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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 This had also featured strongly in the campaign of former Californian Governor Jerry Brown , whilst Clinton advocated a " play or pay " model whereby businesses would either offer health cover to their employees or would pay mandatory contributions into a national health insurance fund to protect those without cover .
2 Indeed , as a matter of political necessity at home , it had to assume ( and this had also weighed heavily with Roosevelt ) that a return to the " old power politics system " would be abhorrent to the great mass of Americans .
3 Hundreds had evidently gone straight to the station in Prague without contacting the embassy .
4 These had now moved away from the bright primaries of the early Sixties and included many rustic shades such as mushroom brown , sage green and sludgy blue ; colours , which were more reminiscent of the old-fashioned vegetable dyes and perfectly complemented the style of the dresses .
5 The third had said she could n't possibly ‘ touch a job where the mother was at home ’ , while the fourth had merely gazed superciliously around the apartment , before announcing that it was ‘ not up to my standards ’ .
6 Anthony had once seemed to want her badly , but that had hardly lasted even through their honeymoon , and he seemed to have seized on any excuse since Flavia 's death to avoid sharing her bed .
  Next page