Example sentences of "had [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this was an extremely delicate operation for Nizan to perform , given that in 1934 he had carried out the rather complex act of ideological rehabilitation designed to demonstrate that Gide 's intellectual itinerary was such as to lead him inevitably to a commitment to communism , he none the less succeeded in combining professional respect for Gide 's qualities as a writer with penetrating criticism of what he considered to be Gide 's superficial analysis and hasty dismissal of the Soviet state . |
| 2 | Richie had picked up an almost invisible speck and said , ‘ I 'm just this tiny grain of sand . ’ |
| 3 | Yet , before , on their secret dates , Rab had been most punctual — a big smile and hug for her — while she , to have him more keen , had hung back a little late . |
| 4 | The voice recordings were shipped to London where MI6 had to set up a totally new department of 250 specially recruited Russian-speaking experts to slowly work their way through the material . |
| 5 | Terry had written out a very detailed plan for a farm-school project for juvenile offenders that he had been working on for almost two years . |
| 6 | In time , the ever-increasing number of visitors had opened up an entirely new source of income for the Heymouthians , and instead of having to depend on fishing as their primary source of income , they found the tourist trade was theirs for the developing . |
| 7 | By around 1910 the cultivation of rubber and tea had brought about a more permanent change . |
| 8 | D'Arcy had invited Saint Julien to join them ; the Corsican had struck up a strangely abrasive relationship with Nadirpur , who appeared comforted by his mildly sarcastic wit and no-nonsense approach to the situation in which they found themselves . |
| 9 | By 1940 Nazi Germany , the Wimbledon of world politics , had started up a completely different ball game . |
| 10 | His skin had taken on a more normal pink tinge , but there was still no heartbeat . |
| 11 | And his face itself had taken on an almost gaunt look , the strong bone-structure rigidly marked , and the skin itself only lightly tanned , despite the hot summer they had just enjoyed . |
| 12 | They had put up a sufficiently worthy defence and could yield with honour . |
| 13 | Certainly , if I were a script writer , and I had to think up the most inappropriate name for a girl dressed as a man , the above tendencies would lead me to choose a monosyllabic form , using a closed syllable , ending in a consonant as far away from a continuant as I can find — a plosive — and with a vowel as far away from /i/ as I can find , such as /a/ or /o/ . |
| 14 | In a bizarre leadership contest had dug up a dead Davidian and challenged his rival Vernon to bring the body back to life . |