Example sentences of "[Wh det] had [vb pp] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Without a doubt it had been Greg 's backing which had propelled him into the big league ; without him , for all his talent , Hugo might have been trapped in small-time design and manufacture for ever . |
2 | As she stopped a few feet away from them she saw that his cap had been knocked some distance from where he lay and the force of the blow , which had thrown him through the air , had dislodged his fountain pen from his pocket . |
3 | He seemed a genial and indestructible landmark in the history of American music , in spite of defective hearing which had bothered him since the late Seventies . |
4 | His feelings were cleansed of the poisons of revenge , contempt , self-hatred , envy and avarice which had worked him into a hellish turbulence of vicious thoughts . |
5 | Gradually the impulse which had taken him over to the wood , the instinct which had urged him to a resolution , worked its way to the surface . |
6 | Many heiresses could give him dollars , few could offer him the appearance and manner of a lady — it was that which had attracted him after the cruder charms of such as Maybelle Foy . |
7 | Secondly , Sir Angus was barely a year out of the Civil Service after a career which had taken him to the chairmanship of the Customs and Excise . |
8 | He had a manual of casual jobs — things like grape-picking , which had got him through the summer . |
9 | A former wartime lieutenant in the Lithuanian police , Anton Gecas , on July 17 lost a £600,000 libel case against the United Kingdom Scottish Television company which had described him as a war criminal . |
10 | Subconsciously he must have been expecting something like this : his first reaction was not surprise but an intensification of the dull misery which had enveloped him for the last 24 hours . |