Example sentences of "[coord] had [vb pp] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were at rest just now , as if Daine were pausing in his expansion or had met some unforeseen check . |
| 2 | Although he was a fully qualified pilot , he never to my knowledge ( certainly not whilst he was with No 7 Squadron ) was ever captain of an aircraft ; he had been second pilot , or flown as mid- upper , or rear gunner or had taken some other crew function , but at the same time he would be researching and demonstrating some aspect of a project that he was currently engaged with at the Institute . |
| 3 | The Lusaka casualty was originally owned by Pan American and had accumulated some 54 000 flying hours with that company before it was sold to Dan Air , and then a further 2000 flying hours were added before the accident occurred . |
| 4 | Portraying himself as political outsider , Perot had become a beneficiary of the current anti-incumbent mood of the electorate , and had received some impressive opinion poll ratings . |
| 5 | Prior to its involvement in the ESSE/L Project , School G had already developed its library resources and had nurtured some significant resource-assisted curriculum initiatives . |
| 6 | He had destroyed bedroom furniture , tipped Coca-Cola into the video recorder , broken mirrors , and had lit some small fires . |
| 7 | He was reputed to have a lightning start and had had some close races with Allan Wells . |
| 8 | This was no new departure : Charles I had wanted a strong navy , though his reliance on unparliamentary taxation to pay for it had led to trouble ; the Republic had gone further afield than previous governments and had won some notable successes ; and Charles II and his brother James had tried to build up a strong navy without becoming too caught up by the House of Commons and its desire to control policy by controlling finance . |
| 9 | One of his relations worked there , and had found some old warship with one magazine still loaded with the explosive . |
| 10 | One of Tony 's friends , Robin Whiteford , had been fishing in Sutherland and had caught some nice fish , including salmon and sea-trout . |