Example sentences of "he [adv] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , his favourite pastime was kidnapping innocent virgins , holding them prisoner in his cave while he presumably had his wicked way with them , and then lowering them sixty metres down to waiting boats to be sold into slavery … ’ |
| 2 | He stuck with his ideas , and for a year did all kinds of manual work as a casual labourer till he eventually had amassed enough money to start a grocery business with a friend . |
| 3 | Mr McKenzie said he eventually had to stop work because of pain and shortness of breath . |
| 4 | There were some constituencies where the interest of a local patron was so strong that he effectively had the power of nominating MPs . |
| 5 | It was Sunday , and Yanto had enjoyed the casual breakfast with his Mother , something he rarely had time for during the working week Their chat during breakfast had revealed to him that his Mother had enjoyed the previous Friday evening out with Sid Watkins and would probably see him again . |
| 6 | He rarely had recourse to it . |
| 7 | But he rarely had to put his hand in his own pocket . |
| 8 | But he rarely had to spend a lunchtime without a game . |
| 9 | At home he rarely had more than a piece of toast and marmalade for breakfast , but when he was away he ate the whole cooked breakfast . |
| 10 | Only he rarely had to ; he had an eye ; it was respected . |
| 11 | The suburbs he especially had in mind were the opulent , tree-lined jobs of Victorian England . |
| 12 | Snell 's wife was Susannah and he apparently had one son . |
| 13 | Some suggested that some of the military and political leadership had found unacceptable Chadli 's readiness to negotiate with FIS leaders — a position in which he apparently had the support of Abdelhamid Mehri , secretary-general of the FLN . |
| 14 | He apparently had n't noticed the figures filing into the room . |
| 15 | When Gundovald first arrived in Gaul he apparently had an considerable quantity of treasure with him , which must suggest that he initially had the backing of the Byzantine emperor , whose concerns about the Lombards in Italy may well have stretched to a desire to see a close ally established in Francia . |
| 16 | It would be too banal if he merely had epilepsy . |
| 17 | For instance the , the hymns that he all had , I presume at Salisbury Park er certainly with us and at Johnstown and at the Rio where there 's no alternative , was all from the congregation |
| 18 | He obviously had thought out everything in advance , because he led her quite briskly to a deserted passage , under the rather trite pretence that he wanted to show her a certain painting . |
| 19 | His intellectual ability was never pushed at you , yet he obviously had great potential . ’ |
| 20 | He obviously had his reasons . |
| 21 | What he obviously had in mind was the manoeuvre carried out by horsemen displaying their skill at a gymkhana . |
| 22 | He obviously had n't noticed the difference ! ’ |
| 23 | And since he obviously had n't recognised me , I did n't want to connect myself with the house , until I 'd found out what his game was . ’ |
| 24 | He was dignified , he was knowledgeable , and he obviously had great feeling not only for British art but all kinds of art . |
| 25 | Apart from calling Blum ‘ the most dangerous man in Indo-China ’ de Lattre complained of all the ‘ missionary young men ’ the US was sending to Vietnam , of the way in which they undermined the idea of the French Union and , as he obviously had time to read the reports as soon as they were sent , he objected strenuously and in person to US correspondents who did not share his more exalted view of France 's mission in Indo-China . |
| 26 | To his credit he obviously had strong parental affection and a powerful concern that the child should not be totally alienated from him . |
| 27 | He obviously had impregnation on his mind , but by now Lydia had lost her temper and she told him to get stuffed . |
| 28 | He obviously had a detailed account of the origins of Rome . |
| 29 | He obviously had n't stinted himself with She-She back there . |
| 30 | He obviously had his own reasons for wanting you to believe he owned Seawitch . |