Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process had already begun with a mass mobilization in a literacy campaign which brought the illiteracy rate down from 50.2 per cent to 12.9 per cent by 1981 ( see page 245 ) . |
| 2 | The royal standard of England no longer fluttered on its pole , a sign that Henry and Wolsey had already departed with a small advance party though Doctor Agrippa had remained , waiting for us in our chamber . |
| 3 | She wore new black button-up boots and on her head was perched the largest black hat I had ever seen with a black bird on top . |
| 4 | He reacted by behaving in a way which rammed home to the Scots memories of Edward I. The events of 1543 took on a sinister familiarity ; for Edward 's attempted annexation of Scotland had also begun with a proposed marriage , between the infant Margaret , Maid of Norway , who succeeded Alexander III in 1286 , and Edward 's son , the future Edward II . |
| 5 | But then she had n't packed with a hectic night-life in mind , had she ? |
| 6 | ( A US proposal to consider Russia 's formal entry into the G-7 had reportedly met with a cool reaction from other members . ) |
| 7 | One of the latter patients had previously presented with a parotid gland localisation . |
| 8 | She gave the name of her father , who had recently retired with a substantial pension from a very senior appointment with a multi-national corporation . |