Example sentences of "[conj] had [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at Ronni as though she were a particularly disappointing novelty that had just fallen out of his Christmas cracker . |
| 2 | In an instant she was aware of every detail of her appearance from the upswept Titian curls , tamed for the meeting that had just broken up in fragmented dissatisfaction among the main body of the directors , to her neat cinnamon gabardine suit and matching high court shoes . |
| 3 | While the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum , he helped in creating the new displays for the Museum 's collection of classical antiquities that had just come out of wartime storage . |
| 4 | The Pleven Plan , like other suggestions that had recently come out of the Council of Europe , followed the outline and objectives of the Schuman Plan very closely . |
| 5 | As he walked behind the plough he had time to think of the easy relationship that had gradually built up between them . |
| 6 | After leaving school he had been unable to settle , had wandered from place to place and had eventually landed up in Borstal , where his crimes had given him a reputation for toughness and ruthlessness which he had felt compelled to live up to ( although at the same time hating it and himself ) . |
| 7 | Such a system , based on social class and the old school tie , had never become quite so entrenched across the Atlantic in the first place , and had largely broken down by the end of the 1950s . |
| 8 | It did not last long and had largely petered out by early 1972 , when budgie gear , baggies and flares with turn-ups , glamrock and other new influences had taken over . |
| 9 | He had inherited an oil company in port of Spain from his father , and had also branched out into the airline business , owning and operating several profitable inter-island routes . |
| 10 | Descending the stone steps from the station platform , Durham turned up the gas and had just sat down on the bench and opened his bait tin when he was startled by the apparition of a strange man followed by a large black retriever dog emerging from the coal cellar . |
| 11 | It looked as if they 'd been having a party and had just taken off in the middle of it . |
| 12 | ‘ They had not been there very long and had just come out of a restaurant , ’ said Mr Robinson . |
| 13 | She had made a complete fool of herself and had successfully lived down to every low opinion that Piers harboured about her . |
| 14 | He was lonely and broke and had already barged in for the loan of a cupful of Quaker oats . |
| 15 | Futre had been substituted in a warm-up match prior to departure for Valetta and had subsequently fallen out with Quieroz and was left at home for being ‘ not in the correct frame of mind ’ to play a World Cup tie . |
| 16 | While physicians advised sparing use of the ointment , the quacks prescribed it liberally to great effect and had usually passed on to the next town before the inevitable relapses and the not infrequent deaths — results of over-treatment — had occurred . |
| 17 | Later that day , the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face . |
| 18 | He had used the rest buying drinks to console himself and had then staggered back to the flat for the night . |
| 19 | He began to talk again about Stephen handing him the wedding-dress , how he 'd walked away with it and had then sat down on a seat on the promenade , not wanting to go on with his act any more . |
| 20 | I 'm a big , noisy fellow and had always felt out of place in those discreet British restaurants with their strict dress code and moody staff who 'd be looking at their watches every five minutes from 9pm onwards . ’ |
| 21 | They were dropped by their record label Phonogram after the hits dried up , and had actually split up after a gig in Jersey . |
| 22 | The legend recounted how seventy translators had worked in independent cells and had all come up with the identical version of the sacred text . |
| 23 | Leading figures in the RCM like the Marchioness of Reading , who had been born into a Jewish family , converted to Christianity and had now converted back to Judaism ; Elaine Blond , Sigmund Gestetner and Lola Hahn-Warburg quickly caught on to the message that the best chance of currying public favour was to play down the religious factor . |
| 24 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 25 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 26 | By the time he had taken her back to the theatre she felt totally removed from the morning , quite calm , controlled , almost as though she was nothing to do with the Hochhauser Season but had just come back from a week in Vienna staying at a luxury hotel . |
| 27 | He used to be the crier , but had recently taken over from Fred Harrison who had proclaimed the fair annually for the last thirty years . |
| 28 | One fighter had been a Skinhead and had worn the appropriate ‘ gear ’ of his time but had now grown out of this kind of thing . |
| 29 | Blood lead concentrations had been highest at age two , but had now fallen by over 40% . |
| 30 | The children emerged from the elaborate wrought-iron school gates , which were red with rust-preventer but had never got around to being painted . |