Example sentences of "[pron] had by [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had by this time spent some years in the States , including a year living in an Anglican theological college , and had watched my friends become ordained . |
| 2 | I had by this time met the latter . |
| 3 | We received a call from the hospital , which had by this time received the results of the X-rays . |
| 4 | Initially at least , NHS resources were not being passed across to the local authorities and the voluntary organizations active within the Riverside DHA which had by this stage succeeded Victoria DHA in another reorganization . |
| 5 | However , she had by that time passed her eightieth birthday . |
| 6 | She had by that time , however , had a whole week in which to do quite a lot of thinking . |
| 7 | We can blame the schools for not providing the right conditions , we can blame the government and local education authorities for not giving sufficient attention to in-service training , but I think the buck must rest with people like me who had by that date been employed in teacher-training for just over ten years . |
| 8 | This lot have been brought into the barn for a rest , ’ indicating with his hand the others who had by this time fallen asleep , oblivious to the noise of the guns and the explosions very close to the barn . |
| 9 | He writes : Molla Hacihasanzade , who became kazasker for twenty-five years continuously through purposing the turning away and hindering of those capable of achieving renown by directing them to the path of kaza [ kadilik ] and of those who were spoken of as outstanding in excellence among their contemporaries by impeding their passage through the ranks ; and who had by this stratagem , over so long a period , found safety from the crush of those ulema who , by right of learning and excellence , might have passed through the ranks and become rivals to him … |
| 10 | There had by this stage been seven rounds of preliminary talks designed to arrange such a meeting . |
| 11 | Even this severe shaking , however , failed to cause alarm amongst the local people ; they had by that time been living with the eruption for many weeks , and it is remarkable just to what extent familiarity of even something as exceptional as a volcanic eruption can breed contempt . |
| 12 | He had by this time divorced his first wife . |
| 13 | He had by this time been child factory worker , apprentice framework knitter and short-term seaman , so his reaction is significant . |