Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Original by the look of it , and so were the banisters , but someone had painted them a kind of snot green . |
| 2 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 3 | Harfleur had taught him a lesson : he must be properly prepared for siege warfare , all the more so since he now planned a conquest which could only be achieved through sieges and the show of effective military might . |
| 4 | The Intelligence Corps instructor who had taught him the trade would have had such a lock open with one twist but Maxim was out of practice and the lock was old and arthritic . |
| 5 | Childhood in the wings of her mother and father 's raging had taught her a degree of courage ; she never ran away from anger . |
| 6 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Down with the dog Ishaq , ’ yelled the crowd , passing judgment on the president who had sacked him a month earlier . |
| 8 | Sean had been bought a replacement knife by Wainfleet and had forgiven him the theft of the first . |
| 9 | She had heard it every year on Monaghan Day for years but she was unsure if Moran would allow any talk of the war . |
| 10 | Film and Filming magazine said the film had given everyone an insight into the thinking of Corman and Nicholson . |
| 11 | Clive had given her a lightning tour of the boat as soon as they arrived , but then he 'd disappeared up on deck to start the engine from the cockpit , leaving her to stow the shopping in the ice-box and cupboards and unpack her bag . |
| 12 | Her mother-in-law had given her a clock similar to one she owned , an old-fashioned clock with a great glass dome over it , that struck the hour with chimes , the quarter hours with little bells . |
| 13 | And then , instead of hiding until the passage was clear , fitzAlan had given her a shove and told her to wait in the last cubicle . |
| 14 | Once , she being childishly curious , her father had given her a sip of the tot of rum he had bought to ease her grandfather 's chest . |
| 15 | Russia 's peaceful acquisition of Georgia in 1801 had given her a foothold south of the Caucasus mountains which seemed to threaten Persian and Turkish interests in the Middle East . |
| 16 | She was in fact a magnificent figure of a woman , with no sag or spread ; only , nursing the children had given her a fullness of the breasts which would not lessen , although she turned the little Olivia over to a servant with a feeding-bottle as soon as one could be found . |
| 17 | When her mother-in-law got off the tram , Anna , waving to her , felt glad she had given her a bar of Zoya 's soap . |
| 18 | While Elizabeth was in Athens I had given her a proof copy . |
| 19 | It had given her a sense of power that was almost ethereal . |
| 20 | for , in her face and in her voice , and in her touch , she gave the assurance that suffering had been stronger than Miss Havisham 's teachings , and had given her a heart to understand what his heart used to be . |
| 21 | Antonietta had given her a blouse which , she noticed with interest , was of superior quality to her own . |
| 22 | She realised that not having spoken to him for ten days had given her a perspective she had not previously had — a perspective on herself as well as him . |
| 23 | He had given her a ring that did n't belong to him ; a ring he had stolen as he had stolen Mister Johnny 's safety and Hepzibah 's happiness when he had stolen the will ! |
| 24 | He had given her a sob-story and for a few hours — a few fatal hours — she had mistaken compassion for love . |
| 25 | He had given her a token , and he must come to add speech to his gift , according to the rules of gallantry . |
| 26 | I was surprised , but she said Bill had given her a list to be a help with messages . |
| 27 | They had given her a list . |
| 28 | All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen . |
| 29 | He had given her a book to read , Thomas Mann 's Buddenbrooks , which he recommended highly . |
| 30 | Fabia went to bed that night having seen nothing of the man who had given her a lift , but with other more important issues rising to the surface . |