Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Many years before , an uncle of mine had run along the top of that wall carrying a doormat which he had placed carefully on top of the chimney of the little building adjacent called the Reading Room . |
| 2 | He also recalls how the monsoon ditches — built to carry away water — had filled up with debris and rubbish and were beginning to smell . |
| 3 | Other groups such as the Essene sect had withdrawn completely from society to await the eschatological consummation of the Kingdom . |
| 4 | Florian had referred blithely to Luke 's owning them , with regard to his interest in the radio station , when in fact he was liberal in the extent of the leeway he allowed them , but in a personal relationship , she knew with sudden bone-deep conviction , his ownership would be total . |
| 5 | He had jumped out of bed , washed , shaved , dressed very quickly . |
| 6 | The Secretary of the Cabinet , Sir Robert Armstrong , who had stonewalled successfully on Mrs Thatcher 's behalf during the Westland inquiries , was sent to Australia in a vain attempt to stop the book being published there . |
| 7 | Brownswerd was recommended to the Master 's post while Leigh was still in , office , and his appointment was confirmed on , 9th March 1565 ; he had taught already in Wilmslow and Macclesfield , and was to teach later at Stratford-on-Avon and again at Macclesfield , where he died on 15th April 1589 . |
| 8 | After the elections charges were levelled that the federal government had intervened secretly on behalf of USNO in an attempt to undermine Kitangan . |
| 9 | One moment the sun had been hanging above the desert , the next it had plunged out of sight , leaving only the copper and rose and saffron of the water to testify that it had been there . |
| 10 | And it was coupled with devastating figures showing Britain had plunged deeper into recession . |
| 11 | During the war it had been a dangerous neighbour , but no bomb had fallen on it , although fire-bombs had spattered all over Mouncy Street and Decimus Street . |
| 12 | The SOC government suspended all private trading in gold and precious stones to stabilize the value of the riel which had fluctuated sharply in August , it was reported on Sept. 6 . |
| 13 | Andrew watched Virginia peck daintily at her food , remembering how Topaz had tucked in with gusto at the inn where he and Timothy had taken her . |
| 14 | The explosions started as soon as the last elephant had shuffled out of sight . |
| 15 | She never noticed if Alexandra was fully dressed or had stumbled straight from sleep in her night clothes but would welcome her always with the sweetest of smiles and a gentle reproof for leaving her alone . |
| 16 | Yes , we had stumbled back in time all right , to those days of portion control when catering managers were gods , working miracles of loaves and fishes on ever smaller plates filled with dry greenery and tomatoes cut like starfish . |
| 17 | Roel Pieper reacted strongly to claims by SunSoft Inc European general manager Peter Watkins ( reported in UX No 410 ) that Sun had developed up to 80% of Unix System Labs ’ SVR4 operating system . |
| 18 | Perhaps Islam had developed differently in Wimbledon than in other parts of the world . |
| 19 | They had stolen my good oilskins , but the thieves had never found my small stash of money which had been hidden in a redundant sea-cock , nor had they found the old Webley.455 revolver that I had hidden deep in Masquerade 's bilges . |
| 20 | Soon all the grown-up Minpins , excepting Don Mini , had flown away on birds and only the tiny children were left . |
| 21 | A young woman with her hands clapped over her head would say that her headache had flown away on wings , like a butterfly . |
| 22 | Among the other guests lunching were Mr Paul Marmin the managing director of Boucheron , and Mrs Marmin ; Mr and Mrs Hamish Renton , he is a director of Boucheron ; Mr and Mrs Eric Arnott , he is one of the world 's greatest eye surgeons , and had flown over to America that Thursday on a professional trip and flown home on Saturday . |
| 23 | It had taken her precious time to track down the people Lori had stayed with , only to discover , when she arrived , that Lori had flown off to Caracas . |
| 24 | Rasari , a soldier with the Fijian contingent in the UN Peacekeeping Force in the Lebanon , had flown back to Fiji specifically for trials in preparation for this title defence . |
| 25 | The Qulis — who were met by police at Heathrow — had flown back from Dublin after collecting Farrah from Limerick . |
| 26 | Nick was walking in the garden with his father-in-law , a tall , lean , bald-headed Scot who had flown down to London for a couple of days and come out to see his daughter between one business appointment and another . |
| 27 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 28 | He had flown in via Honolulu , but reportedly had not deigned to glance over at the still-visible wreckage of Pearl Harbor , just off the runway . |
| 29 | Instead , he drove away in the , ran over a kerb , got a flat tyre and kept going — to pick up Vicky Vanderford , whom he had flown in from California . |
| 30 | The one on the right had flown in from Finland . |