Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tall , slim , elegant , and totally dominating at centre-half ; Jimmy joined the Palace on 2 October 1928 and for his debut was plunged into the testing FA Cup-tie against the Southern League ( Eastern Section ) Champions , Kettering Town whose centre-forward had already gained quite a reputation — one Peter Simpson , no less ! |
| 2 | We had already amassed quite a pile of seizures following irregularities uncovered during the previous week 's work at Ullapool , and we returned with Reg Clarke on board to have another bite at the cherry . |
| 3 | Alongside me was Sam Ratcliffe who , at the tender age of sixteen , had already had quite a bit of publicity . |
| 4 | Now they were all busily employed in setting to rights the big front saloon — a difficult task , for all its furniture was large and heavy and the carpets had not seen even a brush for years and years . |
| 5 | Blanche could imagine her weeping with her son over his confession but , like Marek , she was a little puzzled that Tatyana had not shown even a spark of joy at the revenge he had taken . |
| 6 | He had not washed merely a handkerchief either his underclothes , too , had a grey look , and so did his shirt , whose grey cuffs peeped from beneath the dirty , tattered sleeves of his morning coat . |
| 7 | CHERYL had not looked forward a bit to her holiday . |
| 8 | Scarlet had just thrown away a bunch of dried Proveņcal flowers which had adorned her sideboard for over a year and was already feeling slightly better : she thought that if only she could rearrange all the furniture , she might be cured , but it seemed too drastic a step to take . |
| 9 | Although the extremes of the personality cult had probably gripped only a minority of the population , it was a minority with power and influence . |
| 10 | The wife of one prominent member of the British community in Seoul said : ‘ We would have hoped she 'd have picked something she had n't worn just a week ago . ’ |
| 11 | He was n't certain that Emily had n't forged ahead a stage or two . |
| 12 | He looked fantastic and had actually acquired quite a suntan — or was it just a glow of happiness ? |
| 13 | Sometimes Mother Francis and Miss Pine from the dress shop would take her on an outing to Dublin , but she had never stayed away a night . |
| 14 | And he had never taken home a statuette on Oscar night . |