Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a wind of change had already begun to blow at Newport Pagnell . |
| 2 | Yanto had already begun to laugh at Sooty 's serious face . |
| 3 | William was excommunicated in 1619 and Jacob in 1634 , although he had already refused to kneel at communion in 1627 . |
| 4 | They had already started to look at houses — not any close inspection , just murmured approval as they had been driving , Glyn 's comments warming her . |
| 5 | Physics and physical science students had a strong sense of the hierarchy of different disciplines ; Debbie , for example , described business studies ( which she had originally hoped to study at university ) as a ‘ soft option ’ ; a first-year physics student at A described astro-physics ( a course also run by the department ) as ‘ watered-down physics ’ . |
| 6 | In the winter the Green Study on the first floor was used ; it was awesome for me following the master there — he was not fond of women novelists with the exception of Evelyn Wharton who had often come to stay at Lamb House . |
| 7 | He had even tried starting at page 1 and working his way through to the end . |