Example sentences of "[verb] he had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CW reported he had passed a list of requirements to meet EC Directive on Workstation H & S to IL , but he had not yet had time to discuss eye and eyesight testing requirements with M Prior . |
| 2 | Police even found he had hidden a piece of metal , which they believe he planned to file into a knife , hidden in the sole of his shoe . |
| 3 | ‘ Next day he packed his bags and I found he had taken a load of my clothes , ’ added Kim . |
| 4 | He found he had drawn a noose , remembered how Sandy Riverton had died inside the old bell tower , scribbled it out before Newman could see it . |
| 5 | Ken , meanwhile , believed he had found a play that suited his temperament and talents better than most of the things on which he had been working to date . |
| 6 | A CO Fermanagh pharmacist believed he had found a breakthrough in the treatment of psoriasis — the skin disease highlighted in the Singing Detective . |
| 7 | The current governor ran into a storm when it was revealed he had received a 17% pay increase in 1991 . |
| 8 | In a telephone interview with the government-run radio station , Mr Chen Jun claimed he had become a victim of political games between the Chinese and Hong Kong Governments . |
| 9 | Grunte then asked them whether they had heard the one about the Norwegian woman who had bought her son three shoes , having been told he had grown a foot ; a sally which was met by universal groans . |
| 10 | She was horrified until she guessed he had lit a cigarette . |
| 11 | Once again , however , he discovered he had struck a chord with ordinary people , people who had felt they were unfit to pass judgement on modern buildings because they lacked the qualifications . |
| 12 | Sinqe , who holds his country 's national record of 2hr 8min 4sec , was due to run his first marathon outside the republic in the NutraSweet-sponsored event on 18 April but London organisers were left fuming when they discovered he had run a marathon in Japan a fortnight ago in defiance of his contract which stipulated that he should not run a competitive marathon within 90 days of the big race . |
| 13 | He wondered what was wrong , wishing he had had a chance to talk to Ruth — though from the expression on her face as she hovered behind Cashman she did n't know either . |
| 14 | Just because Comrade Andrew was what he was , did that mean he had taken a vow of celibacy ? |
| 15 | ‘ But he had started to drink heavily in recent months and Bernard felt he had become a liability . |
| 16 | He felt he had made a fool of himself . |
| 17 | But when he came to sit opposite her in the dining-room that first evening , he felt he had made a mistake . |
| 18 | At this moment she felt he had had a hand in cheating her out of some of her life , and the feeling made her coldly angry . |
| 19 | He agreed this name might be in error , but by convoluted etymological detective work he felt he had established a link between the Saxon word for a cleared strip of land and his lines . |
| 20 | He apologised afterwards because he did not realise he had struck a female . |
| 21 | Ernie never would admit he had made a mistake with the horse . |
| 22 | That is to say , he could not admit he had made a mistake in siding with the Axis , without jeopardizing his continuation in power . |
| 23 | Peter Rogers knew he had hit a gold mine , even if it did n't always seem to the performers that he was totally on their side . |
| 24 | Before they even touched he knew it had been wrong to come , he knew he had reopened a wound that would never heal and could never be soothed by consummation , unless the war should end soon and they should both survive . |
| 25 | Lambert looked at him with such energy that for a moment Killion thought he had discovered a way out of it . |
| 26 | He thought he had done a deal at £2.3 million . |
| 27 | The tsar thought he had found a model for ameliorating the condition of the peasants which the gentry would accept . |
| 28 | And in that instant , he realised he had become a DEEP . |
| 29 | She blushed guiltily as she realised he had refused a sweet , opting just for coffee , but then , she doubted that anything could test his willpower and not lose . |
| 30 | Clearing his throat noisily , Price perched a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles on his nose and announced he had received a letter from India . |