Example sentences of "that had [vb pp] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been Mme Guérigny 's and Montaine 's intimacy with the creatures of the forest that had given them the idea of hiding their deserter in the cave . |
| 2 | Spain was still deeply divided by the war and the choice of its commemorative dates ( such as " Victory Day " , or 18 July ) for the announcement of important political decisions was a tactic frequently used by Franco , reminding people that it was the outcome of the war that had given him the power to alter the country 's course as he thought fit . |
| 3 | The one Masklin had found in the Store , the one that had given him the idea for driving the Truck . |
| 4 | In her memory it was too bleak , too desolate , and that had given it an added power . |
| 5 | We re-learnt the lessons that had made us a free , harmonious and prosperous nation in the past . |
| 6 | Matthew McIllvanney was not the real boss of Cutwater Yacht Charters ( Bahamas ) Limited , which belonged to a retired theatre owner who now lived in Bermuda and was a long-time friend of my father , a friendship that had secured me the job of skippering Wavebreaker when Masquerade was wrecked , but McIllvanney actually looked after the day-to-day running of the charter business . |
| 7 | He nodded over at the coat that had cost him an arm and a leg . |
| 8 | They had co-operated on several criminal cases ; the scoops that had brought her the professional acclaim she revelled in . |
| 9 | ‘ There is another point , Dr. Briant , ’ Kegan said hastily , regretting the self-indulgence that had allowed him the dig at Briant . |
| 10 | And his own man in the Washington Field Office , the CI-3 team , and putting in the longest hours and never a word of complaint , and that had won him the job in the Attaché 's office in Rome . |