Example sentences of "had [verb] [pron] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls , through some instinct that Karen resented in herself but could not isolate , had rolled onto their backs as the men had approached them up the beach . |
| 2 | A series of brilliant intelligence coups had pushed him up the ladder rapidly . |
| 3 | We had hung them down the inside of our trousers when we got out of the car . |
| 4 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 5 | He turned to the two men who had followed him up the gangway . |
| 6 | After I 'd persuaded Hawkbit here to join us , I was just starting to talk to a few more , when I found that Toadflax fellow had followed me down the run . |
| 7 | The idea of the Sudan had followed us up the Nile like a rumour . |
| 8 | Oh I had to get something out the car as well you know ? |
| 9 | Well we had to drag them down the hall . |