Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [vb pp] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sold off the mine 's equipment , including the water pumps that had kept the 1,500 foot shafts dry . |
| 2 | Even a change of name — from the Windscale that had witnessed the 1957 fire to the brave new world of Sellafield — has failed to expunge public hostility . |
| 3 | The dream that had brought the two of them to the other side of the globe was wedging a distance between them . |
| 4 | Constructed " on a large scale " , she was en route from her birthplace in Scotland to London , and had steamed the 120 miles from Milford Haven against a head wind at an incredible 10 knots . |
| 5 | The once dominant Lotus 72 had lost its edge ; Chapman was developing the 77 and had abandoned the 76 . |
| 6 | At Christmas he had insisted on hanging up Robert 's stocking on the end of his bed , and had suggested the two of them visit the Cranborne School carol service . |
| 7 | With the fanaticism and blind obedience demanded of a Triad warrior , the dying oriental had sacrificed himself to carry out his brutal superior 's final order , and had detonated the four firebombs ! |