Sentence examples for had seconded from inspiring English sources

They had seconded a number of lifesaver buggies, which were now adorned with police.

At the meeting, Mr. Brennan had seconded a nomination for Mr. Hastings to run for business agent.

The company's top executive in Nigeria told US diplomats that Shell had seconded employees to every relevant department and so knew "everything that was being done in those ministries".

The ambassador reported: "She said the GON [government of Nigeria] had forgotten that Shell had seconded people to all the relevant ministries and that Shell consequently had access to everything that was being done in those ministries".

She said the GON had forgotten that Shell had seconded people to all the relevant ministries and that Shell consequently had access to everything that was being done in those ministries.

Among other things, the two divisions refused to pool some customer information, which limited cross-selling opportunities, and both missed lucrative business in their core areas because they had seconded staff to the food-industry venture.Admittedly, trying to gauge these costs ahead of time is not easy.

"They had second thoughts".

"We had second thoughts.

Then she had second thoughts.

He always had second jobs.

Recently, though, she has had second thoughts.