Example sentences of "but had [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been successful up to the 1960s , but had latterly declined to being used as a bingo hall . |
| 2 | According to Le Monde , all the candidates professed support for the regime of President Gnassinbe Eyadema , but had not had to be approved in advance by the ruling and sole legal party , the Rally of the Togolese People ( Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais — RPT ) . |
| 3 | On Saturday May 18th she had gone to spend the weekend with an unnamed boy friend in Brighton , but had not returned to the clinic . |
| 4 | I went back to the beginning and started over , but had n't come to any conclusion when I reached the sign telling me that the Florabelle served the thickest steak in five counties . |
| 5 | We work more or less in the same area but had n't talked to one another for a long time . |
| 6 | Alyson , of Hazel Court , Middlesbrough , said she had had minor illnesses , but had always gone to school . |
| 7 | The UK and French governments had initially expressed a preference for " four-plus-zero " ( that is negotiations among the four allies without German involvement ) , but had subsequently agreed to the US proposal . |
| 8 | He had seen the priest in the refectory before , but had never spoken to him . |
| 9 | Close by squatted a very young Tominah whom we had often seen behind the older priests but had never talked to . |