Example sentences of "had [verb] [verb] in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vincent barely managed to keep his temper in check in the blast of this ‘ raw north wind ’ that had come howling in through the front door . |
| 2 | Three or four knights had come hastening in at the sound of their lord 's voice . |
| 3 | Brian had decided to move in with me and help pay the mortgage . |
| 4 | The majority of the court , while dismissing many of the arguments that had found favour in Re Anschuetz and earlier cases , did little to advance the position from that reached by the Court of Appeals in Re Anschuetz . |
| 5 | We ( along with our rival colleagues at Christie 's ) had hoped to succeed in including antiques and works of art in the clause of the new Hong Kong basic law which guarantees the exportability of certain types of financial assets after 1997 . |
| 6 | The worrying question marks over Rose McGarry , the events of yesterday , and Emily 's obvious unhappiness had combined to close in on him ; as though the world were shrinking , poised to suffocate him . |
| 7 | She had liked to lie in on Saturdays and Sundays . |
| 8 | ‘ He noticed the Rover he had overtaken closing in on him , ’ he told magistrates at nearby Witney . |
| 9 | He was angered , and for a moment was tempted to reply that Louise herself had managed to fit in to French society , despite her origins and her antecedents , but he curbed himself . |
| 10 | If Knowledge plc had failed to get in by the back door , it was this that brought the ideology of the market-place marching in the front . |