Example sentences of "[conj] had [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all that they were wrapped in fog , the revolver that had appeared in a gloved hand was all too visible to Sergeant Joe . |
| 2 | I told him to write down everything that had happened in a letter and send it to me . |
| 3 | It might be expected that where such clonal growth is possible , the struggle for existence over long periods of stable management would lead to the local dominance of single clones — those that had succeeded in a struggle for existence with others . |
| 4 | I just got a bit tipsy , that 's all , and had to sleep in a spare bedroom at the house . ’ |
| 5 | As for the hair which used to be trimmed by a top London stylist and had swung in a smooth shoulder-skimming bob , it had not been cut for months and was now bundled unceremoniously on to the top of her head . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ The car had crashed through a wall and had overturned in a marshy field . |
| 7 | Furthermore , Radio Venceremos ( the FMLN radio station ) claimed on May 29 that " special " Honduran troops had entered San Miguel department in El Salvador on May 27 and had engaged in a four-hour clash with Salvadorean forces , inflicting " numerous casualties " before being forced back into Honduras . |
| 8 | Her father , whom she adored , had collapsed the previous September with a cerebral haemorrhage and had lain in a coma in the National Hospital in Queen Square , London , for nearly four months . |