Example sentences of "had [prep] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mounted on a white horse , he rode into the city which had for so long defied and denied him . |
| 2 | Government-approved ‘ mousetrap ’ had for so long banished regional English cheeses , for instance , that they were given up for dead . |
| 3 | Many Liberals were deeply unhappy that , in the name of fighting ‘ Prussianism ’ , Britain should adopt precisely the system of compulsory military service whose absence had for so long distinguished the ‘ freeborn Englishman ’ from the less fortunate citizens of continental states . |
| 4 | The new Commonwealth was at least a genuinely voluntary union , and yet it was far from clear that it provided the answer to nationality differences that had for so long eluded the Gorbachev leadership . |
| 5 | The belief in Britain 's power to do good in the world , which had for so long underpinned popular internationalism , no longer seemed tenable . |
| 6 | There were some , however , who thought that the invasion came too close to the active resistance which Tories and Anglicans had for so long condemned . |
| 7 | Ludens made two journeys back to the house to bring remaining luggage , the suitcases which Irina had for so long kept packed , ready for the moment of escape . |
| 8 | Charles II took a personal interest it , matters relating to mining and it is reported that he united the old Mines Royal and the Soc. of Mineral & Battery Works which had for so long run as separate enterprises . |
| 9 | He opened his eyes again and saw a vision of the land of milk and honey to which he and a small band of pioneers led by their Rabbi had for so long planned to emigrate . |
| 10 | John did not pray immediately but turned to his wife ; he told her tenderly that their hour of parting had come , the hour they had for so long anticipated . |
| 11 | After Trafalgar , Admiralty instructions to the commanders of British men-of-war no longer ordered them to demand a salute from foreign naval vessels in the waters where Britain had for so long claimed such a right . |
| 12 | A central objective of the post-war welfare state was , indeed , to alleviate the problems of the urban poor , over whom Beveridge 's Five Giants ( Want , Disease , Ignorance , Squalor , and Idleness ) had for so long held sway . |
| 13 | But in the end he was toppled by these very same foreigners who had for so long manipulate Iranian life . |
| 14 | We had to pay , I did my arm in and I had to damn well pay |
| 15 | ‘ She 's not coming , ’ she replied , and she and Sebastian had to almost physically restrain him when she revealed that Rosemary 's husband was with her . |
| 16 | Elena Mederos , Minister of Social Welfare , Luis Orlando Rodriguez , Minister of the Interior , Angel Fernández at the Ministry of Justice and Sori Maríin at the Ministry of Agriculture , all of whom had at least partially opposed the Agrarian Reform , were also replaced ( Thomas : 1977 , p. 447 ) . |
| 17 | Instinctively Rachel knew he had at least partly understood the situation . |
| 18 | His former general , Lord George Murray , after a final reproachful letter to the Prince , had long since fled to Holland to end his days in exile , and most of Charles 's other leading supporters had by now either escaped abroad or been rounded up . |
| 19 | The fact that Nonconformists were so prominent in the new financial institutions became a source of deep concern , both for the landed classes , who had by now largely severed any ties they had once had with Dissent , and also for the old Tory financial interests in the City , who saw their former economic ascendancy being eclipsed . |
| 20 | Fauvism had by now largely spent itself , and Braque 's search during the following years for a more solid foundation for his painting drew him increasingly closer to Picasso . |
| 21 | We had by now almost reached the end of Main Street , where a group of girls was washing laundry in a stone trough under the shade of two huge , ancient mango trees . |
| 22 | The number of officially registered objectors had by now almost doubled , to over 20,000 , all of whom had to be entered on a database and then sent information . |
| 23 | He had by now enough saved up to pay his passage and his expenses . |
| 24 | Advanced age had by now somewhat mellowed my mother , with the result that I enjoyed my visits to the palace , for when the subject was other than myself she could be stimulating and amusing company . |
| 25 | Unfortunately other people in the camp had by then also realised her condition and someone had told her brother . |
| 26 | Airtours had by then already cut its Yugoslavian programme by a quarter , and offered customers refunds . |