Example sentences of "[vb pp] and had [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ the manufacturer had known that the fuel tank on its subcompact Pinto was defectively designed and had consciously decided to proceed with production in spite of the potential hazards . |
| 2 | The woman columnist at the Star argued that the judge as a man had no real understanding of what the girls had suffered and had unjustifiably let the youths off lightly with seven-year and three-year prison sentences . |
| 3 | I remembered that I had promised to see her about some poems she had written and had nervously asked me to read . |
| 4 | She stressed that her client only knew of the cockroach problem the day before the complaint was made and had immediately bought powder to rid the restaurant of the insects . |
| 5 | The vibrancers had truly believed what they 'd been taught and had never questioned anything . |
| 6 | Before long I was posted and had sadly to make my reluctant goodbyes to Yolande . |
| 7 | Elizabeth said that the place was full of letters she had written to someone who had died and had never received them . |
| 8 | He was nineteen years of age and had only just qualified to receive the King 's shilling ; but now he was a couple of inches taller , shaved and had even come near to losing his virginity . |
| 9 | Grainne thought it was strange that she had never before realised how many Kings of Ireland had been exiled and had later returned . |
| 10 | By then his beloved Company had survived and had even acquired an imperial role , which Sulivan had never envisaged . |
| 11 | Only one of these patients had been recruited and had then defaulted . |