Example sentences of "[conj] had [vb pp] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been an horrific triple crash that had left two drivers dead , and the newsreel of that dreadful moment had shown a blazing object being catapulted clear of the wreckage . |
| 2 | It was a different Wedding Present to the one that had toured two years earlier . |
| 3 | In fact , by then Reagan had served a valuable apprenticeship in the communications industry and had completed two terms as governor of the most populous state in the union with a GNP comparable to that of Canada and exceeded by only six national economies . |
| 4 | Karen had dipped badly in her A-levels and had done two years in a commerce school before she 'd been accepted for her degree course . |
| 5 | By the age of thirteen he had twice been shipwrecked and had survived two epidemics of yellow fever , a hurricane , and two serious illnesses . |
| 6 | In that case the buyer of a new Nissan car had had it for less than three weeks and had made two or three short journeys in it for the purpose of trying it out , before the engine seized up because of a latent manufacturing fault . |
| 7 | The regime 's press and propaganda machine presented the issue as a triumph for the Caudillo , who , according to the officially manufactured version , had preserved Spain 's freedom of action by agreeing to reduce exports to Germany , but not to stop them altogether , and had made two major powers negotiate with , rather than dictate to , him . |
| 8 | We had moved with one small freezer and had bought two more mammoths — one of which was housed in the garage . |
| 9 | He had written her several letters , and had had two prim replies . |
| 10 | He had written her several letters , and had had two prim replies . |
| 11 | One day he had taken a walk in the country , and had surprised two lovers in a wood . |
| 12 | Mr Goldring said Allitt had been a trainee nurse at the hospital nearing the end of her contract in early 1991 and had failed two job interviews , one at Grantham and another at Boston . |
| 13 | She asked for news of Robin and Jenny , and Aunt Sarah launched into an ironic description of how a Japanese tourist half Jenny 's size and four times her age had proposed marriage to her ( ’ At least I hope it was marriage ’ ) , and how Robin had got locked overnight in the bar of the hotel where he was working and had taken two days to sleep it off ; and gradually Ruth fought down her feelings . |
| 14 | He had been sales director for the major British manufacturer and had left two or three years ago when they were absorbed into a large industrial conglomerate . |
| 15 | He 'd been corresponding with a local cricket scribe for five years before the trip and had recruited two current Test cricketers in Roy Minnett and Gerry Hazlitt , the dashing Dockers , Cyril and Philip , and an adonis figure in Norman Ebbsworth . |
| 16 | Ace , on the other hand , still had the Browning and the knife , but had added two packs of C-4 Plus to her pockets . |