Sentence examples for had ticked from inspiring English sources

He said he had ticked that box.

It had ticked slightly over 50 in May before shrinking to 49.7 in June.

Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist, said Romney had ticked all the boxes.

"I didn't realize the clock had ticked down that much," he said.

The audit commission checked that councils had ticked various boxes on its "to do" list.

By dawn, the number had ticked upward to "at least fifty" fatalities.

I thought I had ticked every box in preparation so how do you move on from that?

When each academician had ticked a name, the ballot papers were collected, and read out one by one.

I decided I had ticked it off the list; I didn't ever have to do that again.

When the maelstrom cleared, the ball was cradled in Coleman's hands and the clock had ticked to zero.

Even before Mr. Emanuel took office in 2011, he had ticked off ways he would change the schools: more hours, more days, better outcomes.