Example sentences of "had [adv] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson felt only dimly aware of Miss Blagden 's kindness but later came to realise this sign and evidence of human concern had most probably saved her that time from real madness . |
| 2 | One effect of the nation 's defeat was that many of the elements of ‘ Japanese spirit ’ , as well as the individuals who had most vocally espoused them , were discredited . |
| 3 | That Ben Braithwaite had most ardently desired her was beyond question . |
| 4 | Unlike Napoleon 's mother , Elena Petrescu left no memorable quotation or hint that peasant-wisdom had perhaps already prepared her for her world to be turned downside-up again . |
| 5 | Doctor Nesbitt had suggested that the shock had perhaps temporarily deranged him , and up till this moment he had agreed with him , but suddenly now the young fellow seemed to know what he was about . |
| 6 | And yes , I suddenly recollected the image of the small shining triangle of a Stanley blade being passed out of the driver 's cabin : an image that had only momentarily concerned me . |
| 7 | I had only just noticed her — so I must have been taking things seriously — but she was worth waiting to be polite to . |
| 8 | It was as if she had needed to do this for such a long , long time , but had only just realised it . |
| 9 | That Fran had no intention of doing just that had only just struck him , and he did n't like it one little bit ! |
| 10 | Bridget had only just beaten her to it . |
| 11 | Then he frowned , as if her words had only just reached him . |
| 12 | Both Adie Smith and Jason Pratt phoned to say they had only just heard we have two games on Saturday . |
| 13 | Grandad Terry Potter had only just installed it to stop Adam 's bids to get into the street at Barnsley , South Yorks . |
| 14 | At the cinema , under cover of darkness , he put his arm around her tentatively , but was always ready for rejection , and he had only twice kissed her . |
| 15 | He eased me into a role he had only half-consciously cast me for without my noticing it and , by emphasizing the physical attraction I had for him , he made me feel imperative . |
| 16 | Pursuing this theory , we attributed to him some great and unhappy love , and then surmised that he had only ever confessed it to Madame , perhaps in the days of his terrible drunkenness . |
| 17 | I had only ever seen them in a tank or on a slab and this was totally different . |
| 18 | Lizzy had adored her father and he had only ever let her down . |
| 19 | His daughter 's latest love — and why she had so precipitately left him , he was about to find out . |
| 20 | It was as if , during the time when she had so strangely loved him , she had relied upon Patrick , hoped for him , dreamed of him , run to him as to his love for her : a love which had never existed and could now never exist . |
| 21 | She saw his mouth , the mouth that had so nearly covered hers , curve into a provocative smile . |
| 22 | He was shifting in her mind suddenly , stepping out of the shadows she had so forcibly pushed him into in self-defence , and she realised her attraction to him was more than just physical . |
| 23 | Occasionally they are led through the freshly flooded rice-paddies to turn and fertilize the soil ; otherwise their duties extend only to being sacrificed at noble funerals such as these , and leaving their magnificent horns attached in layers to the Toraja houses whose residents had so generously supplied them . |
| 24 | Unaccustomed to such tenderness from this man who had so rarely shown her anything but contempt and passion , Maria found herself beginning to tremble , while a hot , smarting sensation afflicted her eyes and emotion tightened her throat . |
| 25 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 26 | And any hope Laura might have had of at last having that ‘ long talk ’ which Ross had so faithfully promised her had been dashed on opening the front door of the apartment . |
| 27 | The drive back from Casa Pinar had been heartbreaking , passing through the villages Fernando had so excitingly guided her through days before . |
| 28 | Wolsey just quivered in terror , shaking like one of the jellies his chefs had so recently served us . |
| 29 | Charles was equally determined to confront the men who had so recently betrayed him . |
| 30 | Our family were constant visitors , of course , and many friends — the same , dear kind people who had so readily transported me to the hospital for the nightly visiting . |