Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [conj] had [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He 'd applauded politely at the end of every number , but seemed totally unmoved , and somehow that had made her try all the harder , as though it were imperative that she reach him .
2 He he 's arguing I think on a basis of , of the experience of the past few years that the situation now in China was a , was a rather variable one , that land reform had proceeded at different rates in different areas and because areas where different that had to be taken into account and Mao explicitly was going back to the idea that in the newly liberated areas the policy would be one of rent reduction , interest rate reduction and that rent and interest rate reduction had to be established for some time until the position had consolidated around rent reduction , around interest rate reduction and once that had happened you would then be able to go into land reform itself .
3 ‘ I could n't find the kids but just as had to pull out the fire brigade arrived . ’
4 But the gloom did n't lift , so she tried to make a triumph of running away , but even that had lost its glory .
5 After Mark 's funeral Robyn 's lips had been so painful that she had hardly been able to speak or smile for days — but then that had suited her fine , still suited her , although no one guessed , except Anne perhaps .
6 So she sat down very happily with her tea when she saw that Tom had accepted a cup as well and had brought in an extra chair from the sitting-room .
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