Example sentences of "had [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | Monks ' curry-coloured eyes had filmed over lasciviously at the vision of London , of freedom and promotion and advance . |
| 32 | Today was the start of her contract , which she had signed back home with the agent of the Monte Samana Company who owned this entire complex . |
| 33 | They often provided a general back-up throughout the year but had to take over completely in the absence or incapacity , through illness or accident , of their husbands . |
| 34 | Night after night they had lain out there in the soft , scented warmth , looking at the stars , or lighting candles stuck in Rufus 's wine bottles , eating and drinking , talking , hoping and happy . |
| 35 | But it might have been better to read it , for all during the show , creeping into her mind at every lull ( whenever , standing still , she had to gaze up adoringly at the hero , her Duke ) , an idea … . |