Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could only hope that his Chelonian captors were n't engaged in fiendish torture or had n't cut off his legs or anything . |
| 2 | The conscious intent , and the time taken to perform an action that had clear symbolic content , drew our attention and created an out-of-the-ordinary impression . |
| 3 | The emission standards were set without regard to the constraints of technological or economic feasibility that had previously influenced policy-making . |
| 4 | Too much apple pie ’ , kicked its way into many ears that had previously been unaware of the band 's existence . |
| 5 | He managed to turn Llewelyn 's imposing new title , compounded of the old sacred name for a reassurance to the Welsh , and the added flourish for English ears that had scarcely heard of Aberffraw , into a satirical comment , but he did it with great delicacy . |
| 6 | Next , in the order in which she would need them , were her flannel petticoats , her cotton bodice and frilled drawers , her black woollen stockings , her long boned stays and the combinations that had so irritated her skin when she was small . |
| 7 | The deal that was eventually signed in April 1982 was , in essence , the deal that had not quite been signed at Christmas 1981 , giving Wilson an over-ride , but no percentage of the company . |
| 8 | Perhaps this is one experiment that had better remain a computer simulation , at least for now . |
| 9 | Charles Augustus Busby of the Busby and Wilds partnership that had already provided a number of distinguished buildings in Brighton laid out a plan on the west side for a new , almost self-contained , estate with its own church and markets , to be called Brunswick Square . |
| 10 | If only they had fought , screamed at one another , gone their separate ways , even had lovers … anything but the sterility of it all , a sterility that had finally been injected into everything they touched . |
| 11 | Minas Gerais , for example , wanted to gain some of the job-creating benefits of playing host to foreigners that had previously been concentrated around Sao Paolo , and did a deal with Fiat ; Parana acted similarly with Volvo . |
| 12 | This being must have been in some way necessary to humanity , it is inconceivable that this is not so , for surely there would have been evidence of at least one enduring civilisation that had neither ‘ god ’ nor temple . |
| 13 | In terms of active , practical government and politics , however , it was the Investiture Contest that had already begun to change the face of European government . |
| 14 | He next bestowed on his favourites all those offices that had hitherto been held by the Woodvilles , thus weakening their position and strengthening his own . |
| 15 | Trades that had once been skilled were being divided into their constituent parts so that less skill was required to carry out any one process . |
| 16 | There was a blaze in her eyes that had not been there before and he could see at once that she would not be at all manageable . |
| 17 | ‘ Will you excuse me , Maggie , ’ he said , wetness in his eyes that had n't been there a moment ago . |
| 18 | She felt a moment 's self-consciousness and doubt , because she knew she had changed , too ; that there were lines around the emerald eyes that had n't been there last time he saw her . |
| 19 | There was a wildness in his eyes that had n't been there before . |
| 20 | Marc 's eyes opened a fraction wider and she saw something in his eyes that had n't been there before . |
| 21 | When Harry Collyer joined Crystal Palace FC ours was a club that had not yet so much as played a 1st Division match in the Southern League . |
| 22 | Kenya has been the least affected , because it had never occupied a strategically important corner of a continent that had largely been ignored in the bipolar world of the superpowers . |
| 23 | The land for the strip had not even become available , Keker reminded him , until January 1986 , and the only aircraft that had ever landed there had stuck in the mud ; but North could not be persuaded that his memo was ‘ incompatible with the realities of things ’ . |
| 24 | Emily had taken her revenge swiftly , severing the ties that had long been between the Grenfells and the Morgans . |
| 25 | Above , I saw where a hole in the tin roof had been repaired with a flattened-out biscuit tin that had once contained Huntley and Palmer 's ginger nuts . |
| 26 | On 23 August 1989 , the 50th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet pact , an estimated two million Balts formed a human chain across the three republics in the biggest demonstration that had yet been seen . |
| 27 | Adam scanned his taut features , uncomfortable and slightly puzzled by the undercurrent of tension that had suddenly sprung up . |
| 28 | The universal franchise and freedom for all political parties saw the development of mass support for socialist and communist parties that had previously been suppressed . |
| 29 | Miocene/Pliocene trondhjemite , tonalite and ignimbrite comprise the final magmatic event ( 5Myr ) in the central Andes of Peru ; we consider that they were produced by partial melting of lower crust that had recently been , or was still being , thickened by magma underplating . |
| 30 | The health group took part in a nationwide survey into housing and health and started to investigate the research that had already been carried out into heart disease . |