Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [that] " in BNC.
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1 | Claudine had phoned indignantly to say that you had taken Marie 's key , ordered the poor little thing away and taken possession of the farmhouse . ’ |
2 | Vologsky had not monitored all his automatic recording , but he had seen enough to know that things were really serious . |
3 | He had not had time to compare more than a few paragraphs scattered throughout each text , but he had seen enough to know that their contents were practically identical . |
4 | He had ignored everything she had said previously to indicate that there was nothing between her and Florian , so why should tonight be any different ? |
5 | Then there had been the months of creeping doubt , the lack of any real communication between them , and the hostile silences when Julius had refused even to admit that anything was wrong . |
6 | There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was , but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible . |
7 | I had read enough to know that the figures for anorexics who starve to death or commit suicide are frighteningly high . |
8 | I had read enough to know that the way the Bristol Cancer Help Centre promulgated was a considerable challenge , although how hard a challenge I was only to appreciate later . |