Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The work progressed well until it was discovered that the original iron braces inserted into the stonework by Scott had rusted very badly and expanded several inches , forcing the stonework upwards . |
| 2 | There were gaps last night — he had no idea the when of his visit to the hospital : if he had come straight home or stayed out drinking — that , try as he might , Parker could not remember . |
| 3 | Paul had done less well than had been expected of him at Balliol , not through his own fault . |
| 4 | For some reason it was restful to watch him lay the crochet-bordered cloth cornerwise on the polished table just so ; arrange the tea-tray , and bring in delicate , perfectly symmetrical sandwiches , and the Victoria sponge which , under his wife 's direction , he had made so beautifully and had set upon a spotless lace doily precisely in the centre of the dish . |
| 5 | It had been advised by my doctor that a year 's holiday in another land would build me up , as I had grown too quickly and had , as the phrase goes , " overgrown my strength " . |
| 6 | She did n't look as if she had slept too well and admitted as much . |
| 7 | Kelly had driven straight home and embarked on her own investigation . |
| 8 | He had driven home slowly and stopped twice on the way at the Hollybush at Newark and at the Merrie England . |
| 9 | By the spring of 1993 at least nine republics or regions within the Russian Federation were insisting that their own laws took precedence over those of the Federation as a whole , and the Chechen republic had gone still further and declared itself a fully independent state . |
| 10 | Four years before his death , Chief Joseph had expressed the lifelong wish for which he had fought so persistently and waited so patiently : |
| 11 | They had worked together often and got on well . |
| 12 | The evening had started so well and ended so badly . |
| 13 | All she had been told when she came round after the anaesthetic was that there had been a few complications and the operation had taken rather longer than had been expected . |
| 14 | By 1918 there were many Labour Party parliamentarians and trade unionists who would willingly have excluded the ILP from the party , were it not that opposition to the war had spread quite widely and had partly justified the ILP position . |
| 15 | And who would be there for her at Casa Pinar where she had loved so desperately and lost so painfully ? |