Example sentences of "[conj] he had [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Susan could n't think of a film where he had made it alive to the end credits . |
| 2 | Orwell , unlike Waugh , was never a natural master of narrative , and his uncertain career in fiction had begun , after much trial and error , with Burmese Days ( 1934 ) , where he had exploited his youthful experiences in the Burma police . |
| 3 | Such a nature had carried him into his tortuous business of ruling , where he had found himself responsible for people who owned neither ships nor battle-gear , nor skill , nor health , nor ability . |
| 4 | Kit Everard had his men raise him a sleeping pavilion on the eastern bank across the creek from the saman tree where he had established his strategic headquarters . |
| 5 | Although he had done it countless times before there was always a risk involved , especially since the introduction of guard dogs trained to sniff out illegal stowaways like himself . |
| 6 | Although he had told his own secret , he had not discovered Dorian 's secret . |
| 7 | Although he had set his loaded rifle at his shoulder in readiness as he entered the thicket , before he could squeeze the trigger the wounded seladang was upon him . |
| 8 | In Isaiah 63:10 , 11 we read that the people on whom God had set his love ‘ rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit ’ , although he had put his Holy Spirit in the midst of them when he rescued them from Egypt . |
| 9 | Although he had left his native Scotland as a boy his voice still contained traces of his Celtic background . |
| 10 | In fact , the country visit had to be postponed for some time , because , although he had promised himself some months ' freedom from engagements , he found himself , as usual , saddled with responsibilities . |
| 11 | Bond was smiling , presumably at the thought that he had beaten his long-time rival Syd Fischer whose 79ft Ragamuffin finished next . |
| 12 | ‘ When I saw that he had drunk it all , I knew he must have felt bad . |
| 13 | Indeed , the vaguer the linkage , the greater would be his need , after withdrawal , to show that he had achieved something real . |
| 14 | It was remembered long after Anselm 's death that he had professed himself afraid to die , and to appear in the sight of God , until he had punished the archbishop of York for infringement of the jurisdiction of Canterbury . |
| 15 | We called at the cottage at night , and found he was very ill , and it was not till the factor assured him he was joking , and that he had swallowed none other than the best of whiskey , that he rose from bed , and Donald was himself again . |
| 16 | What it does mean is that he had made it plain that he intended a legal relationship to exist between two persons ( soon to become trustee and beneficiary ) . |
| 17 | He added that he had made it clear to the IoT that the Faculty would be willing to explore co-operation over exams , but the IoT was not interested . |
| 18 | The appellant , in evidence during the trial , had insisted that he had made it clear to Mr. Burt that he was not a fully qualified accountant , although he had passed some examinations . |
| 19 | Beethoven learnt more from Haydn than from anyone , and all that he had made his own from that study is put to fascinating use here ; but the music is no reversion , and has its own lightness and gaiety . |
| 20 | He had told her that he had wanted her that night at the house , but he needed no words now — his body was evidence enough — and sheets of flame seemed to shoot through her as her arms wound around his neck and she arched against the demanding , hardening muscles . |
| 21 | The Club 's President revealed along the way that he had played his first golf at St Andrew 's in 1886 , aged 3½ , when he had used a wooden putter . |
| 22 | And in particular , she did not like at all that he had felt it necessary to give Lubor the instructions he had about her . |
| 23 | On Lan 's other side Tam shot an accusing look at Kim from time to time as if to make unmistakably clear to his father that he had done everything possible to dissuade Kim from his folly . |
| 24 | Although he insisted that he had done nothing remiss — he admitted receiving a 5,000,000 yen loan from an associate of the firm in 1989 but claimed to have repaid the money — he agreed to resign from the party ( but not from the Upper House ) for having caused embarrassment to the SDPJ . |
| 25 | Mellor insisted throughout that he had done nothing improper in accepting this hospitality . |
| 26 | Everything David had shown her of himself had made her love him and yet she believed that he had done something unspeakable . |
| 27 | For the rest of the day he could hardly concentrate on any problem , caught between contrition that he had done something wrong in inviting Benedicta and pleasure that she had so readily accepted . |
| 28 | In fact he had worried about it so much that he felt now that he had done it all . |
| 29 | It was a relief ; although again , naturally , the subject of Katelina van Borselen arose , and he had to explain , again , that he had seen her last in good health leaving Rhodes . |
| 30 | Just for a moment she let her hand linger on his sleeve , then slowly withdrew it , wondering if she was glad or sorry that he had given her such an insight into what made him the man he was today . |