Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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A film had crew set up shop with large video cameras onstage and around the hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Last year, Paler says, he had crew members who had been stuck aboard for 14 months — vaccines weren’t available, and no country would let them disembark.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
We’ve had crew members that were a little on the abrasive side, that was ...
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2017
All of them had crew cuts — they were trimmed super close.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2016
He was going to tell Petra that all the kids in Tommy’s new neighborhood had crew cuts, but that was pretty nothing.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
