Example sentences of "[adj] had [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had also featured strongly in the campaign of former Californian Governor Jerry Brown , whilst Clinton advocated a " play or pay " model whereby businesses would either offer health cover to their employees or would pay mandatory contributions into a national health insurance fund to protect those without cover . |
| 2 | Indeed , as a matter of political necessity at home , it had to assume ( and this had also weighed heavily with Roosevelt ) that a return to the " old power politics system " would be abhorrent to the great mass of Americans . |
| 3 | Although the total numbers used in the USA are vastly higher , Rollin ( 1981 : 91 ) gives a figure of around 100 million for 1980 but this had reportedly declined by about 10 per cent by 1988 , the percentage breakdowns are remarkably similar . |
| 4 | Hundreds had evidently gone straight to the station in Prague without contacting the embassy . |
| 5 | Reports said a SAM 727 had just touched down at El Dorado international airport when an Air France Boeing 747 came roaring over it and landed ahead on the same runway . |
| 6 | The majority of these had probably escaped back across the marsh , they thought ; indeed many had never been engaged . |
| 7 | These had now moved away from the bright primaries of the early Sixties and included many rustic shades such as mushroom brown , sage green and sludgy blue ; colours , which were more reminiscent of the old-fashioned vegetable dyes and perfectly complemented the style of the dresses . |
| 8 | The third had said she could n't possibly ‘ touch a job where the mother was at home ’ , while the fourth had merely gazed superciliously around the apartment , before announcing that it was ‘ not up to my standards ’ . |
| 9 | Anthony had once seemed to want her badly , but that had hardly lasted even through their honeymoon , and he seemed to have seized on any excuse since Flavia 's death to avoid sharing her bed . |