Example sentences of "had [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had placed the worm-cake on one of her prettiest saucers . |
| 2 | Walter Carew had placed the painting of himself further down , dissociating himself from his weaker , lecherous , spendthrift brother . |
| 3 | Lessingham had placed the bottle of claret on the hearth . |
| 4 | His Uncle 's illness had placed the responsibility for all the sheep on George 's shoulders . |
| 5 | On returning to the surface , he carelessly looked away from where he had placed the briar and a snake ate it , whole . |
| 6 | Violently used , she could scarcely walk — and without a word , had placed the shilling on the kitchen table . |
| 7 | While we had been out Mrs Taylor had placed the paper in position . |
| 8 | The producer , Roy Emerson , had placed the soloist in the midst of the RPO strings rather than in front of the orchestra and conductor , as would be the normal configuration . |
| 9 | Neither Henry V nor his son had placed the solution to the problem of Aquitaine ( the old feudal problem ) high in his list of priorities . |
| 10 | Lee waited until the girl had placed the tray down on a small side table and backed silently from the room . |
| 11 | The rise of the Greens had placed the SPD in a difficult position , in that any attempt to capture moderate votes might alienate existing party supporters and drive them over to the Greens . |
| 12 | He had placed the torch on a small mound of dirt and the light shone on to Louise Butler 's cold and lifeless skin . |
| 13 | Jotan had placed the family yurts in the centre of a clearing , part of a screen of trees which enfolded the northern end of the lake . |
| 14 | Sun Tzu had placed the subject at the end of his thirteen-chapter work with good reason . |
| 15 | Depositing the letters in front of him , and waiting until the younger girl had placed the tray on his desk , she flashed a dazzling smile at him , then retreated . |
| 16 | From the yard where the cart was kept , Rosa heard the Small splosh in the bucket after Sabina had placed the bird between her legs and slitted it to pull the guts . |
| 17 | Cranston had placed the wine cup and jug beside the bed , collapsed on to the mattress and was smiling beatifically at the ceiling , fast asleep . |
| 18 | There , by the easy chair , he had placed the works of Gerald Seymour-Strachey three fairly substantial-looking volumes . |
| 19 | The Guardian noted that the report had again highlighted concern at the policy of the United Kingdom government in Northern Ireland and had placed the UK " in the same league as the Iraqi government for the way it treats the Kurds , the Somali government for the torture and murder of the Issaq tribe and the Sri Lankan government for the way it has " escalated " arbitrary arrests and torture of members of the political opposition " . |
| 20 | ( She was , actually , at that very moment congratulating Peter Herbert , the owner of Gravetye Manor , on ‘ the most delicious , old-fashioned , English , scrummy , hot pudding ’ ; as ever , she had placed the emphasis on all the wrong words . ) |
| 21 | In view of the violent intentions of the Guardia de Franco , the military governor of Madrid , General Rodrigo Martínez , had placed the organization 's premises under surveillance and had declared that he would mobilize troops if the Falangist extremists attempted to take the law into their own hands . |
| 22 | ‘ So answer my question , ’ he urged after the waiter had poured their wine and another had placed the tapas in the centre of the table . |
| 23 | The Provisionals said that one of their active service units had placed the devices , causing damage to prime commercial property . |
| 24 | The court heard he had placed the original bet for a £1 stake and paid 10p tax at Ladbrokes in his home town . |
| 25 | In the pre-Test games , he had walloped the England attack , completely destroying John Emburey in the process . |
| 26 | He recorded the seven pieces out of order , however , and I rather wish that the transfer engineers had re-grouped the numbers according to the order of the score . |
| 27 | He was thankful , too , that Len Brayton had healed the rift between him and his father , so that he was able once more to visit the family home . |
| 28 | Daniel had pieced the story together from the radio : " with throat wounds . |
| 29 | By forcing me to take part in rituals that were scientifically formulated the psychiatrist had logically inverted the magical process whereby my original eidetic memory had ripped the meniscus , thrusting me into the noumenal world . |
| 30 | The wind had ripped the tarpaulin off some of the laid-up boats , and huge fragments of oilcloth were flying at random , wrapping themselves round masts and rails . |