Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the late 1980s , Ceauşescu 's suspicions and caprices had whittled down the numbers of his long-term favourites . |
| 2 | At ten o'clock in the morning a monster had ripped up the countryside , devastation littering its wake . |
| 3 | Periodically the ship had literally sailed up on to the tug , ramming her bows against the stern , and finally the towing hawser had ripped out the capstan to which it was fastened . |
| 4 | Someone had ripped out the cables — more proof of attention to detail . |
| 5 | Then it got flooded because people had ripped out the pipes next door , which was empty too . " |
| 6 | When they had all left and her father , the grave-digger , had filled up the grave , Nigel would be alone . |
| 7 | Always till now that had filled up the moment |
| 8 | Whilst he was gone , Morse turned to the back of The Times and had filled in the whole of the bottom right-hand quarter of the crossword when Lewis returned two minutes later . |
| 9 | and and also not all erm there was reference made to , I ca n't remember which company it was , but somebody , you know , who was th not particularly literate had filled in the book . |
| 10 | Cadfael had been awake and afield more than an hour by then , for want of a quiet mind , and had filled in the time by ranging along the bushy edges of his peasefields and the shore of the mill pond to gather the white blossoms of the blackthorn , just out of the bud and at their best for infusing , to make a gentle purge for the old men in the infirmary , who could no longer take the strenuous exercise that had formerly kept their bodies in good trim . |
| 11 | Anyway , the mosque was one of the many subjects he felt it safest to avoid until he had plucked up the courage to go into one . |
| 12 | Instead , a ‘ position de barrage ’ a well-organised defensive wall was to be erected along the ‘ Line of Resistance ’ that Pétain had traced out the night he took over command . |
| 13 | If it turned out that Mrs A had gathered up the keys , the , arrest would be unlawful . |
| 14 | After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys . |
| 15 | They had gathered up the dolls in their arms , some of which were nearly as big as they were . |
| 16 | Nesting for the first time in the delta since the 16th century , the flamingos had flown up the coast from the southern province of Malaga after finding their traditional nesting ground in the Fuente de Piedra lake had dried up after a prolonged drought . |
| 17 | Liz 's gurgle of laughter had floated down the wires . |
| 18 | He ran the pub with his wife , an Irish woman who was known as Mrs Nora , and whose reputation along the docks had been assured the day she had broken up a brawl between a huge Turk who had just knifed two men , and a dozen of the wounded men 's shipmates . |
| 19 | Each of the hunt masters had signed their portion of the map , and each hunt had sent a brush — even those that had broken up no fox while she was in their country . |
| 20 | The judge said during the raid Munn stood in front of the counter and the man who had broken down the screen handed him out the £6,460 from the teller 's cash drawers . |
| 21 | Penelope Houston had pointed out the dangers early on , in the pages of Sight and Sound : |
| 22 | Ever since Ford had pointed out the location of the sepoy magazine Harry had been unable to get it out of his mind . |
| 23 | It was not until the cheers had subsided and Reg Pybus had pointed out the rashness of my statement that I decided instead on getting the match abandoned . |
| 24 | The night before , our host had pointed out the Building |
| 25 | The mortaring had eased off a bit . |
| 26 | His spectacles had shaken down the arch of his nose . |
| 27 | There had never been any doubt in her mind that she would look after her parents in their old age : they had given up a lot for her , she said , and that was how she could repay them . |
| 28 | And now , sitting legs stretched , on a chair too low comfortably to accommodate his six feet two inches , eyes fixed on that single taper , unflickering in the incense-heavy stillness , he could hear again the tone , taut with self-disgust , in which Berowne had explained why he had given up the law : |
| 29 | Doctors said that while his heart was fine , his vascular system had given up the ghost . |
| 30 | Who had given up the ghost . |