Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marlin had given them both a detailed description of the assailant , and instructions to let nobody up to the second floor without Ms Odell 's permission , and even then they were to accompany the visitor to the apartment door , and escort them out if his guest chose not to see them . |
| 2 | ‘ What happened was Chester Thompson brought them all down , because he had met me about a year prior to that and we just corresponded . |
| 3 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 4 | Years at an English public school , punctuated by all-too-brief holidays in Italy , had made him almost a stranger within his family . |
| 5 | If she had made it just a few feet further she would have found safety in the homely atmosphere of the estate where she lives with her family . |
| 6 | Her ‘ usual stuff ’ had built them both a fabulous reputation and in any case he was n't too sure how she would take such a phrase . |
| 7 | Life as the artists had known it only a few weeks earlier no longer existed . |
| 8 | They had in any case been considering asking me to remove her , as she had caused them quite a lot of trouble in one way and another . |
| 9 | I had borrowed it about a week before . |
| 10 | Eva said it had taken them nearly a month to get booked up . |
| 11 | It had taken them only a short time to realise they were from opposite sides in the Therapeutic Wars , but it had caused little friction . |
| 12 | It had taken him only a few moments to discover , from his wife 's tirade , that Hank 's book was not quite so innocent as he had imagined ; however , any book that made so much money was a good book , in his opinion , and he had defended Hank hotly . |
| 13 | It had been intended , purely and simply , as an insult , but it had come out with just a hint of that genuine curiosity that so unexpectedly had afflicted her just a moment before . |