Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most reasonable assumption was that the French had pushed a cavalry raid across the frontier . |
| 2 | This had caused a ripple of protest . |
| 3 | This had necessitated a large number of meetings , particularly for the Socialisation of Industries Committee and the Social Services Committee : ministers had tended to bring too many items to committee ; senior ministers had wanted to keep an eye on their more junior colleagues , and as a result a heavy burden fell on a handful . |
| 4 | This had necessitated a rerouting of most rail traffic from France or the Netherlands into Germany . |
| 5 | Suddenly , this had become a special event and Lewis knew it , for his playing took on a new intensity as he began to alternate between rock ‘ n ’ roll classics from his early career back in the Fifties Sun era to later country material . |
| 6 | This had become a common occurrence . |
| 7 | This had become a source of irritation to her companions and only added to their resentment . |
| 8 | This had become a wilderness of weeds and bushes but hidden deep inside was a derelict conservatory demanding to be restored . |
| 9 | There was growing public concern at the high toll of deaths and injuries among servicemen in peacetime , and this had become a significant factor in the worsening problem of draft-dodging . |
| 10 | We had instilled in all of us a very strong sense of timing , which had to be to the second , and this had become a habit . |
| 11 | This had become a degenerative condition due to a fall early in his career . |
| 12 | Indeed , given the high claims monarchs made for themselves , and the excesses of adoration with which they were treated — and by the time of Mary Queen of Scots , this had reached a very high level indeed — we may wonder that so many of them retained any sense of balance at all . |
| 13 | For example , Lord Crowther-Hunt considers that the Queen would be perfectly " justified " in withholding her consent from a bill which sought to abolish the House of Lords even if the government proposing this had secured a mandate through the manifesto set before the people at a general election . |
| 14 | This had given a couple of extra feet of clearance , but it had also left the steel ends of the support joists exposed . |
| 15 | Over the centuries officers had had to nurse their wooden ships for structural reasons and this had provided a certain measure of protection against excessive sail-carrying . |
| 16 | Once this had yielded a conclusion , there was no room for further debate . |
| 17 | We went along the river bank : two smugglers were being hanged near Billingsgate and this had attracted a large crowd to watch their last dance . |
| 18 | As though all this had happened a long time ago . |
| 19 | If this had happened a few years earlier — ’ |
| 20 | This had left a problem in raising public awareness about the shortage because people saw a lot of nurses ( mainly trainees ) around the RVH ; but they are not all qualified to carry out the work . |
| 21 | Joseph had accompanied her willingly , but she had soon noticed that his manner was subdued and cool towards her , and this had added a vague new dimension to her unease . |
| 22 | To everyone 's astonishment , this had opened a whole well spring of bitterness against his regiment and precipitated a cycle of protests , killings , mournings , more protests , more killings , throughout the spring and summer . |
| 23 | In the words of Zohreh Tabatabai , Chief of Public Services of the United Nations in New York ; ‘ If this had come a year ago , we would have said ‘ no way ’ . |
| 24 | Their prospects were hopeless because the British had developed a command of the sea that was much more effective than anything seen in earlier wars . |
| 25 | The British had launched a powerful attack , and first Mersa Matruh ( which Mussolini had planned to enter in triumph ) fell , then Bardia and Tobruk . |
| 26 | After being educated in private schools he was apprenticed to a mechanical engineer , and before the age of twenty-one had attained a position of responsibility in the works . |
| 27 | The account he had written of his experiences at Waimea on 18 January 1985 had won a prize . |
| 28 | In one day 's march thirty-eight mills had had their plugs drawn in Dewsbury , the masters standing amazed in their empty sheds while the workers streamed out to join what to some had become a Crusade , to others a Pilgrimage ; an opportunity for revenge ; an exciting chance for a holiday . |
| 29 | Some had travelled a considerable distance for example from Australia , Germany , Belgium and the USA and were not disappointed by either the welcome or the expertise offered them . |
| 30 | The general relaxed and participative style of the course was enjoyed by the participants , as some had expected a ‘ chalk and talk ’ approach . |