Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [noun] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Polybius had treated Rome in the same way as according to a fragment of Book 34 he seems to have treated Alexandria , we would have gained in understanding . |
| 2 | ‘ She spoke about a young woman who had given birth in the same bed some years before . |
| 3 | Post-mortems carried out on two of the dead swans have proved inconclusive , but Mr O'Sullivan said he suspected the birds had fallen prey to the same disease which hit the colony before . |
| 4 | I was terrified of anyone finding out , especially since the girl I had met stays in the same place as me , very close by . |
| 5 | The Austrian Habsburgs had made efforts in the same direction from the end of the sixteenth century , when the custom developed of sending with each internuncio to Constantinople a small number of boys ( Sprachknabe ) to learn Turkish . |
| 6 | The judge 's decision was handed down on the same day that Exxon announced that first-quarter profits for 1991 had leapt 75% over the same period last year , to $2.24 billion . |
| 7 | ( Elections in five states , Uttar Pradesh , Sikkim , Goa , Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka , had taken place at the same time as the general election in November — see pp. 37124-25 for results . ) |
| 8 | He had sent assistance with the same speed as last night . |