Example sentences of "had [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family had gathered to mourn the death of Thomas Grenfell , weighed down by the shame of losing all his money , overcome by a sickness that he had no will to resist . |
| 2 | We crossed the huge market square where a great throng had gathered to witness the execution of two brothers found guilty by the Judges of Assizes of plotting against the King . |
| 3 | He avoided those parts of Paris where revellers had gathered to celebrate the New Year out of doors with drink and dancing . |
| 4 | Veterans had gathered to celebrate the reopening of the base control tower which had stood derelict for over thirty years . |
| 5 | A crowd of 40 , perhaps 50 , had gathered to watch the coming and going of the police and the counter-terrorism team . |
| 6 | He and his wife Beryl discovered churchgoers had gathered to see the two plant a beech tree to celebrate the vicar 's anniversary which falls on Easter Sunday . |
| 7 | The campesinos had gathered to petition the government to intervene in a land dispute ; between 11 and 23 of them , including children , were reportedly injured in baton charges and from the effects of tear gas . |
| 8 | A great number of crofters had gathered to discuss the partitioning of the good land of Green Hill but the Duke 's factor and the police arbitrarily apprehended the first eight to hand . |
| 9 | The Roundhead army had gathered to face the Cavaliers at Powick Bridge outside Worcester . |
| 10 | A few Commandos had gathered to read the notice . |
| 11 | In April 2 there had been a clash between the security forces and civilians in the Bassatine suburb of southern Cairo after the security forces had intervened to prevent the distribution of tracts hostile to the regime . |
| 12 | Several factors had intervened to bring the building surveyor to the fore . |
| 13 | Lydia had intended to spend the next few weeks alone attempting to eradicate these shafts of reminiscence , determined not to follow the common course and go round seeking replacements for her lost love : an undignified and doom-laden procedure , leading to recriminations and disgust . |
| 14 | She had intended to spend the day working on a preliminary plan for her novel , taking advantage of Philippe Bonard 's invitation to use his library . |
| 15 | It was with Rohde that Nietzsche had intended to spend the forthcoming year in Paris on what might have amounted to a non-classical refresher course . |
| 16 | Some 35 people were arrested , reportedly part of a 300-strong group whose dress showed their " fundamentalist affiliations " and who had intended to disrupt the march . |
| 17 | A grouping of Szekler people had intended to use the occasion of the commemoration of the 1848 Szekler People 's Assembly to hold a referendum on Oct. 19 in Harghita and Covasna on their autonomy . |
| 18 | She was closely followed by a club instructor who had intended to sound the crash alarm using the button in the control room . |
| 19 | Mr Barker had intended to sell the goods in the antique shop he runs with his wife . |
| 20 | The Ibrox club had intended to investigate the possibility of representing their player in order to make known their displeasure over his dismissal . |
| 21 | He had made the woman pregnant , and the woman had intended to have the baby . |
| 22 | The DUP and Vanguard had intended to boycott the local elections , saving their effort for the more important Assembly elections , but activists in both parties thought that the earlier contest should be fought , if only to make use of the free publicity that would be created and to have the advantages of a trial run and an early opportunity to canvass for the more important second elections . |
| 23 | Stella 's design , shaped like a leaf , would have exceeded the available budget of DFl.7.5 million ( £2.8 million ; $3.9 million ) by at least DFl.1–1.5 million , partly because the artist had intended to cover the walls and the roof with 5mm thick teflon . |
| 24 | By contrast , trade unionism through which Owen had intended to organise the Country as an industrial democracy stayed out in the legal cold . |
| 25 | Wigan had intended to spring the former Great Britain captain on an unsuspecting St Helens , their arch-rivals , on Boxing Day . |
| 26 | It was widely believed , at the time of the rising , that General Sanjurjo had intended to assume the leadership of the Traditionalist Communion as well as of the military rising . |
| 27 | Lindsey recalls that his first flight in the Corsair was , to say the least , interesting : ‘ On the morning that John and I had arranged to do the conversion , the weather was decidedly bad with poor visibility . |
| 28 | As our plans only allowed for one day on Mykines , we made the hølmur our main target , and after leaving our things in the empty house in which we had arranged to spend the night , we set off to follow the steep cliff path which leads to the bridge . |
| 29 | This evidence fits statements from Dennis Johnson , who had arranged to meet the suspected bombers around midday at 17 Campbell Road to hand over the keys to the holiday home . |
| 30 | Then they let me get dressed , gave me a pair of slippers , because we were n't allowed to wear shoes , and said I had to wait to see the Governess . |