Example sentences of "had [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treatment meted out was degrading and she had hated the middle classes ever after . |
| 2 | She had dismissed the instinctive feeling before , but it was still there , and Glyn had merely heightened it . |
| 3 | The Christians believed that by the death of Jesus , the suffering servant of Isaiah , God had formed a new covenant not only with the Jews but with all peoples of the earth . |
| 4 | Clasper 's small hard core of left-wing supporters , which included a phalanx of students from Liverpool University , had formed a noisy group immediately in front of the improvised platform , which consisted of a large wooden CKD crate with the Vehicle Divisions ' name stencilled in large black letters on each surface . |
| 5 | He turned and left , ignoring the shouts and screams of the small wet attendant as — after the under-cook had gathered the other scullions round , pointed to the cauldron , the ladle and its own belly before nodding at the wet attendant — the kicking , howling creature was grabbed by the same scullions who had recently been comforting it , hoisted up the ladder still resting against the side of the great vat , and thrown back in . |
| 6 | Poor Gedge had to attend the local infirmary where his misery was compounded when nurses found out he was in a band . |
| 7 | Neither of them paid any heed to the poor old grand-father , who had to tend the sacred fire all on his own . |
| 8 | I had regarded the English language almost as my own private possession , something which was mine by right , and now it seemed that I was going to have to fight to hang on to it , as I was having to fight for everything else . |
| 9 | The rain had stopped a short while ago and once more the sun was burning up the atmosphere . |
| 10 | Those who believe goalkeepers are overprotected will be happy , but the referee had given a free kick earlier for a less demanding challenge on Mimms . |
| 11 | She felt that she had given the whole thing away , that the Hare-woman 's eyes would be able to read all her thoughts from her face and that single word . |
| 12 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 13 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 14 | ‘ I was n't sure about making the sharp turn into the fifth fence , but Ted told me I had to go the fast way everywhere otherwise I had no hope of winning , ’ Mac said . |
| 15 | Other fears expressed at the debate included the belief that republics with more recent experience of private farming , for example the three Baltic republics ( which had joined the Soviet Union only in 1940 ) , would develop at different rates to other parts of the country which had experienced only collectivized agriculture . |
| 16 | A fortnight after being made a minister , this raconteur said that he had joined the Labour Party simply to make sure that ‘ they did nothing too silly ’ . |
| 17 | And everyone in the press was saying how they had won the fucking thing already . |
| 18 | British diplomats , who had been in contact with the Chinese foreign ministry for weeks trying to get them to resume talks , had expected a stormy ride yesterday . |
| 19 | As for the race itself , Kinane added that he knew he would win some way from home and had enjoyed a trouble-free run throughout . |
| 20 | During an earlier panic about garotting robberies and stabbing incidents in 1856 , The Times had enjoyed the good fortune actually to discover some real foreigners to blame for the outrages , pointing the accusing finger at ‘ men who have been discharged from the foreign legions ’ . |
| 21 | He had let a light engine out of the down loop ready to go to Bolton and had refused the bell code for a fast down freight from Bradley Fold station box . |
| 22 | First I had to pass the antique shop where Mr Rutherford resided . |
| 23 | They had come a long way very fast . |
| 24 | Hoomey had not seen Nails there since , but had an instinct that he had come the following night too . |
| 25 | For the next few days she had carried the tiny dragon everywhere . |
| 26 | I had located the dreaded Carol easily enough and reclaiming the pendant had been a piece of cake , well , a piece of more than cake , actually . |
| 27 | He therefore concluded that he had approached the theoretical strength quite closely enough to satisfy most people , and that if thinner fibres could actually be made , their strength would be very near to the theoretical value . |
| 28 | On the 31st May this year Hilda Hyam , correctly dressed in a blue leotard and a pink rose , celebrated her ninetieth birthday in style , for her fellow teachers in Avon had organised the perfect day just for her : — classes morning and afternoon interspersed with coffee — a tasty lunch — and a delicious tea complete with a birthday cake . |
| 29 | On the 31st May this year Hilda Hyam , correctly dressed in a blue leotard and a pink rose , celebrated her ninetieth birthday in style , for her fellow teachers in Avon had organised the perfect day just for her : — classes morning and afternoon interspersed with coffee — a tasty lunch — and a delicious tea complete with a birthday cake . |
| 30 | Mrs Monro had just admonished Syl , ‘ Do n't eat with your fingers ’ , because he had picked a roast potato straight from the vegetable dish and put it in his mouth . |