Example sentences of "[adv] had [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 She and Phil Morris together had hit upon this virtue out of necessity since the machines could still print only one colour and new machinery for multi-coloured printing was much too expensive .
2 Shirley had clattered noisily on the linoleum , had huffed and puffed and banged about , and finally had said with some passion , ‘ You 're barmy . ’
3 He had early become addicted to radical causes but latterly had settled on those related to animals .
4 And thence to Halifax where they had entered the town in their thousands , led by the women , Sairellen had been pleased to hear , walking four and five abreast , empty-handed and bare-headed as she had herself once walked to York , singing the psalm she too had sung on that day .
5 Chisnell ( 1988 ) followed 50 post-surgery patients who required the services of district nurses following discharge from hospital , and communication with community staff certainly had improved for this small sample .
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