Example sentences of "work [conj] had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At our conference in November we had a roll call of five hundred and six G M B members who 'd ha who were either killed in work or had died from work-related disease since May nineteen seventy nine those who attended may recall the emotional er |
| 2 | I found the paintings quite difficult to understand , but could appreciate the intricate designs , and the tremendous amount of fine work that had gone into each one . |
| 3 | Despite the huge amount of work that had gone into making the vigil a success , though , I was sure that the whole thing would be forgotten again — just as John 's actual kidnap had been the year before . |
| 4 | It was the last thing in the world I wanted to do , but I could n't refuse , not after the work that had gone into a production like this . |
| 5 | Quite plainly , having so recently finished the work that had absorbed him for almost two years , he was not yet back in the habit of eating lunch at a regular hour . |
| 6 | We had completed our map reading and compass work and had tramped across the moors at night on a freezing combat endurance test where we map read our way from rendezvous to rendezvous . |
| 7 | Mary , my eldest sister , had taken the day off work and had washed the curtains but for lack of time to dry them properly had hung them back up wet . |
| 8 | She had set a very high standard for our display work and had established a tradition which we would do all we could to uphold in the future . |
| 9 | Whatever the force of these criticisms , Willis had introduced the role of the sub-culture into the transition from school to work and had shown how this was developed within the group — something which large scale surveys with their pre-structured questions and their questioning of individuals in isolation had been unable to do . |
| 10 | Some work had been done there by 1372 , but in 1375 inquiry was made into allegations that Lewyn had received money for the work but had failed to carry out the repairs . |
| 11 | He had a few convictions for petty crimes when he was out of work but had got away with fines in the past . |