Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [art] [noun sg] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a different system had prevailed at Wyvis Hall , or rather no system had prevailed at all . |
| 2 | The research was conducted through the collection of data at the conclusion of an investigation or once a referral had been dealt with and closed via other action . |
| 3 | Or maybe the mission had failed but she had survived . |
| 4 | And luckily the bike had fallen on its left side so the gears and chain ring etc were n't damaged . |
| 5 | The woman had rubbed herself vigorously with the leaves , and presumably the man had been exposed to some of the plant 's irritant oil remaining on her body after washing . |
| 6 | The horse soared through the foul-smellimg smoke and the General saw a bayonet reach towards the animal 's belly , but he slashed down with the sword , knocking the bayonet aside , and suddenly the horse had landed safely beyond the furniture and was running free of the smoke . |
| 7 | The Liberals had decided to end their pact and so the government had no firm majority in the House on which to rely . |
| 8 | What remained of the gardens was now given over to the university 's botany department , and so the building had been able to retain much of its outward character . |
| 9 | And erm my mother used to bake , and we used to take the clothes basket with the tins of dough ready prepared by your mother and we used to take them to the bakehouse at lunchtime , when we were coming back from our from our meal , the midday meal from home , leave them at the bakehouse and so the baker had finished his morning 's baking with his oven of his own bread you see . |
| 10 | I might as well , there was bargaining to be done and so the ritual had to be observed . |
| 11 | If the voting was equal , then there was not a majority vote to the effect that a ground of refusal as provided by 5.17 had been established , and so the application had to be granted . |
| 12 | The postal service was rather vague in these remote villages , and perhaps a letter had gone astray , for when we arrived at what we thought would be our host 's house , we found that the old perpetua did not know we were coming . |
| 13 | I suppose she was in the kitchen , perhaps avoiding me , and perhaps the boy had been instructed to entertain me . |
| 14 | The Poles took the matter seriously , but the League of Nations , saying that no-one had been hurt and perhaps the revolver had not been loaded , took no action . |
| 15 | And obviously a decision had been reached . |
| 16 | That was the end of her working , and anyway the money had been peanuts . |
| 17 | Snip , snip , snip they went and soon the bird had a beak and a neck . |
| 18 | But all the while he was learning and soon the time had come when he was no longer satisfied to design for others . |
| 19 | We lost three men in the sea , and soon the ship had holes in its sides . |
| 20 | The corpse of the rebel Moderatus rolled to and fro , and somehow the amulet had slid into the rocking skull cup . |
| 21 | And once the sex had gone , there had really been nothing left at all . |
| 22 | And once the war had come , the overriding sentiment was the desire for an early peace , desire the readiness to benefit in every way possible from the acquisition and exploitation of the occupied territories . |
| 23 | And yesterday the story had a happy ending when the man who bought the ring returned it with a mumbled apology . |
| 24 | It took about a minute to get the rifle in place and my head in the correct position , cheek by stock , and still the beast had n't moved a millimetre . |
| 25 | They were glad to see it , as they had packed some food in one of the suitcases , and directly the porter had gone they set about preparing a meal . |
| 26 | It was too late to be worrying over any implications inherent in spending Christmas with the Danbys and now the day had dawned Meredith was rather pleased she was going to be with company , especially after her sighting of the whatever-it-was during the night . |
| 27 | For months Weatherbury people had been discussing the party that Mr Boldwood was going to give just before Christmas , and now the day had finally arrived . |
| 28 | ‘ I have put my Spirit upon him ; he will bring forth justice to the nations ’ says God through the prophet And now the Spirit had come , and Mark 's account of the baptism makes it abundantly clear that he sees Jesus as the Messianic Son and the Suffering Servant , equipped or his … stupendous task with the Spirit of God promised for the end-time . |
| 29 | And now the child had come back , putting herself in danger for the sake of that brother . |
| 30 | And now the world had some tension in it ; now it twanged and vibrated with meaning and possibility ! |