Example sentences of "[conj] had [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flaws that had led me to sign a contract for yet another coffee table book on the British hills . |
| 2 | It was the thought of facing myself in the morning light , followed by a swift but burnished appearance on a TV arts review programme later that day , that had caused me to wake up damp and thudding . |
| 3 | It was not the beauty alone that had made me draw in my breath . |
| 4 | And I suppose it was instinct that had made me hang on to my thermometer ; the delicate tube was still in my hand . |
| 5 | Even placed amongst its own kind in the very best environment , the tips of the leaves soon browned and both the shininess and perkiness that had enticed me to buy the plant were wilting with each day . |
| 6 | I felt the spiritual strength that had deserted me flowing back as a warm glow that welled up inside , filling my being . |
| 7 | I stayed with Plowman , the Consul , and his wife : they had been in Addis Ababa for the coronation and had invited me to visit them at Harar . |