Example sentences of "had [vb pp] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blazer badge reinforced the ‘ capture of bodies ’ philosophy which had sustained our earlier lives , but was created at the same time that I was compiling a paper for presentation at the national BMA police surgeons ' conference . |
| 2 | We watched them disappear into the dusk as we anchored at the little island of Likangloe , where we had witnessed our first python hunt . |
| 3 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 4 | The next week she came in especially to tell us she had joined our special club . |
| 5 | Twice I asked Ward about this , the first time just after we had come out of the cloud on the eastern slope of the pass and had caught our first glimpse of Cajamarca far away in the valley below , and then again when we stopped at the Baños del Inca to ask our way , the hot springs steaming beside the public baths . |
| 6 | Clustered in the doorway of the stone hut , intent and fascinated by the spectacle before us , we had forgotten our own fighters . |
| 7 | The combination of bombs , shells , napalm , bulldozers and herbicides had turned our tropical forests into a ‘ white zone ’ . |
| 8 | With the acquisition of in 1987 inherited a fleet of 12 bulk malt delivery vehicles — we had transferred our own fleet to a contract hire operator two years earlier . |
| 9 | We had made our own Garden of Eden . |
| 10 | Unwittingly we had strapped our two youngsters , then aged two and four , into their seats and pedalled towards danger . |
| 11 | Vicky pointed out that we had deposited our own jewellery in the safe in our room and that other guests had probably done the same . |
| 12 | However , having overcome that obstacle we headed down the major road for Arad and despite the large pot holes which had to be avoided and the need to keep your eyes skinned for mobile hayricks ( horses and extremely overladen carts with no lights ) doing approximately 2 miles per hour , we arrived at our friends ' home in Arad at around 8.30 very relieved that we had reached our first destination . |
| 13 | Steve and Andy had brought our first medal . |
| 14 | And what thick boots ! ’ cried Estella in disgust , before we had finished our first game . |
| 15 | Soon after we had finished our New Year 's lunch , we heard the familiar sound of the Indian National Anthem chiming defiantly around the flat . |
| 16 | Well , I suppose the Old Harry Rocks do bear a slight resemblance to the Needles , but I forgave him when I went up on deck and saw that Vigilant 's motor boat was following the yacht into Poole and had confirmed our proper position with Southampton . |
| 17 | ‘ As we had maintained our large weighting in overseas equities and cash throughout the period of UK membership of the ERM , this cautious perception of the political and economic risks being run has stood us in good stead . ’ |
| 18 | We had to be because we had lost our real families |
| 19 | By the time we had drunk our third bottle of wine Ellen and I had long reached New Zealand and were already sailing north towards New Caledonia . |