Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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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
Despite strict safety requirements that have increased the costs of productions, some locally produced shows, including ABC’s “The Rookie,” have had crew test positive for COVID-19.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2020
All of them had crew cuts — they were trimmed super close.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2016
We had crew from 27 countries build 51 lavish sets for the court, which was synonymous with luxury and excess.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2014
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
