Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billy squinted at him ; his heart had stopped hammering with fright . |
| 2 | Clearly I had arrived between downpours of the searing acid rain , while none of the local wildlife had come looking for snack in my vicinity . |
| 3 | There was also one student who had taken the baccalaureate — a combination of ten subjects , arts and science ; she had considered changing to English in her first term at university . |
| 4 | The sight of a twig she had picked bursting into bud in a vase was enough to send her in raptures . |
| 5 | The Ministry of Agriculture had imposed monitoring on breeding flocks — which supply the hatcheries with eggs , which go on to be egg laying hens or meat producing poultry — and on laying flocks . |
| 6 | Certainly there had been times when he had started to caress her and then , with a certain boyish sweetness , had turned lovemaking into conversation , letting the moment pass . |
| 7 | She pointed to the sleek white pleasure yacht which I had seen lying at anchor at the foot of the small hill , and chaffed Baker , ‘ I always have the feeling he 'd rather be on the water than on dry land . |
| 8 | ‘ Work ? ’ he said , raising his eyebrows and looking at her as though she had said drilling for oil or prospecting for gold . |
| 9 | This had been one of the 150 organizations that had written asking for patronage when Diana became engaged , and had been turned down . |
| 10 | In fact , only one serious relationship lay behind her , with a Wellington actor who read news bulletins in order to eat , and it had died owing to lack of feeling , disappointing them both at the time , but Maria had philosophically absorbed the lesson at the heart of the sad experience . |
| 11 | Following the data which was being projected on to the tiny screen , it was clear that the telemetry and guidance modules had performed according to specification . |
| 12 | After Precious Link had led turning for home in the Peter Cazalet Memorial to score by six lengths from Super Express , Simon Earle , rider of the runner-up , complained that his mount had got unbalanced and made a mistake at the second last because Precious Link had taken his ground . |
| 13 | Both the Lithuanian and Latvian leaderships had renewed calls during November for a Red Army withdrawal , and on Nov. 14 the Latvian Supreme Council ( formerly Supreme Soviet ) had authorized cutting off food and power supplies to Soviet military bases . |
| 14 | If things had gone according to plan , Jack would n't have been within 325 000 kilometres of Apollo 13 on that fateful day , 13 April . |
| 15 | If everything had gone according to plan then Joe was well and truly out of the picture , and he , Michael , had the perfect alibi . |
| 16 | The first part of the day had gone according to plan . |
| 17 | Everything at first had gone according to plan . |
| 18 | Once the more than 7,000-strong audience had packed the Albert Hall , and the smell of pot had begun to drift across its Victorian arches , it became clear that not all had gone according to plan . |
| 19 | If everything had gone according to plan , he 'd be able to spend some of the £29,000 he 's due from a Maxwell pension fund . |
| 20 | As in South Africa itself , the authorities had increased spending on education over the last few years , so that qualified teachers are fairly well paid , and except in the poorest regions , school building stock is in reasonable repair . |
| 21 | In the other boat , the priest had started gabbling in Latin — the Dies Irae , by the sound of it . |
| 22 | Since she had started going to therapy , these notes had got longer and more articulate . |
| 23 | He took careful aim with his second barrel at a smaller buffalo that had begun circling in dismay , and they heard the dull thud of his successful shot echo clearly across the plain . |
| 24 | This Act amended the 1944 legislation which had divided schooling at age 11 between primary and secondary , by allowing the break to come between the ages of 10 and 12 , to cover the development of middle schools . |