Example sentences of "had [adv] finish " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they had all finished the coffee , Bob got up to pay the bill , leaving John to apologise for his misplaced piece of mockery . |
| 2 | When they had all finished Mike stood up and said thank you to everybody for coming . |
| 3 | There was no embassy in Naples but there was probably some consular representation although the War had only finished a couple of years before and not just Italy but the whole of Europe was hopelessly disorganised . |
| 4 | However , the majority of these had only finished the first level of secondary education — the fifth and sixth years following four years of primary school . |
| 5 | ‘ When you 've taken the tray , Cissie , I think you had better finish your flower-arranging , then get yourself ready for bed . ’ |
| 6 | He had bullet wounds said to have been inflicted by Mr Athulathmudali 's bodyguard , and had apparently finished himself off by taking cyanide , a method of suicide used by Tamil Tiger guerrillas . |
| 7 | Miss Easterbrook had apparently finished her revision . |
| 8 | He went on to the barn , where the farm workers had already finished eating and started dancing . |
| 9 | Sir Bryan had already finished . |
| 10 | But he had not finished . |
| 11 | Alida Thorne , who had not finished eating , listened , her thick jaws chomping up and down , her back turned just perceptibly to Dorothea . |
| 12 | ‘ Ah , but Buckingham had not finished — he had more to say ! |
| 13 | Because I had insisted on taking the photographs myself I had not finished the book by its deadline . |
| 14 | We should have headed for the nearest faux French bistro , be we had not finished our ‘ 89 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon blanc which nobody could spoil , so we sat it out . |
| 15 | Her parents did not seem to mind that he had no qualifications and had not finished his university course . |
| 16 | Fleury had not finished his first cup when this happened . |
| 17 | She raced upstairs , forgetting all about Mary and Reggie in their room under part of the attic , and shot up the ladder , which was still in position , for Philip had not finished . |
| 18 | But McLaren had not finished with the idea of the Sex Pistols yet ; he wanted to push the group further . |
| 19 | She had not finished it when Uncle Philip crashed down his own spoon on an empty bowl . |
| 20 | And Pushell had not finished unpacking . |
| 21 | She was , after all , only a young woman of twenty , who had not finished growing up . |
| 22 | The sergeant had not finished . |
| 23 | The bargaining had not finished . |
| 24 | The woman took the book and moved away , but the Princess had not finished : ‘ Oh , and Mrs Bannerji ? ’ she said . |
| 25 | She had not finished exhorting Dr Neil about this when McAllister , who could hear every word in the kitchen , returned with the tea-tray , staggering under its weight . |
| 26 | She would dearly have liked to have told him she was certain that Rosemary had not finished with him . |
| 27 | Glenavon had not finished yet . |
| 28 | ‘ This Natasha sounds quite a case , ’ Laura commented when Maggie had finally finished . |
| 29 | She began to pour the tea and when she had finally finished and sat down felt as if she had run the London Marathon . |
| 30 | When she had finally finished unpacking , she went and sat by the window again . |