Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [coord] [verb] " 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 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 .
4 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 " .
5 She did n't look as if she had slept too well and admitted as much .
6 Kelly had driven straight home and embarked on her own investigation .
7 He had driven home slowly and stopped twice on the way at the Hollybush at Newark and at the Merrie England .
8 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 .
9 Four years before his death , Chief Joseph had expressed the lifelong wish for which he had fought so persistently and waited so patiently :
10 They had worked together often and got on well .
11 The evening had started so well and ended so badly .
12 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 .
13 And who would be there for her at Casa Pinar where she had loved so desperately and lost so painfully ?
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