Sentence examples for had selected this from inspiring English sources

The tornado that had flattened half the neighbouring village had selected this hut to be saved, but had relocated it.

He thought that someone in his government had selected this place, but that was all he knew".

Mr. Zakrzewski and his colleague Peter van der Zwan had selected this penthouse at 333 East 43rd Street — a k a the Manor, a Gothic confection in Tudor City facing a small park — to do over, at least on paper.

Bill Buford, the New Yorker's fiction editor, found it hard to explain why he had selected this particular first XI, agreeing that "no one generalisation seems to characterise Indian fiction".

"He didn't speak to the group collectively, but did so individually to those who were around," said Holland, who had selected this team and will remain as assistant on the coaching staff.

Throughout my time in Kyrgyzstan, I kept crossing paths with Europeans — French trekkers, a Swiss woman nostalgic for her youthful travels in India and an old Dutch family on holiday — who had selected this obscure little country the same way they would choose a melon at the market.

While our intent by including this selection was to limit provider "guessing", it is possible that responders may have selected this response in haste to complete the survey instrument.

"We have selected this squad with one eye on the now and one on the future and there's a huge focus on building depth within the squad.

The Book Review has selected this list from books reviewed since Dec. 2, 2007, when we published our previous Notables list.

Bradford has selected this room, of all the many in her hushed realm high in the sky, because it says: WORK.

That's so even in historical fiction, because, theoretically, the novelist has the power to change history, and because the novelist has selected this character for the nature of his death as well as of his life.