Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Jimmy Knapp , general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen , said yesterday that BR had since moved to stem excessive overtime by ordering a maximum working week of 72 hours . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , Kirov had discreetly continued to drop vague references , recall some fictitious anecdote concerning Vologsky 's parents . |
| 3 | Managers and clinicians had rather come to view each other as protagonists in the constant battle for resources . |
| 4 | Trees had carelessly let go great branches or had toppled down entirely , throwing their roots up into the air . |
| 5 | Before Christmas the Shah had constantly refused to approve such efforts , saying that the King could not secure his throne by massive bloodshed . |
| 6 | Elected in 1946 , the had hitherto failed to make much impression ; financially backed by a soft drinks company , whose interests he advocated , he was dismissed as the " Pepsi Cola kid " . |
| 7 | When Macmillan had first been planning his flight north on 11 May , he had only intended to visit Eighth Army and 13 Corps and then to return to Caserta " early " on 13th . |
| 8 | The fears generated by the blockade had only served to strengthen Western suspicion of Russia and to deepen Europe 's division . |
| 9 | The great review on Glasgow Green had only managed to squeeze 60 recruits from the reluctant ranks of the Clydesiders , but neither the shirts , the 6,000 coats and pairs of shoes , the printing press , printers to go with it , guns and ammunition , hostaged town councillors , or his alcoholic mistress , Clementina Walkinshaw , could keep out the chill on Culloden moor . |
| 10 | Dexter smiled : Blanche had obviously decided to show some independence now that the press conference had begun . |
| 11 | Traditional Christians had long struggled to escape this identification . |
| 12 | I had long intended making this proposition to the Secretary of State , but I was urged sooner to it perhaps because I felt that I was reduced in circumstances and thrown from my position in Society , and I hoped by a grand effort to establish a permanent claim on the consideration of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 13 | I had long wished to bring National Service to an end . |
| 14 | The Doctor , the guy with the blue box , could normally be relied on to deal with problems of this magnitude , but on this occasion he had apparently failed to understand that Pool was made of human brains and was in any case crazy . |
| 15 | The fact is that I had already begun to give serious consideration to the possibility of doing away with Dennis Parsons . |
| 16 | It was made by the famous Boulting Brothers , who had already begun ridiculing national institutions in comedies such as Brothers In Law , Lucky Jim and I 'm All Right , Jack . |
| 17 | Neither was progress made on the intractable issue of nuclear inspections , with the South Korean government continuing to insist on the adoption of a bilateral system of unscheduled and reciprocal nuclear inspections , in addition to inspections conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , which had already begun making regular visits to North Korean nuclear facilities . |
| 18 | The domestic car manufacturing industry , heavily protected since the 1950s , had already begun to face some competition from imports when quotas were partially lifted in July 1990 [ see also p. 38002 for reduction in tariffs on imports ] . |
| 19 | He had already begun to establish friendly relations with the man , portraying himself meanwhile as an amiable if somewhat tedious fellow with francophobic leanings . |
| 20 | ( Several city councils , Pretoria being the notable exception , had already moved to abolish those aspects of " petty apartheid " given a legal basis by the 1953 act — see p. 36881 and below . ) |
| 21 | An arm , clad in a golden-brown shirt that she had already noticed did marvellous things for his dark hair and amber eyes , transferred her smoothly to the settee , without her spilling a drop of coffee . |
| 22 | Shares of the £11 billion company , privatised in 1986 , had already started to slide last night and the market is bracing itself for big falls today . |
| 23 | I must admit to being worried the week before my flight , as one local farmer had already started cutting great swathes through his fields with his combine , and I was afraid some of the other growers might follow suit . |
| 24 | The Group noted that M Pullan had already started to provide some elements of user support on databases , documentation and network problems . |
| 25 | That family is as poor as church mice , and Stair told me that Havvie had already managed to snare one Yankee heiress , but she got away , and now he has caught another — not quite so rich , but rich enough . |
| 26 | He wanted the film desperately , but he had already had to hide one Barclaycard statement . |
| 27 | She had not wanted to love this man , especially when she knew he could never love her back . |
| 28 | Dexter sat with the superintendent while she dialled the head of the Press Bureau , who told her his phone had not stopped ringing all day : press and television news editors were demanding to know why Scotland Yard was keeping such a low profile on the Nicola Sharpe story . |
| 29 | If Robson Rhodes had not decided to make fundamental changes in its operating style five years ago , the chances are that it would have long since been swallowed up by one of its rivals . |
| 30 | She had not intended to go that way . |