Example sentences of "she had [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , she had lingered long enough to watch a tanker ploughing a parallel course , though in the opposite direction , probably bound for the big oil refinery . |
| 2 | Rather to Folly 's surprise , Lisa seemed to have things well in hand by the time she had calmed down enough to return to the Rose Bowl . |
| 3 | She had gone along once to pay a casual visit and found one of Nenna 's youngsters , the little one , cooking some kind of mess for him in Dreadnought 's galley . |
| 4 | She had wanted so desperately to find out the truth about Luke , but now that was the last thing she wanted to know . |
| 5 | And she had wanted so badly to stay alive . |
| 6 | She had tried hard not to fall in love with him , preferring to play the field and maybe trap a man whose heart was fancy free . |
| 7 | She had tried hard not to think about what might happen to them when the men returned , but , as evening began to draw in , panic fluttered in her chest . |
| 8 | She had looked round once to see if her guests were all in situ and observed that almost all the chairs were occupied . |