Example sentences of "had [vb pp] during the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early on , she demanded from each member a list of the people they had consulted during the previous three months . |
| 2 | It was swollen with the heavy rain that had fallen during the last few days , and it looked fierce and dark . |
| 3 | I WAS once interviewed for a radio programme on BBC and was asked how deaf people had fared during the past 20 years . |
| 4 | Her collarbone was ambushing her with surprise guerrilla raids of searing pain while her head was screaming revenge for the ordeals it had undergone during the past twelve hours . |
| 5 | Everything that he had written during the previous four years on the overriding need to oppose fascism , on the need to defend nation states through the creation of a Strong system of alliances based on collective security , and on the central role of the Soviet Union in promoting peace and stability , all was reduced to the level of absurdity by the Nazi-Soviet pact , the invasion of Poland and subsequently the war in Finland . |
| 6 | Mosley had decided during the 1931 general election campaign to form a fascist movement , after the devastating defeat in which the New Party lost all its parliamentary seats and twenty-two of its twenty-four candidates forfeited their deposits , and his visit to Mussolini in Rome and to nazi leaders in Munich in January 1932 merely strengthened his resolve . |
| 7 | The number of duodenal ulcer episodes that had occurred during the previous two years was noted . |
| 8 | A committee of professors , who were also our teachers , would judge us on the marks we had had during the past four years , especially this last year , and award diplomas accordingly . |
| 9 | P3731 ( which had arrived from ‘ Argus ’ with 418 Flight in August 1940 ) and V7370 ( which had arrived during the ill-fated second reinforcement flight in November of that year ) reached Palestine , and were later taken on charge by the newly-formed 127 Squadron . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the abolition of the school boards was a first step towards reducing the number of overlapping , separately elected , local authorities which had emerged during the preceding seventy years ; and importantly , in the eyes of Balfour and Morant , it would diminish the independence of local education authorities and the consequent considerable variation in the quality of provision , and also reduce the denominational influence upon local education . |
| 11 | However , because of what had happened during the last few days , she knew she could not simply let this matter fade from her mind . |
| 12 | What had happened during the previous 30 months to cause the right hon. Gentleman to change his apparent convictions of 30 years ? |
| 13 | It was difficult to believe that the party had been so recent ; too much had happened during the past thirty-six hours . |
| 14 | Charlie sat in the carriage of a train bound for Edinburgh and thought about the actions he had taken during the past four days . |
| 15 | His voice had changed during the last few words and she pushed him hard against the end of the settle as she said , ‘ No , they wo n't come running , but have you ever thought of you doin' the askin' ? |