Example sentences of "they had [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had enquired if he was at the pottery and been told that he was not . |
| 2 | Kylie admits that the tour of the chic boutiques in Paris , London and New York gave the sisters a chance to catch up on a lot of the times they had missed when the demands of television companies just had to take priority over family . |
| 3 | The plantation owners were mainly Low Country Sinhalese from the littoral who were seeking to invest capital which they had made as entrepreneurs , and they usually hired Low Countrymen to manage their estates . |
| 4 | Some departmental heads had found the discussions within their departments to be very useful and two new heads of departments had found the appraisal to be very worthwhile in terms of taking stock of their situation — as something they had to do as of necessity . |
| 5 | and they had to they had to sit in rows and they had to do as they were told and they were n't allowed |
| 6 | They made it clear also , as they had to do because of the rules by which we work , that no such change could be put into effect without formal consultation and the consent of both Houses . |
| 7 | Cole adds that what actually happened when the Pioneers engaged in production was not what they had intended when they started their co-operative ; and goes on to offer a more detailed explanation : The Rochdale Manufacturing Society was set up in 1854 , Supposing that , as an expression of democracy , Co-operative principles are as valid for the producer working in the factory producing goods for sale in the Co-operative store as they are for the consumer buying them there , a newcomer to the story might find it surprising that the Pioneers ' belief is presented , if not itself as a matter for surprise , then certainly one for explanation . |
| 8 | It made up for all the poverty and hardship they had suffered , and planted a new , fierce determination in her to make her way in the world , to marry well and make up for all the injustice they had suffered because of her Uncle Harry . |
| 9 | On 5 January 1201 Philip , the notary , and Cardinal Guido were sent : they had gone before Egidius returned with the news that things were going very badly for Otto . |
| 10 | The Cohort Study interviewed a group of unemployed men one , four and twelve months after they had registered as unemployed in 1978 , before the massive wave of job losses , to discover their attitudes to job finding and being out of work . |
| 11 | All the girls were skilled at farm work , work they had done since they were very young . |
| 12 | Tears streamed down her face ; they had done since the first sound of his voice . |
| 13 | This they had done when they descended on the genteel town of Winchelsea . |
| 14 | Hodge and those around him believed Syngman Rhee should be encouraged and believed he could be controlled ; they were later to regret having aided Rhee 's ambitions to the extent that they had done when they found themselves exposed to Rhee 's mordant censure . |
| 15 | It was the first time they had met although he had known of her existence as he had of all the handful of people who lived , as the Lydsett villagers said , ‘ t' other side of the gate ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ They had met when he was a young and not tremendously enthusiastic policeman and she was a waitress in a seafront cafe . |
| 17 | They had met when John danced in the creation of Mardi Gras , which Stevenson both wrote and designed . |
| 18 | They had met when dining at English 's Oyster House , and were on their way back to the rebuilt Grand Hotel for a night-cap and bed . |
| 19 | In the past they had waited until after the school screening tests at 7-plus but felt that this was leaving it too late . |
| 20 | She thought how long and lean they were , a true artist 's hands , and remembered how they had felt when he touched her . |
| 21 | The day before they had noticed while coming home from school that an enormous mound of sand had been left there . |
| 22 | They had to ask if they wanted . |
| 23 | He had died before they could marry , but she still dreamed of their long walks on the Moor and the kisses which they had exchanged when they had managed to escape from her chaperone . |
| 24 | The child they had reared until some solution could be found . |
| 25 | Over the past few weeks , Apple has been courting the press with sneak previews of Lisa on the condition that the participants undertook not to breath a word of what they had seen until the machine was officially announced on 20 January ( simultaneously around the world ) . |
| 26 | The two policemen took statements from the servants about the last known moments of the occupants of the manor , and from Seb , Tom and Carrie , who described what they had seen as they approached the manor house the previous night . |
| 27 | Twice they had to stop because Richard thought he was going to be sick . |
| 28 | They had to wait while the Substitute put on his new galoshes , murmuring with a cigar between his teeth : ‘ Do n't want to miss anything this time … ’ |
| 29 | But now they had to wait until , as the advertising put it , ‘ The Bay Calls the Day ’ . |
| 30 | They had to wait until his father was ready . |