Example sentences of "[Wh pn] had [vb pp] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | There was something in her voice that reminded Tug that she was the one who had beaten him round the face . |
2 | Sitting on the ground in front of it were the two constables who had delayed him at the dovecot during the arms search . |
3 | If he had added the name of Viola Angotti to the list of those who had hit him in the stomach Ezzie 's face would have screwed up with laughter . |
4 | Suddenly before the altar a ‘ light shining from heaven , in the manner of a sunbeam ’ appeared , which was seen as a sign of divine approval of Stanford 's opposition to Edward II and the Pope , who had deposed him from the bishopric of Durham . |
5 | A BUNGLING shoplifter tried to flog a pair of Marks and Spencer shorts — to the store detective who had followed him into the street after seeing him nick them . |
6 | So had Nicol perceptibly brightened , though rather with the hope of getting his revenge on the devils who had tumbled him from the wagon , and threatened his companions with steel and arrows . |
7 | Makarenko also dealt summarily with the Poltava educational authorities who had appointed him in the first place . |
8 | Looking around for his wingman , who had lost him in the manoeuvre and headed for base , he saw another Messerschmitt about to attack him , so repeated the same trick . |
9 | Leese claimed that his ‘ martyrdom ’ had been achieved against the wishes of the Jury who had acquitted him on the serious charge . |
10 | I think of all those using this channel : – people who gave generously , of their good money ; people who gave their physical strength ; people who gave limitless time ( even their annual leave from work ) ; people who managed a little time after work ; people who baked ; people who prayed ; the member who supplied the entire plant stall ; people who counted ; the little girl who devised an amusing quiz as her ‘ channel ’ ; people who served , and often withstood the cold winds of George Street ; people who used their artistic talents for communication ; people who lovingly restored the Church afterwards ; our engineer , who invented a ‘ chair-lift ’ for us , and then , literally , put his shoulder to the wheel – and the bright spark who had fired him with the notion ; and finally and uniquely , the couple in Trinity , part of whose house is always given over to storing books so that this channel may be kept open . |
11 | ‘ What a pleasure it has been , and an honour to have been MP for Winchester for 13 years , ’ he said , thanking those who had supported him in the past year . |
12 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
13 | In the telegram which Randolph sent her from Cape Town telling her what had happened , he asked her on no account to tell his father , the prime minister , but to arrange payments on the instalment plan of perhaps £10 a month to a list of the names he enclosed who had fleeced him at the cards tables . |
14 | Brian refused to reveal who had approached him about the royal job . |
15 | The Party chairman had rung the area agent in Birmingham , who had put him in the picture . |
16 | Throughout his evidence , Price implicated the applicant ( whom he identified from a photograph ) in those dealings as the man who had informed him of the consignment of cannabis in Sweden , and had asked him and a man named Ryan ( who had also been sentenced to seven years ' imprisonment ) to deliver it to customers in Sweden . |
17 | He believed the Prince that it was de Craon who had informed him on the Sunday night but how had the Frenchman known ? |
18 | When Jack was given the accolade of Best Actor by the New York Critics ' Award for his performance , he responded by sending them all a polite thank-you letter ; those critics who had mentioned him in the past had not been especially kind . |
19 | I bought him different clothes , and had his hair cut , but to me he looked just the same , and I lived in constant fear that he would be recognized by someone who had known him in the past . |
20 | On one occasion an Irish visitor asked a late tenant , Mr Crawshaw , if the lady in white who had passed him on the stairs would be coming down to breakfast soon . |
21 | Anyone who became Nawab expected to be rich , and took it for granted that he should reward those who had helped him to the throne . |
22 | ‘ He would verbalize his sadnesses , throw his arms about as he told elaborate stories concerning people who had upset him at the time , even when going into sad tales about people who were important to him . |
23 | No trace was found of the men who had left him in the yard . |
24 | Uncle Fred left four sons , two of whom had followed him into the Marines and a widow , Aunt May , who suffered from what was then referred to as shaking palsy . |