Example sentences of "had used [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In an analysis of the 1987 accounts of 470 banks the Commission had found that the three major banks had used such reserves to cover up losses , and that 46 out of 65 banks , which in fact made a loss in 1987 , had reported profits .
2 I laughed at the times people had used that sentence to me .
3 Before we did , no one had used that door for years .
4 He was so close that Polly could feel his body warmth and smell the soap he had used that morning .
5 I was ill , but he did n't know actually that I had used that method .
6 He had used another word of power .
7 In their defence , administration officials reply that if they had used more force — for example , to block a third road used by Noriega 's reinforcements -there would have been an unacceptable risk to American troops and Panamanian civilians .
8 The plaintiffs contended that their business plan was confidential , that the items of information relied upon were sufficiently confidential to be protectable after termination of the defendants ' employment and that it could be inferred that the defendants had used those items by virtue of alleged similarity between figures appearing in the respective business plans .
9 Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit .
10 Almost half had used some training units , but from our observations it was clear that the guidelines for use were rarely followed closely .
11 Suppose one of them had used this knife onm me ?
12 She had n't realised that Elise had used this space for storing things which were n't often needed .
13 It is highly significant that he had used this expression in a letter written from the conclave to a friend , Giuseppe Piazza , the Bishop of Bergamo : ‘ My soul finds comfort in the thought that a new Pentecost can blow through the Church , renewing its head , leading to a new ordering of the ecclesiastical body and bringing fresh vigour in the journey towards truth , goodness and peace ’ ( Capovilla , 1978b , p. 47 ) .
14 The EPLF claimed that the government had used this lull in the fighting to build up its military strength .
15 Obviously the men who had used this room over the years had tried to flick their cigarettes into the hearth from the bed , and the majority had missed .
16 Empty bottles and beer-cans littered the tunnel floor : other people , it seemed , had used this place as a shelter .
17 Yet if the density of her father 's silence spoke true , then Madcap Agnew had used this place to make of that mystery something vile indeed .
18 This was the first time he had used this mechanism to force through legislation rejected by parliament , and the ANC warned that it would nullify the legislation if it gained political power .
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