Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [conj] had [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she had not been prepared for his barrage of questions and had answered them almost truculently , she had made Nicky think twice about her simply because she seemed more direct and independent than most of the girls he knew . |
| 2 | It was noted that some staff were not aware of the whole background of questions and had found it difficult to reply to the questionnaire . |
| 3 | He had woken from his brief sleep , emerging out of nightmares that had left him drained and sickened . |
| 4 | Why did it hurt to learn that it had been the machinations of others that had brought them together this time ? |
| 5 | He talked as if he never thought in words and had to invent them to describe the shapeless , bulky concepts in his mind as he went along . |
| 6 | From his childhood , he had known the face , had seen it in paintings and had drawn it himself . |