Example sentences of "had [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had promised to give His spokesman the words to speak , and the chapter in front of us is a part of God 's message to Israel through Jeremiah . |
| 2 | He had promised to cook his hostess a speciality of his — beef fondue . |
| 3 | Ramsay explained that his lordship 's goodbrother , the Earl of Moray , had desired to see his sister the Countess whilst in the vicinity , as was but natural ; and while there , they had learned that the defences of the castle were being strengthened , in view of possible attack by the English , and they had offered such small help as they could in this excellent work in the realm 's interest . |
| 4 | She then discovered her engineer husband had run up thousands of pounds in debts and had tried to end his life a month before . |
| 5 | Two friends of hers had planned to give their daughter a surprise trip to Venice as an eighteenth-birthday present . |