Example sentences of "they had [verb] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they had received a further ‘ hammer blow ’ with a demand yesterday ‘ for thousands of pounds from the Inland Revenue for taxation which they had been told by Barlow Clowes had been deducted at source . |
| 2 | the ones who are , who have seen it all before , and done it from last year , because they had to split a smaller section of them up into the first year . |
| 3 | Up to 50 per cent of people with heart disease or cancer could probably have prevented or delayed the onset of their illness if they had eaten a better diet or stopped smoking . |
| 4 | By the time England won another Test they had played a further thirty , plus two that were rain-restricted and one washed out altogether . |
| 5 | Most , however , had reached and even overshot their maturity ; they had become the elder statesmen of their breeds : exceptional , memorable examples of the extremes nature is capable of attaining . |
| 6 | He worried persistently about the poverty of his social life and bitterly complained : By June 1949 they had reached a further stage in their relationship . |
| 7 | They had reached the further side of the field during this animated discussion and Meredith hopped nimbly over the gate with twice the speed and dexterity with which she had negotiated the stile . |
| 8 | Rangers , incidentally , are to issue every supporter travelling to Belgium with the club next week a booklet outlining the need for good behaviour in order to avoid an incident of the type in France which recently cost FC Brugge a UEFA imposed fine of £118,000 after they had reversed an earlier decision to have the match with Rangers played behind closed doors . |
| 9 | They had learned the finer points from a freebooter at Dover , later buying their own streamlined cutter and running it from Folkestone to the French coast , dealing in brandy and fine lace . |
| 10 | They had got no farther . |
| 11 | Two who were released , were later recalled , even though they had committed no further offences . |