Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second hand had stopped where it had met the pin inserted near the 55-second mark . |
| 2 | But in July Mary of Guise was able to fight back more successfully , and at the end of the month the two sides made another truce , by which Edinburgh was to be free to choose its religion , and Catholic observance was not to be reinstated where it had been suppressed . |
| 3 | His thick black curly hair seemed to grow around his head like a crown , leaving his forehead exposed where it had receded . |
| 4 | Apart from the light from Craig 's torch , still propped where he had left it against the main power conduits , the chamber was dark and empty . |
| 5 | One story of how a local university academic had come into the police station to report his car missing , because he had forgotten where he had parked it , was repeated with relish ; while another which I told on my return from university satisfied these deeply held views of the ‘ intellectual 's ’ practical ineptitude : |
| 6 | Rumour had it that although he made his home in an unoccupied derelict house near the CPR docks , he was really very wealthy , having buried his family fortune long ago and quite forgotten where he had left it . |
| 7 | It was not necessary , he could have rung once he had arrived , but in this way he committed himself . |
| 8 | On Saturday 7 March 1719 ( English style ) the Spanish invasion force , consisting of 5000 men , plus some horses and with food and water for a month , sailed from Cadiz in 25 transports , escorted by only five weakly armed warships which would have been outnumbered and out-gunned if they had encountered either of the British squadrons . |
| 9 | It follows that in my judgment the public law duties of the council were not discharged until they had completed the process of deciding on the suitable accommodation which they were obliged to secure for the plaintiff . |
| 10 | ‘ It is disappointing because he was just getting the hang of Wimbledon and he would have won if he had n't taken the knock at the first bend , ’ said Williams . |
| 11 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 12 | When they heard it the sepoys threw back their heads and uttered a howl so piercing , so harrowing that every window in the Residency must have dissolved if they had not been already broken . |
| 13 | Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't . |
| 14 | No doubt we should have objected if we had ever seriously thought about action . |
| 15 | I want to look dark and menacing ; the way I ought to look , the way I should look , the way I might have looked if I had n't had my little accident . |
| 16 | This was the way Therese would have looked if she had never left the stage , never married Friedrich , never had years of misery and failure . |
| 17 | I wonder how he would have responded if you had n't been so angry/polite/upset by the loss of your children ? " |
| 18 | The plaintiff 's advisers should be sure that the particulars of his special damage take note of all increases in remuneration which the plaintiff would have enjoyed if he had remained in his pre-accident employment . |
| 19 | There is also the question whether she made a decision which was limited in duration and to which she would not have adhered if she had been alerted to dangers of a refusal to accept blood transfusions or similar blood-based treatment . |
| 20 | It would n't have mattered if he had turned out to be a Celtic supporter at that decisive moment because I had the Celtic team on my tongue all ready to trot out , starting with Kennaway , Cook , McGonigle . |
| 21 | Nothing you had done , or said , would have mattered if I had n't . |
| 22 | But his domestic situation would n't have mattered if she had fancied him , but she did n't . |
| 23 | And , and to be able to if you like , bring it as a dowry , but it would n't have mattered if she had n't a penny . |
| 24 | Not that it would have mattered if there had been , she told herself with resignation . |
| 25 | In this case , space is left unused in the main data area when the file is created , and additions are located on the same cylinder ( IBM ) or seek area ( ICL ) that they would have occupied if they had been part of the file when it was created . |
| 26 | ‘ Many of our recent troubles in retaining and maintaining public confidence might have been less severe and more easily solved if we had not begun to depart from the traditional relationships between ranks , ’ he added . |
| 27 | The problem with my files would have been solved if I had been using an IBM machine — but they were way beyond my price range when I bought my first computer . |
| 28 | Would your problems be solved if you had a smaller house ? |
| 29 | Would your problems be solved if you had a smaller house ? |
| 30 | Patients were not included if they had required corticosteroid treatment for active disease after their most recent resection . |