Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] in the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her fingers stiffened under the memory of the innumerable raps on the knuckles Sylvie had given her in the past . |
| 2 | But nearly half of those who had used it in the past , though not using it currently , rated it as never good . |
| 3 | I bought him different clothes , and had his hair cut , but to me he looked just the same , and I lived in constant fear that he would be recognized by someone who had known him in the past . |
| 4 | At the end of the book , she too dies , but not until she has killed everyone who had hurt her in the past . |
| 5 | Their entry into the Town Boys appeared to rest not only on the fact that they had gained reputations but also on their ability to maintain such reputations in the absence of the symbolic dress and tokens of status which had assisted them in the past . |
| 6 | They always came in for more than a little if they had offended him in the past . |
| 7 | When Jack was given the accolade of Best Actor by the New York Critics ' Award for his performance , he responded by sending them all a polite thank-you letter ; those critics who had mentioned him in the past had not been especially kind . |
| 8 | What had abhorred me in the past and sometimes , er , perhaps arrive and been to the church and say , oh by the way it 's communion ! |