Example sentences of "had from [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 After all , Woosnam had said one day that Phil Ritson , a grey-haired South African coach , had from a distance spotted something amiss with his swing on the practice ground , offered some advice and then drifted away again .
2 The torches , that had from the back played on and around him like searchlights finding the enemy , were switched off .
3 The most arresting libertarian thesis holds that far from constituting the vanguard of the proletariat , as it claimed , the party had from the start represented an entirely different class , that of ‘ intellectual workers ’ .
4 Because import duty ( 35 per cent on ornamented goods ) and freight charges , had from the start pushed prices up in the US , Peter now decided to make a virtue of necessity and deliberately aimed for an exclusive designer image with corresponding price tag .
5 He pointed out that they had from the start prosecuted a vigorous trial even though cross-courses had led to " vast expense " and that they were , as spiritedly as ever , carrying on " bold works " .
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