Example sentences of "had [adv] [adv] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her lot had not been a happy one : the husband whom she had only ever seen for a few precious weeks in all since their marriage had now left her a widow , without support and with a child and step-children to fend for . |
| 2 | The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) . |
| 3 | The Home Office said one company had so far applied for a licence . |
| 4 | There were plenty of bars and restaurants to choose from , but Sabine had already mentally opted for a simple meal . |
| 5 | The miners ' representatives had not even pressed for a free trade union , though they had demanded the removal of trade union officials whom they did not like or trust . |
| 6 | ‘ Twinky ’ , however , without question the fairest and most sporting player ever to don an Athletico shirt , was full of remorse and insisted that the referee , who had not even blown for a foul , send him off . |
| 7 | She leaned on the table — her head jutting forward , wisps of iron-grey hair sticking from beneath the cap which she had not yet changed for a wig — and asked Midnight : ‘ What do y'know of the Captain 's affairs ? |
| 8 | The proposals were received coolly by the African National Congress ( ANC ) whose deputy president , Nelson Mandela , warned that the time had not yet come for the lifting of sanctions . |
| 9 | Nonconformity 's dependence on laissez faire and , in the case of Methodism , on competition among five separate bodies , had not always worked for the best and there had been a lot of wasted effort . |
| 10 | It had also successfully lobbied for a prestigious residential development under the Community Development Block Grant programme , although the sale prices far exceeded the borrowing capacity of the majority of local residents ( median income was less than $7,000 in 1980 , whilst unemployment stood at three times the city average ) . |
| 11 | Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time . |
| 12 | Surely she had n't almost fallen for the oldest trick in the book ! |
| 13 | She had indeed once worked for a silversmith but had discovered that it was much easier to buy beads and acquire old pieces of jewellery , rearrange them artistically and sell them on market stalls throughout the country . |