Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 30 tons of turf and top soil , and several tons of burned tarmac , were removed from the area over which the aircraft had broken up and come to rest ; the tyres of vehicles , footwear of personnel , and all items of equipment used at the site , were taken to the hanger and cleaned of mud and grass . |
| 2 | The harbour looked mysterious : the sun had broken through but mist still lay over the docks . |
| 3 | Once a grand place in its own grounds , suburban London had crept up and round it , trapping it among the terraced streets . |
| 4 | And obviously she had done more than hold her own . |
| 5 | Then she had found out about the baby and realised the truth — that they had done more than draw comfort from each other as mere friends . |
| 6 | It was neither homely nor luxurious and Charlotte doubted if Maurice had done more than visit to check the mail in recent months . |
| 7 | Fifty miles north , Sarah Morgan had just finished serving a lunch that no one had done more than pick at . |
| 8 | Doctor Braby , hard-worked GP and police surgeon to the district , had done more than confirm the fact of death on this occasion , he had called immediate attention to certain peculiarities about the body , and boldly essayed a guess at the length of time it had actually been in the water . |
| 9 | The tall , blond player who had joined West Ham at the tender of age of 17 some four years earlier , had done more than choose the right moment to emerge , he 'd nicely anticipated the coming of the right man , Alf Ramsey , who took over the England management shortly afterwards and began to forge the national side which would win the World Cup in 1966 and in which Moore would play an anchor role . |
| 10 | I felt that we might be able to establish peace by other means until he had grown up and become more readily identifiable as top dog by Stan . |
| 11 | The latter had grown rapidly and become well known for its imaginative if sometimes desperate tactics . |
| 12 | Jessamy 's knees had immediately begun to shake , and she had wheeled round and run out . |
| 13 | She went to the door and he recited the words until she had gone out and shut the door behind her . |
| 14 | A knowledge of the Russian language had become more widespread ( over 81 per cent of the population were fluent in Russian according to the 1989 census , up from 76 per cent in 1970 ) ; and the circulation of printed matter had increased considerably and become more evenly distributed between one republic and another . |
| 15 | Curled up in his army greatcoat , Frankie listened to the snores of the man in the attic and hoped and prayed that neither Sweetheart nor the two policemen would tell Buddie that he had wandered off and become lost . |
| 16 | In theory they were writing a book on the actors , but long since the fascination of collection for its own sake had taken over and work on the collation of evidence ceased . |
| 17 | To extricate himself he had to fasten on the strike notices which the TUC had sent out and demand their unconditional withdrawal as a prelude to further negotiations . |
| 18 | It was unbelievable — not only that he had done it but that she had stood there and let him . |
| 19 | Maybe fish had developed muscular fins and crawled on to land to become amphibians ; maybe amphibians in their turn had developed water-tight skins and become reptiles ; maybe , even , some ape-like creatures had stood upright and become the ancestors of man . |
| 20 | After the letter came she had hoped for a miracle and prayed for one , too , but Richie Daly 's visit had snuffed out that hope in one short sentence . |
| 21 | The hospital was in horrible confusion : heavy partitions and ceilings had fallen on patients , beds had overturned , windows had blown in and cut people , blood was spattered on the walls and doors , instruments were everywhere , many of the patients were running about screaming , many more lay dead . |