Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Original by the look of it , and so were the banisters , but someone had painted them a kind of snot green . |
| 2 | Gifford Tate had painted it a few weeks before she died . |
| 3 | Well , he had taught them a swift , certain lesson : that no ten hired lackeys of the Emperor Karl Franz were a match for a single noble son of Bretonnia . |
| 4 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 5 | Harfleur had taught him a lesson : he must be properly prepared for siege warfare , all the more so since he now planned a conquest which could only be achieved through sieges and the show of effective military might . |
| 6 | Childhood in the wings of her mother and father 's raging had taught her a degree of courage ; she never ran away from anger . |
| 7 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Down with the dog Ishaq , ’ yelled the crowd , passing judgment on the president who had sacked him a month earlier . |
| 9 | And that , I swear to you , dear reader , was the first moment since my awakening at which I had realised what a very special day it was . |
| 10 | It was obvious that they , too , had realised what a professional job it was , something reflected in their searching questions as to whether she thought she had any enemies . |
| 11 | Lowell had heard them a few times before on the Sundays when life was normal and they were just background music at the commencement of an ordinary day . |
| 12 | By the time I had heard it a fifth time , one of football 's most respected managers stood accused of everything from gross indecency to impotence . |
| 13 | The addicts thought they were injecting a synthetic heroin , instead they had given themselves a permanent Parkinson-like condition . |
| 14 | The Coalisland — Dungannon march had given everyone a good day out and had used up a lot of their energy by the time the moment of confrontation arrived . |
| 15 | Film and Filming magazine said the film had given everyone an insight into the thinking of Corman and Nicholson . |
| 16 | A male friend had tried to dissuade Hale from seeking a much needed job and had given her a thousand dollars to buy ‘ the most beautiful dress in New York ’ , telling her that what she needed was to find a rich husband . |
| 17 | When her mother-in-law got off the tram , Anna , waving to her , felt glad she had given her a bar of Zoya 's soap . |
| 18 | Antonietta had given her a blouse which , she noticed with interest , was of superior quality to her own . |
| 19 | Penny was Sixer of the Kelpies , and when her granny had given her a beautiful budgie for a birthday present she decided to name it Kelpie after her Six , especially as the bird had a little silver patch on his throat — just as if he was wearing the Promise Badge , Penny pointed out gleefully . |
| 20 | Meg remembered , shuddered with the memory ; the whole deal : he had given her a just beating , then pissed all over her . |
| 21 | I was surprised , but she said Bill had given her a list to be a help with messages . |
| 22 | While Elizabeth was in Athens I had given her a proof copy . |
| 23 | Once , she being childishly curious , her father had given her a sip of the tot of rum he had bought to ease her grandfather 's chest . |
| 24 | She was in fact a magnificent figure of a woman , with no sag or spread ; only , nursing the children had given her a fullness of the breasts which would not lessen , although she turned the little Olivia over to a servant with a feeding-bottle as soon as one could be found . |
| 25 | Scottish ancestors , one of whom had married a Cree , ( who was , of course , never mentioned by any member of the family ) , had given her a physical and mental toughness which enabled her to fight methodically for anything she wanted badly . |
| 26 | A day or two later Anthony Rouse and I were astonished to hear that her agents were demanding the interview be withdrawn because , as she complained in a letter to the BBC 's Director General , Hugh Carleton-Greene , we had given her a solemn undertaking over lunch not to mention the matter of Wells and their son at all . |
| 27 | She realised that not having spoken to him for ten days had given her a perspective she had not previously had — a perspective on herself as well as him . |
| 28 | All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen . |
| 29 | It had given her a sense of power that was almost ethereal . |
| 30 | Just when she had been on the brink of despair , one of her rich customers had given her a handsome order . |