Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] had [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was busy stuffing our cupboards , the fridge and the freezer with the food and supplies she had brought from the town . |
| 2 | Something in the loneliness and fear he had experienced during his ordeal told him that he did . |
| 3 | We sailed down the reaches of the Thames and , standing in the bows , I saw the river through the eyes of Marlow in Conrad 's Heart of Darkness , as a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of the sea " . |
| 4 | Her face closed in and she eyed him with a return of the defiance and challenge he had seen in her eyes at first . |
| 5 | MPMR leaders stated in a news conference that they did not regret their past actions and believed they had assisted in the defeat of the Pinochet dictatorship and the restoration of democracy . |
| 6 | But , instead of the freedom and ease they had longed for , all they felt was emptiness where once all was tension and work . |
| 7 | He 'd been like that once , he 'd trusted and believed , and look what had happened to him . |
| 8 | In addition carers often reported further expenditure related to disability and caring which had resulted in using savings and cutting down on normal expenditure . |
| 9 | She remembered Jeff and the deep affection and caring she had felt for him . |
| 10 | Against the Director 's advice , he 'd decided to despatch Sylvia into occupied France to try and discover what had happened to them . |
| 11 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |
| 12 | She was still in the dark coat and dress she had selected for the Jockey Club hearing and Nick was in pinstripes . |
| 13 | Corman called ‘ It 's a wrap ’ on Friday evening , and realized that he still had almost forty-eight hours ' usage left on the warehouse and sets he had rented for The Raven . |
| 14 | Those anti the showing declined to give their names and said they had come as individuals . |
| 15 | He pushed the door open and wished he had asked for a candle . |
| 16 | They eventually learned to speak English and explained they had come from St Martin 's Land , a twilit , subterranean place . |
| 17 | How lovely it would be to find the garden , and see what had happened to it in the last ten years ! |
| 18 | She could turn , look up the dark road , and see who had come after her . |
| 19 | Such was the emotion caused by the attack that it was some time before any of the defenders recalled that the Collector had not been feeling well and wondered what had become of him . |
| 20 | Athelstan , now listening with half an ear to Sir John 's recitation , looked out of the window and wondered what had happened to Benedicta and Lady Maude . |
| 21 | Isabel remembered the huge black warhorse fitzAlan had ridden before and wondered what had happened to it . |
| 22 | Makes him look more sexy , thought Juliet , and wondered what had come over her today . |
| 23 | Squatting in front of the fire door , Jess battled with a little pyramid of dried hay and sticks she had built under the copper . |