Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 31 | By the age of thirty he had proven himself in the communications industry . |
| 32 | Susan did not know how she felt about this until she saw that he had painted himself and herself half-way up or half-way down , looking up or down at their reflections in the water . |
| 33 | But these activities occupied him , one may well think , because he could see he had painted himself into a corner : the purely literary reason for not finishing The Silmarillion is deducible not only from that work itself , but from almost the whole of Tolkien 's professional career . |
| 34 | It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony . |
| 35 | Rufus had propped himself up on one elbow , watching . |
| 36 | My agent had exposed himself as one of the conspirators . |
| 37 | Luke had exposed himself . |
| 38 | She had dared , and she had not been struck dead for it ; she had exposed herself , and she had not been raped , assaulted , or even insulted . |
| 39 | He had taught himself shorthand and then taught the subject to others . |
| 40 | He had taught himself to sleep in brief snatches . |
| 41 | I had taught myself the basics but learning the ‘ wrinkles ’ from someone more experienced saves time and increased the ‘ professional ’ look of garments . |
| 42 | Her studies were remarkable ; as a young woman Madame had filled eighteen notebooks with summaries of these women 's careers , reading them very literally as sources of practical advice , in much the same way as she had taught herself to understand stock management and how to do her own accounts . |
| 43 | Bambi , it seemed to me , had taught herself not to care for Sheridan so as not to be hurt by him . |
| 44 | By the time she was three , Matilda had taught herself to read by studying newspapers and magazines that lay around the house . |
| 45 | But sometimes Creggan and Kraal would ask Minch questions and she would speak of things she knew and wisdom she had taught herself or remembered from her distant past at Callanish . |
| 46 | Liz Matson had been very impressed at how much Laura had taught herself from books ; using cardboard patterns she could manage basic grading . |
| 47 | But Tilda had taught herself to produce , by widening her mouth into the shape of an oblong , a most unpleasant imitation of a bosun 's whistle , which could be heard almost as far as Lord Jim . |
| 48 | It would not square with any value she had taught herself to cherish , for she believed herself above such petty sentiments , and could cope with them now only by turning her dislike upon herself . |
| 49 | But that was before she had taught herself to hate him . |
| 50 | Professional success had knocked some sense into her , and she had taught herself to return hate with hate . |
| 51 | By the opening game , a rare 2–2 draw with Racing Club Barnesfield , Mentle had sacked himself . |
| 52 | The moans and songs lie low and gentle , then rise to a wild screaming force of sound as though all the ghosts of time had gathered themselves into one great , explosive cry . |
| 53 | She closed her eyes and kept them closed for quite a while , and when she opened them again it seemed as though she had gathered herself together . |
| 54 | I had arranged myself ( while she arranged the flowers I 'd brought ) with my back nearly to the light . |
| 55 | Pete had arranged himself in the passenger seat so that he could get his feet up on the dashboard . |
| 56 | It had arranged itself around bright canvas bags and wicker baskets in the part-shade of a fishing-boat . |
| 57 | The members of this permanent staff had adjusted themselves to captivity , but prisoners passing through had only just been shot down and were still unsure and bewildered . |
| 58 | I put the visor down before I got out on to Gresham Street and almost walked into the edge of a glass door , but by the time I got to the Kawasaki my eyes had adjusted themselves . |
| 59 | The tempo of a summer 's day had adjusted itself to the measured progress of the tournament through the placid dunes and sandhills . |
| 60 | And so Willi was squeezing himself into his best suit , the one he wore for daytime ceremonial occasions , and had spattered himself lavishly with aftershave cologne , and spent a long time arranging the frill of curls round his bald crown . |