had controlled
- past perfect of control.
Example Sentences
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Police said they had "controlled access in areas we feel are security hotspots".
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
On July 1, the agency took over the process of assigning homeless people to roughly 5,000 of those beds, adding to 5,000 it already had controlled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
The Briton had been poised for second place behind Piastri, who had controlled the race consummately from pole position throughout a series of incidents, including briefly threatening rain.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
The results show that a high BMI in late adolescence was strongly associated with future cardiovascular disease, even after the researchers had controlled for shared familial factors.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023
All of this was territory that the Ptolemies had controlled when they first came to power.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
