Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bryan Atherton , director of finance at Teesdale district council , said their budget had come well within last year 's allowance . |
| 2 | ‘ Pubs , ’ he had said briefly at first . |
| 3 | Brundle , who had risen briefly to third place during the tyre stops , was again completely out of luck and , like Johnny Herbert , was forced to retire by a collision in which he seemed to be the innocent party . |
| 4 | When the cheers and the clapping had died down at last , Don Mini stood up to make a speech . |
| 5 | If that point , which coach Douglas Morgan had amplified repeatedly in last week 's aftermath , still needs re-inforcing , the coach was at least able to reflect with satisfaction on the birth-pangs of Scotland 's try . |
| 6 | If that point , which coach Douglas Morgan had amplified repeatedly in last week 's aftermath , still needs re-inforcing , the coach was at least able to reflect with satisfaction on the birth-pangs of Scotland 's try . |
| 7 | This is what I had set out for last week . ’ |
| 8 | She had read of Cupid , the little god of love , and of his wicked darts piercing the heart at the moment of understood love , and she had laughed a little at the idea ; but one of them had struck home at last , and she knew that on the two previous occasions when she had previously and disastrously thought herself in love it had not been love at all … |
| 9 | By the end of Elizabeth 's reign its population had risen to 11,500 , and though this was 2,500 less than the total number of inhabitants 200 years earlier , York had climbed back from sixth to third position amongst England 's provincial cities . |
| 10 | With about half a mile to go Elliott decided that it was time to make a move , and in a matter of a few strides Phar Lap had stormed up from last to first . |
| 11 | Enzo Ferrari has watched him in Monaco , where in the superannuated BRM he had held on to third place for a third of the race , and then at Zandvoort . |