Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to the much discussed pearwood wall panels , Italo Rota explains : ‘ We were looking for a simple idea that would allow visitors who had already looked at a good many paintings to connect some of them with unfamiliar settings ; the art of memory tells us that it is easier to retain images in one 's head if one can link them to a specific space ’ . |
| 2 | A MANIAC slashed a teenage girl 's throat with a knife he had just bought at a packed car boot sale . |
| 3 | The only medal we had ever won at a major championship since 1978 was the bronze we had gained at Stuttgart in the European . |
| 4 | Ellen 's manner was almost British in its cool restraint , matching our welcome which we had deliberately pitched at a low key . |
| 5 | Tom had also stopped at a Dutch trading post on an island to the north and purchased , in exchange for provisions in short supply , some twenty-five Africans . |
| 6 | But he had also hinted at a sexual relationship with one of his American university professors , and with the editor of a certain American music magazine , with whom he had spent a vacation in Hairi . |
| 7 | I explained , however , that because her arousal had clearly remained at a high pitch during uninterrupted lovemaking , she had indeed experienced a multiple orgasm . |
| 8 | So Harriet had n't worked at a regular job . |
| 9 | The Government had initially aimed at a 1 January 1948 vesting day for the new Central Authority and Area Boards to take over , though eventually a date three months later was agreed . |