Example sentences of "it had [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had surged forth in that dreadful shop in London , when he had stood transfixed — not , as Helen thought , by bunches of guinea-fowl but by the bare arms of the butcher 's lad adroitly trimming a carcass on a block beneath . |
| 2 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 3 | In the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election , in which there were on average almost seven candidates for each of the 450 seats , Rukh won the majority of the Kiev seats , but its leaders claimed that it had performed badly in most rural areas because of obstruction and electoral malpractice by officials . |
| 4 | For her it had worked well in some ways but not in others , which had mainly to do with the relationship between her and her foster mother after her son Sean was born . |
| 5 | Psychologically investors ' money would be locked in , often until it had dwindled overall to less than half its original worth . |