Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had hated the little brochure that described it — the pathetic attempt to make it look glamorous , the photographs of it , posed , doors open , doors shut , desperately trying not to look like what it was — a square box with hideous speckled seats . |
| 2 | He might be a roaring flirt of the first water , but already she had formed a solid impression that , whatever else Lubor Ondrus might be , he was most loyal to his employer . |
| 3 | And when it was all over , I had formed a great attachment and respect for my penis . |
| 4 | Passing through a town , Perdita noticed someone had painted a blue-and-white flag and a ‘ Malvinas belong to Argentina ’ slogan on the plinth of a statue of a general . |
| 5 | As far back as 1904 Winston Churchill had foreseen the same change when he predicted the tariff reformers ' coming takeover of the party . |
| 6 | The seventy strong press and media corps were in the rear of the Prime Minister 's plane and we had arranged a special area and platform for them in the terminal . |
| 7 | I must explain here that , as neither Nigel nor I had religion , I had arranged the two speakers and then planned to say a few words myself , to thank everyone , in and out of sight . |
| 8 | Thus the Central Powers had conquered the neutral region that separated them from their ally in the east , Turkey . |
| 9 | We were convinced we had witnessed a terrible accident and hurried to the police station at Lochcarron to report the incident , there to be reassured that there had not been a crash , and gently rebuked for assuming there had been . |
| 10 | In Miss D'Arcy he had implanted a slight sense that she might have offended the Earl 's younger brother and could be denied entry into the world for which her father had cultivated her . |
| 11 | It grieved me to see how they had stripped the great Rhododendron and the lesser Kalmias . ’ |
| 12 | Maggie had developed a raging thirst and wondered if she could get a drink at the Commemorative Hall . |
| 13 | Over the years she had developed a discerning palate and acquired an encyclopaedic knowledge of the needs and habitat of vines , the locations of particular vineyards , the reliability of chateaux bottling and the suitability of a wine with a specific food . |
| 14 | ( c ) She had developed a severe pneumonia and , whether as a result of the accident or the pneumonia or both , was in severe pain . |
| 15 | Forty-one farms , just over a quarter , had developed a specialised product but it was apparent that the remainder did not envisage identifying or exploiting such products in the future . |
| 16 | Haig-Thomas had developed an infected throat and several nasty ulcers on his legs . |
| 17 | Was that how he had developed the deep tan that made him look somehow so vital ? |
| 18 | There was a request to Council to investigate the position of those who had completed the first module but were not registered and whether they should be allowed to attend the Keele Conference . |
| 19 | What they did n't realize was that granules of radioactive material left in the bottom of the dissolving vessel had evaporated the residual liquid and heated up the base . |
| 20 | Joan too had heard the current gossip and had lain awake for much of the previous night , persuading herself it was a fabrication and that she must give no heed to wagging tongues . |
| 21 | I hoped nobody had heard the full sentence and hurriedly changed the subject . |
| 22 | It was the first time a hurdling dog had broken a flat record but trainer Paddy Hancox was not surprised . |
| 23 | The man 's foot had broken a few spokes and the chain had come off , but there was no other damage . |
| 24 | To his surprise Moscato found out that Gimbert had broken an earlier pact and chose to place his country and the World Cup ahead of their friendship . |
| 25 | Udet had listed the permitted zones and heights for the day , and his path was relatively simple . |
| 26 | A year earlier in the World Cup meeting in Rome , British sprinting had received a tremendous fillip when Allan Wells , running for Europe , won the 100 metres , with tiny Ernie Obeng who , though representing Africa , lived in Britain , coming second . |
| 27 | Repolling took place on Aug. 26 in 24 constituencies where no candidate had received the minimum vote or where ballot papers had been spoiled . |
| 28 | ‘ Did anyone know that Mowbray had received the same warning as Sir Ralph ? ’ |
| 29 | Since the baby 's birth and its mother 's death her whole view of life seemed to have changed abruptly , as though someone had shaken a giant kaleidoscope and she saw the whole world and herself in a different light . |
| 30 | Hawke immediately denied the allegation to the federal parliament , claiming that he had given no such promise and that a decision about the tax was not made until a month after the lunch . |