Example sentences of "[coord] the [num] [noun] had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 5 am the guns of both batteries had been spiked as planned , by having iron wedges driven into their touch-holes , and the two groups had met as agreed and set about their work of destruction . |
| 2 | By the 1990s the royal family spanned four generations , and the two princesses had acquired a husband each ( one marriage ended in divorce ) , six children , three children-in-law and half-a-dozen grandchildren . |
| 3 | Somehow the Customs officers managed to get me on board their boat , with Herbert and Startop , but our boat sank , and the two convicts had disappeared . |
| 4 | Two pieces of steel had been fixed in vices and the two men had set to work on them simultaneously . |
| 5 | All , or most , major socioeconomic groups and the six governments had believed that its benefits for their own interests outweighed its disadvantages . |
| 6 | In the twenty-two years since Ian Paisley had campaigned for Kilfedder in West Belfast , the world had been turned upside down more than once and the three men had crossed and re-crossed each other , like figures in a bizarre dance . |
| 7 | A spear , too spent to hurt , struck his own shield and found no room to fall to the ground , for by then men and shields were packed close around and behind him , and the three wedges had formed the svinfylkja , the pig 's snout , the secret of Odin that he hoped fur-traders ' sons had not been instructed about . |
| 8 | Abroad , gestures such as the dilution of the pre-1945 Falangist predominance and the 1947 referendum had achieved a certain relaxation in the hard line adopted by the members of the United Nations . |
| 9 | But the 1298 claim had set a precedent which was to be used again — especially by Edward III . |
| 10 | The communiqué that was issued after the meeting noted that the talks had been ‘ frank and useful ’ and did not disguise the fact that there were still ‘ major differences ’ on a series of key issues ; but the two leaders had achieved a better understanding of their respective positions and had agreed on the importance of maintaining a ‘ constant dialogue ’ . |
| 11 | But the two men had argued that the emergency had been going on in Northern Ireland for so long , it was a question whether it was a crisis situation or if it had become normal . |
| 12 | Mr Modrow said German reunification was not discussed at the one-hour meeting but the two sides had agreed to turn their dialogue ‘ into co-operation ’ . |