Example sentences of "[pron] had [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the summer of 1979 I had moved into a collective house whose occupants were libertarian hippies , socialists , Christians and noisy heterosexual feminists . |
| 2 | And if I had turned into a handsome prince Gillian would probably have shown me — him — the door . |
| 3 | I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I was not worried , but when he appeared I was shocked at how much he had changed even in such a short time . |
| 4 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 5 | Indeed , my father 's face had gone a dull reddish colour , like no colour I had seen on a living being . |
| 6 | And now our small party showed the same intimacy I had witnessed in all the random groupings I had seen with a recent experience of Machu Picchu behind them . |
| 7 | Luckily I had run off a faint quality copy ( like this letter ) to economise on ink cartridge use as cartridges £14 or so each . |
| 8 | In 1984 I had run in a makeshift team against the projected Olympic foursome . |
| 9 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 10 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 11 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 12 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 13 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 14 | By the time I had replaced the telephone in its cradle I had realized in a sudden , terrifying swoop of misery that I was in genuine danger . |
| 15 | I had said to a promising-looking man behind a counter , but it seems I should have said ‘ Cup of tea ’ and left it at that , for he put his hands on his hips and shouted , ‘ What 's stopping you ? ’ |
| 16 | Luckily , I had heard of a suitable den on the River Wye . |
| 17 | SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME |
| 18 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
| 20 | But this premise was there at that time and by oh I had to go to a great extent on a number of visits and they er granted it me on compassionate grounds and there 's er I was only looking in the back of there the other day and there 's one there now . |
| 21 | Speaking from a personal experience , I had to go through a similar kind of programme after years of cocaine abuse . |
| 22 | I was also misled by work I had done on a simple model of the universe in which the collapsing phase looked like the time reverse of the expanding phase . |
| 23 | But during the weekends I did my best to claim her attention , following her about from room to room as I had done as a small child , and chattering endlessly about life , literature and the events of the previous school-term . |
| 24 | ‘ I had gone through a poor year in Test cricket and wanted to play in England to check out my technique . |
| 25 | The night before , I had gone for a long , lonely walk along the banks of the Tormes , crossing and recrossing the Roman bridge , hoping against hope that I might somehow find you also walking there . |
| 26 | I later realized that I had posed during a crucial period , and the tiny bronzes that resulted ( for that size prevailed ) continue daily to touch me . |
| 27 | On one such occasion , I had walked past a tiny lochan . |
| 28 | We had done a lot of hard motoring through three countries and , although we had by no means seen all of the Scandinavian birds , we had achieved more than I had expected on a first trip . |
| 29 | I had brought off a successful forced landing , with no damage to man or machine , and afterwards I was able to describe the symptoms which led to the failure , which in turn led to the fault being found and cured . |
| 30 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |