Example sentences of "had [verb] [conj] [vb pp] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Purple Hour had come and gone and it was full night now , so that moonlight lay across the forest , gleaming coldly , silvering the outlines of the Trees and the silhouettes of the awakening naiads and dryads . |
| 2 | One had mange so badly it was nearly bald : it moped around , scratching the exposed pink skin that had cracked and flaked where it stretched briefly over the jutting spine and ribcage . |
| 3 | ‘ I was imprisoned and held captive by the very forces I had so long sought to perfect and that I had honed and polished until they were stronger and more glittering than anything ever known at Tara . |
| 4 | Jonathan looked upon all that he had made and found that it was very good . |
| 5 | The young prince had showered and changed since she had last seen him . |
| 6 | I wondered whether I had said something that I could n't remember , perhaps had shrieked or whispered that I would n't go back , but Lili said she had heard it was unusually hot for the time of year and unsuitable for a run-down person . |