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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pipe had" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a situation or condition involving a pipe in the past.
Example: "In the old factory, a pipe had burst, causing significant water damage to the machinery."
Alternatives: "a pipe was" or "there was a pipe".
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A pipe had burst.
Two hours before the event, she was informed that the press conference had been cancelled; supposedly, a pipe had burst.
But they say its discovery, in the woods where Mr. Harris said a pipe had been thrown, bolsters his testimony.
Even if their clients knew a pipe had fallen, they did not know that it was the standpipe, the defense has argued.
More than five weeks before disaster, the rig was hit by several sudden pulsations of gas called "kicks" and a pipe had become stuck in the well.
Seven hours later, the meeting finally adjourned, after Mr. Myerson got a call from his wife saying a pipe had frozen at his home.
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I do find, though, that their appreciation of the manly smell of a pipe has declined of late.
"The Treachery of Images" (1929), the painting of a pipe with the inscription "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"), has served generations of budding aesthetes as a training-wheels introduction to philosophical wit in modern art.
"The Treachery of Images" (1929), the painting of a pipe with the inscription "This is not a pipe," has served generations of budding aesthetes as a training-wheels introduction to philosophical wit in modern art.
Rates of energy dissipation in an oscillating column of liquid in a pipe have been measured by a pressure-volume diagram technique.
The specimen consisted of a pipe having 64 mm outer diameter and 10 mm thickness, which is joined by fillet welding to a 25 mm thickness plate.
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