Example sentences of "had [vb pp] between [art] [num] " in BNC.

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1 Black pretended not to overhear , but mused at the private world of women and the bond that had formed between the two .
2 Nigel Richardson , of merchant bank S G Warburg , said Mr Lamont had faced a fine judgment between an electoral giveaway and financial prudence , but had fallen between the two .
3 By the time they sat down to a light but elegant dinner , a warm rapport had grown between the two women .
4 ( In 1984 the late Emperor Hirohito had told visiting South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan that it was " regrettable that there was an unfortunate past incident between us " , but did not explicitly accept Japanese responsibility for what had occurred between the two countries . )
5 He distinguished between the 1960s and the 1970s , arguing that the balance of significant factors had shifted between the two periods .
6 Only several weeks later , as she lay stifling in her cabin on a filthy steamer from Trebizond , did she reflect that the Kurd , in the whole time he had been with them , had executed Miss Fergusson 's commands with punctiliousness and honour ; further , that she had no means of knowing what had passed between the two of them that last night in the cave .
7 There appeared to have been a possibility that , contrary to correct practice , financial information had passed between the two men .
8 Little conversation had passed between the two detectives until , an hour out of Oxford , Morse ( looking , as Lewis saw him , still rather tired ) had crossed those final ‘ t's .
9 The insult , and the reversion to Vologsky 's surname , snapped the last thread of the bond which had existed between the two men .
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