Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Leadbetter stated that Ballesteros was brooding , that it had all become quite a grind for him . |
| 2 | It was not going to be possible to keep from Olga the information that her son had suddenly become quite a well-to-do youngster , though he had warned Hank on no account to tell her how much he had made out of his book . |
| 3 | However in East Anglia the South Downs group still supplied a large proportion ( this time somewhat under 50 per cent of the axeheads ) , whereas East Anglian sources , such as Grimes Graves , had apparently cornered only a small proportion of the market . |
| 4 | The duke had already sent forward a large detachment under General Humphrey Bland to the Strathbogie district , the principal town of which was Keith , seven miles [ 11 km ] east of the Spey , but they were surprised by a far smaller fighting patrol of 200 rebel foot and 40 horse , who had crossed the Spey under cover of darkness . |
| 5 | Tall , slim , elegant , and totally dominating at centre-half ; Jimmy joined the Palace on 2 October 1928 and for his debut was plunged into the testing FA Cup-tie against the Southern League ( Eastern Section ) Champions , Kettering Town whose centre-forward had already gained quite a reputation — one Peter Simpson , no less ! |
| 6 | We had already amassed quite a pile of seizures following irregularities uncovered during the previous week 's work at Ullapool , and we returned with Reg Clarke on board to have another bite at the cherry . |
| 7 | He faced the challenge of Dunluce , a 6860-yard , par 73 giant that had already brought quite a few players to their knees , among them title favourite Phil Tataurangi . |
| 8 | The blow was so crippling because confidence had already taken quite a few knocks . |
| 9 | Alongside me was Sam Ratcliffe who , at the tender age of sixteen , had already had quite a bit of publicity . |
| 10 | Now they were all busily employed in setting to rights the big front saloon — a difficult task , for all its furniture was large and heavy and the carpets had not seen even a brush for years and years . |
| 11 | Blanche could imagine her weeping with her son over his confession but , like Marek , she was a little puzzled that Tatyana had not shown even a spark of joy at the revenge he had taken . |
| 12 | He had not washed merely a handkerchief either his underclothes , too , had a grey look , and so did his shirt , whose grey cuffs peeped from beneath the dirty , tattered sleeves of his morning coat . |
| 13 | CHERYL had not looked forward a bit to her holiday . |
| 14 | Scarlet had just thrown away a bunch of dried Proveņcal flowers which had adorned her sideboard for over a year and was already feeling slightly better : she thought that if only she could rearrange all the furniture , she might be cured , but it seemed too drastic a step to take . |
| 15 | He was able to live quite comfortably from the fruits of his labours but he had always wanted just a little more land . |
| 16 | Although the extremes of the personality cult had probably gripped only a minority of the population , it was a minority with power and influence . |
| 17 | In XVIII Corps , the three Hessian regiments of the brigade that had overwhelmed Driant in the Bois des Caures had also lost over a thousand men each . |
| 18 | We had both had quite a happy day ; but as the sun began to creep round to the west and to decline , I had a feeling of unease . |
| 19 | Cordoba had clearly cried enough a good two furlongs from the finish as first Batzushka and then Balla Cove set a furious pace which resulted in a time that equalled the course record by a two-year-old over six furlongs . |
| 20 | The wife of one prominent member of the British community in Seoul said : ‘ We would have hoped she 'd have picked something she had n't worn just a week ago . ’ |
| 21 | He was n't certain that Emily had n't forged ahead a stage or two . |
| 22 | Savimbi had earlier cut short a European tour after a visit to Portugal [ see p. 37176 ] in order to return to direct military operations from Jamba . |
| 23 | He looked fantastic and had actually acquired quite a suntan — or was it just a glow of happiness ? |
| 24 | I think he was in a munitions factory somewhere near Baghdad and the stress had certainly precipitated quite a serious heart condition and that was under a relatively peaceful situation , so if there was any sign of war out there that would obviously be tenfold . |
| 25 | The blood , the gaping holes , the bone sticking out of flesh , the stench of burst intestines — I am telling you this only because the effect on me , a boy who had never seen even a peacefully dead body before that day , was one I should never have predicted . |
| 26 | Sometimes Mother Francis and Miss Pine from the dress shop would take her on an outing to Dublin , but she had never stayed away a night . |
| 27 | And he had never taken home a statuette on Oscar night . |