Example sentences of "had [verb] [adv prt] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the train in Aunt Louise 's mind had jumped back on to the rail for a while because it was then , in quite a conversational voice , that she began to speak of her daughter . |
| 2 | ‘ As the shier and more uncertain of the two brothers , his problem was n't to be wimpish but to be funny , and he knew immediately that the comedy had to come up out of the character , not just out of what he said . |
| 3 | Then my granny had to come out on to the verandah and interfere . |
| 4 | One of the soldiers had come up on to the cabin top . |
| 5 | Jilly Jonathan was sitting just as she had been ever since they had come out on to the terrace . |
| 6 | Then , not even glancing at the room beyond , or at a woman who had come out on to the stairs , she led him away to a small room of perfect luxury at the back of the house , which was clearly her own . |
| 7 | In the less than half light Owen saw that Georgiades had come out on to the gallery . |
| 8 | There was a stirring , a sense that at any minute the branches over his head might dip over him and brush his face , or that the roots that had thrust up out of the earth might wriggle and become alive and twine themselves about his feet . |
| 9 | Denholm , who had moved out on to the starboard wing , returned , lowering his binoculars . |
| 10 | Jasper had got down on to the floor and was grubbing about under the carpet . |
| 11 | And , after the two of them had slipped down on to the expensive and discreet rug , the rest of his body also demonstrated its unimpaired mobility . |
| 12 | Nutty discussed the problem one night with Biddy after the others had set off back to the factory . |
| 13 | He had clumped down out of the stand and , against the flow of spectators , was making his way towards that hidden dell . |
| 14 | The Muslim 's bird had gone back on to the offensive , swooping down with its spurs and ripping a great gash along its enemy 's cheek . |
| 15 | Everyone else had gone back out into the cold night air , except her three companions and the proprietor . |
| 16 | Some weeks beforehand , I think perhaps when we were in Japan , I had read an article that Carl had written in which he said that in the Zurich race in August , when he had trounced Ben , he had not deliberately tried to race anybody but had gone out on to the track to run his own race , do his own thing . |
| 17 | When Rohmer and Duvall had stepped down on to the top of the basement landing , Cardiff followed them , carefully letting the door close behind him . |
| 18 | Vocalists had to bob down out of the way during instrumental breaks , and those unfamiliar with recording technique had to be man-handled by the recording director to bring them close to the horn on low notes and push them further away on high notes . |
| 19 | One Fascist who had climbed out on to the ledge prudently withdrew , and the windows were closed . |
| 20 | But the men gave way , because they had no choice , and the next minute the car had bounced out on to the road , turning left , away from the village and up towards the dale head . |
| 21 | The official explanation was that a finish flag had blown down on to the mechanism and the timing had run on . |
| 22 | Steven cursed inwardly and had to step up on to a low wall above the height of the laser-axles to empty and fill his lungs again . |