Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 2 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 3 | I had n't seen her since when we were on remand , and then we both got sentenced and got sent to different prisons , so I had n't seen her for nearly a year . |
| 4 | Drought , which had seriously affected the country between 1987 and 1989 and had led to severe job losses , remained a problem , the resulting need to increase food imports contributing to a rising trade deficit ( which for the period January to July 1990 totalled US$1,125 million , an increase of 35 per cent on the corresponding period in 1989 ) and expected to offset any gains from higher prices for oil exports . |
| 5 | The evening tide had been a modest eighteen footer and had ebbed to low water an hour ago . |
| 6 | He drove an Escort XR3i complete with fluffy toys , and had moved to Lilac Gardens in the eye of the housing price slump , aided by the bequest of a dead aunt . |
| 7 | In both cases the MMC held that these companies were efficiently run and had contributed to substantial cost savings , the Schumpeterian view of monopoly to which we referred in Chapter 9 and illustrated in Figure 17–2 . |
| 8 | The suffragettes were weak physically and numerically , without franchise , and had resorted to passive resistance as the only weapon at their disposal . |
| 9 | He had pursued the question when he was in Rome ( in 1098 or 1100 ) , and had spoken to Urban II on the subject . |
| 10 | By Sept. 28-29 the Nabiyev government had conceded talks , attended by observers including the leader of the Democratic Party of Russia , Nikolai Travkin , and had agreed to key opposition demands , including suspending the communist party , nationalizing its property , lifting the state of emergency , and holding presidential elections on Oct. 27 . |
| 11 | In the USSR itself , art flourished at first in experiments after the 1917 Revolution , but became confined to social utility after 1922 . |
| 12 | Kathleen 's hysterics were now slightly muted , but had turned to shattering hiccups . |