Example sentences of "had also [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did he own Werner Lines , a worldwide shipping empire with more than vessels in commission , but he had also branched out into the freight industry over the past four years and succeeded in cornering an important section of its competitive market by buying out a succession of small , struggling companies and amalgamating them under an experienced board of directors answerable only to him . |
| 2 | He had inherited an oil company in port of Spain from his father , and had also branched out into the airline business , owning and operating several profitable inter-island routes . |
| 3 | Eddie had cut away most of his thin nondescript hair , cropping it close to the skull , and she had also cut back the hair on his forehead , giving him a pronounced widow 's peak . |
| 4 | Consequently , when he had found suitable accommodation , his wife and children had also gone back to England . |
| 5 | I saw to my great satisfaction that the centre of the vic was empty and there were only two planes on their left , which probably meant that ‘ Tiger 's ’ target had also gone down . |
| 6 | The unfortunate incident meant Sonya was immediately out of the competition and paved the way for Vina Buller to come from third into first position after Caroline Sharp had also faults on cross country . |
| 7 | She had also given up all her domestic routines . |
| 8 | He glanced towards Grégoire , knowing that happiness sprang from him ; he had brought Edouard love ; he had also given back to him a sense of purpose . |
| 9 | The October decree had also given back the name Vladikavkaz to North Ossetia 's capital , Ordzhonikidze ( renamed after Stalin 's henchman Sergo Ordzhonikidze ) . |
| 10 | So far chemical methods had failed to produce purification , and it had also turned out that matter precipitated from dirty water would not make fertilizer of great value . |
| 11 | Norman Tebbit had also fallen out with Mrs Thatcher and left the government , while Leon Brittan , recently knighted , found a new niche at Brussels . |
| 12 | Cranston asked , winking good-humouredly at the maid who had also hurried down to see who was at the door . |
| 13 | They , Castle Houses , had put up the prize for a steeplechase and had also taken over a prestigious handicap hurdle race already in the programme for Saturday . |
| 14 | I could n't bring myself to believe it , and after I had visited Cooper in Maidstone Prison and McMahon in Long Lartin Prison and spoken to their two solicitors , Gareth Peirce for Cooper and Wendy Mantle for McMahon , as well as to Tom Sargant , the secretary of JUSTICE , who had also taken up the case , I was convinced that they were as innocent of the Luton murder as I was . |
| 15 | But Kuhlmann had also slipped up — using ‘ Newman ’ at the end of the conversation . |
| 16 | However , if the rattle slips down so far that it is no longer visible , the infant will at once lose interest and behave as if the rattle had also slipped out of existence . |
| 17 | France and Italy had also put up candidates for the post . |
| 18 | The tennis equipment specialists , Head , had brought some racquets and accessories along and had also set up a ‘ speed-gun ’ to record service speeds . |
| 19 | It had also set out its stance in the Harare Declaration , adopted by the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) in August 1989 [ see p. 36837 ] and subsequently endorsed by the Non-aligned Movement and the UN General Assembly . |
| 20 | Her exclusion from Italy was less important , but had also tidied up a dangling thread of history . |
| 21 | Once Mrs Long had also sat down , she posed the obvious question . |
| 22 | A committee at the Ministry of Labour had also worked out with industrialists methods of shifting the hours of work to avoid the winter peak times , and this load spreading helped a lot to contain industrial peak demand at these crucial times . |
| 23 | He had also clocked up 34 years as a retained firefighter when he retired from that job two years ago . |
| 24 | He flapped his warrant card in automatic greeting and waved a hand at Catherine who had also got out of the car . |
| 25 | The UK , which had reduced its embassy staff in Baghdad from 24 to six in early January , had also brought out its ambassador ( Harold Walker , who left on Jan. 10 ) and remaining personnel following the failure of the Jan. 9 Baker-Aziz talks ; the Germans had left on Jan. 8 , and according to Le Monde of Jan. 15 France was the only EC country with diplomatic representation still in place in Baghdad . |
| 26 | Stevie , sensitive man that he was , had also picked up the atmosphere , Chris 's unusual silence and the way they avoided looking at each other . |
| 27 | Three women flashed the route : Isabelle Patissier , Susi Good and Robyn Erbesfield , all three of whom had also topped out on the previous two routes . |
| 28 | Thank you for drawing my attention to your proposed exhibition , I did indeed receive your telephone message , but other pressures prevented me from responding to it before you had also handed in your portfolio . |
| 29 | He had also carried out several town planning improvements in London , but early in 1856 with the appointment by Hall of Henry Arthur Hunt ( 1810–89 ) to the new post of Surveyor of the Works and Public Buildings , he found that his duties had been drastically curtailed . |
| 30 | The committee had also carried out a survey of parking problems in residential areas . |