Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By tactfully praising and criticizing at the same time , he had pupils flocking into the school , eager to train , rightly believing he had special abilities in this sphere . |
| 2 | The one , that , even while giving her a verbal warning about her work , he had handed her a very important file to work on — albeit only to ensure she had little time for anything else — must mean that he had received good reports on her ability . |
| 3 | He said the young people obviously thought they had some measure of adult approval . |
| 4 | Many of the latecomers , especially as the afternoon wore on , were furious to find the doors locked , not having heard of the noon closure and so thinking they had all day . |
| 5 | I only wish I had that opportunity when I was his age . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I only wish I had some anecdotes of my own to compete with yours . ’ |
| 7 | Applying these principles to the facts of this case , the central allegations were that Savory Milln knew that £23m of the sub-underwriting was being arranged through Mr Ferriday , knew that he was personally responsible for £7.5m and that it did not believe he had sufficient funds to cover his obligations . |
| 8 | I woke up and opened my eyes and there were fuzzy patches , just like I had eight years ago … ’ |
| 9 | He just knew he had cheap labour . |
| 10 | ‘ Tom McKeith and David Laing are good additions to the team and we 've always felt we had great strength in depth . |
| 11 | You remember you always thought he had some secret . ’ |
| 12 | Another grandfather , a retired Manchester newsagent , would light the fires , mend shoes , and peel the potatoes , while in a south London stableman 's home the grandfather would clean the shoes and cook too — ‘ We always said we had two mothers and two fathers , always . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Did n't you once say she had multiple sclerosis ? ’ |
| 14 | I asked , rather wishing I had more clothes on . |
| 15 | As the denomination most solidly based in the countryside , they also realized they had little choice in the thousands of new streets with their red and yellow brick terraces that were covering England 's acres . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm so sorry ; I had n't realised you had such problems organising your harem . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't think we had any cheese did we ? |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't think we had any chance of catching him but I just kept shoving and shouting and he got there in the end , ’ said Antoinette . |
| 19 | and half of it is rubbish and decent rubbish and that 's rubbish there it is I knew it was in here somewhere I knew I thought it was in the Prima they gave it to you but obviously it was erm in Essentials everything out of there do n't think they had many Christmas You used to was it you , you see you can make your own , was it you that we went up to town that time and brought those erm from John Lewis the round |
| 20 | I mean as I 'm , I do n't think they had any option with this I think because it 's a change of usage , considerable change of use then it had to go before the committee , erm but erm |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think she had much time for him . |
| 22 | I do n't think she had any experience but she became friendly with Eleanor Fawcett who had , and Vera borrowed our cheese press . |
| 23 | ‘ We could check the off-licence , I suppose , though I did n't think she had any money . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't think I had any celery , I had , I had put in whatever I had in the house and sort of various herbs and spices and things . |
| 25 | I do n't think I had any blood on my hands , for I had held her ankles just below the silver bracelets . |
| 26 | I do n't think he had many friends here , certainly none that would have lasted after he took his diploma . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't think he had another book in him . |
| 28 | I ca n't think he had any date to meet somebody there . |
| 29 | I do n't think he had any idea what I meant . |
| 30 | He did n't think he had any soldiers left , but himself . |