |
| 2 | Montaine had helped Jean-Claude dig out the cave and make it impenetrable and impermeable . |
| 3 | A few minutes after Amiss had gone Sunil cleared up the fragments of cheese and biscuits , deposited them neatly in the waste-paper basket , picked up a couple of books and some blank paper and descended to the next storey . |
| 4 | Duncan had left Myeloski propping up the bar , drinking his customary vodka and Budweiser chaser . |
| 5 | Lionel had mentioned her only once : ‘ Florence , Flora rather — we had to be careful not to ask of her more than she could give — ’ and had left Lily to puzzle out the meaning . |
| 6 | Mosley , speaking after a meeting of the Formula One commission of FISA at a Heathrow hotel , said he had taken action to sort out the confusion after weeks of chaos . |