Example sentences of "who had [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It saw little more than arguments over who had done most to break the 1975 Final Act ; but the fact that it continued to meet held out the hope of more fruitful conversations in future . |
| 2 | The most zealous founders of the BFASS in 1839 were amongst those who had worked hardest to revitalise the local society network in the mid-1830s and so Joseph Sturge , John Scoble and the Quaker banker George Alexander toured areas of the country in 1839–40 to give the new national body the support of auxiliaries consciously orientated to universal abolition . |
| 3 | The Chilean party , in alliance with Radicals and Socialists ( who had sprung up to challenge the Communists in 1932 ) won a popular Front victory in 1938 , and in 1946 they collaborated with the Radical party to win an election ( this time without the Socialists ) and participated briefly in the government . |
| 4 | McGee , who had come downstairs to test the quality of the sherry while Mrs Quickly , the plumper of the two cooks , stood at the back door fervently pulling on a cigarette , leaped to his feet , pulled at his black tie and took the back stairs two at a time . |
| 5 | It was also to be a welcoming home for John and Angela , who had come down to watch the final round and were staying at the Bell Hotel . |
| 6 | The L.T.A. were represented by Barbara Davis who had come along to supervise the ‘ rating ’ of players to enable them to qualify to compete in the V.W. series tournaments during the summer . |
| 7 | The challenge on this occasion came from an opposition grouping known tentatively as the Democratic Party , based around those members of the RDP who had chosen not to join the DLP . |