Example sentences of "that had [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 She replayed in her mind every detail of the night before , every provocative movement that had unconsciously invited him to make love to her .
2 It was the attempt by the men to boycott these employers , energetically undertaken , that had eventually led to the collapse , through debt , of the Northern District Board ( the predecessor of the STA ) in 1847. " - In later years several of the STA 's " forward movements " , that is claims for higher pay or shorter hours , began in Edinburgh .
3 He looked at Ronni as though she were a particularly disappointing novelty that had just fallen out of his Christmas cracker .
4 She gave her friend a significant glance and then clamped her lips together , in a parody of someone who was not going to say whatever it was that had just crossed her mind .
5 In an instant she was aware of every detail of her appearance from the upswept Titian curls , tamed for the meeting that had just broken up in fragmented dissatisfaction among the main body of the directors , to her neat cinnamon gabardine suit and matching high court shoes .
6 She was very doubtful whether this arrangement would continue , but it suited her purpose to conceal the row that had just occurred .
7 Panic , that was the first reaction to whatever it was that had just happened .
8 Madame then settled back in her seat and fell into a deep sleep for the rest of the journey , full of good food and wine , and liqueurs , while Ellie stared back out of the window and tried to make some sense of all that had just been said , and all that had just happened .
9 After all that had just happened , his apparent lack of emotion was impossible to bear , and a wave of anger washed over her .
10 A wooden scooter he 'd made tipped me over the handlebars on its maiden voyage and he picked it up and smashed it to smithereens against a lamp-post , as if it were a cobra that had just delivered a fatal bite .
11 This was the plea of a young Eritrean boy as he was being dragged back to the plane that had just brought him to the UK , when in September 1990 , he and his sister were denied access to the asylum procedure .
12 After all , here was a company that had just performed unparalleled feats .
13 Their beauty outstanding , Their grace unmatched , Their tender babies that had just hatched .
14 My brain began to overheat at the sheer scale of the disaster that had just overtaken me .
15 Right now there was more danger in the strange , yielding weakness that had just taken her by surprise .
16 At last , pulling herself together , she went to give Joanna and Helen a watered-down version of the scene that had just taken place — watered-down because , for some subconscious reason , she felt that Dawn 's story was not quite believable .
17 As their lips met , she knew in a flash that this kiss of love was even more wonderful than the words that had just thrilled her .
18 They set off from the same place but , like pieces of something that had just exploded , they each took a different course across the lawn .
19 On one occasion he was about to go on board a ship that had just anchored when unforeseen business detained him .
20 She was like a larger than life fantasy that had just come true .
21 While the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum , he helped in creating the new displays for the Museum 's collection of classical antiquities that had just come out of wartime storage .
22 Johnson 's , I was soon to learn , was typical of other South Seas stores — more like a warehouse than a shop , with new lines that had just arrived by boat piled up against the shelves of the barn-like building .
23 Before I knew what I desired , the desire itself was gone , the whole glimpse withdrawn , the world turned commonplace again , or only stirred by a longing that had just ceased .
24 The Pacific Basin became the world 's key trading arena — and as a result the world was forced to take much more notice of Pacific Island groupings that had barely made the global news since World War Two .
25 The stout , hump-backed surgeon — circumspect , but perky and confident ; Morse — looking distinctly weary , his jowls semi-shaven by an electric razor that had seemingly passed peak efficiency , and yet somehow , somewhere underneath , a man on the side of the angels .
26 He did not listen too closely to the small , cold voice that had persistently asked how far they could trust Caspar .
27 Over the last year , I have had to replace my steam iron and hairdryer that had both developed faults .
28 Though nothing had altered , somehow the fall had shattered the ice that had temporarily walled her up .
29 What is unexpected is the extent to which decline has extended beyond the conurbations into those adjacent districts that had previously grown so rapidly ( Spence et al .
30 We had from the outset a desire to cross barriers that had previously existed and to get involved in community groups .
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