Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [noun] had [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably Miss Philimore had placed some sort of order before she left , forgetting that she would no longer be around to take delivery . |
| 2 | It had been an exhausting day , Blanche reflected in the matter of a second : Christine Mills had unburdened her thoughts , Spittals had ordered her off the case , and now Marek Nowak had chosen that moment to reveal another fragment of the truth . |
| 3 | Little Marjorie Postine had refused all offers , and seemed content to remain up in her room all day , with the curtains drawn . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Within moments of climbing on board , Kelly could see why Billy Liar had won few friends at the yard . |
| 6 | It was a voyage of close on two thousand miles and , allowing for eventualities , it would be a month at least before we were within striking distance of the position where Charles Sunderby had had that brief sighting of the Andros . |