Example sentences of "and he had [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one thing where a guy was writing The Bells Of Lal Pt 2 from the ‘ Flying ’ record and he had done the entire song an eighth note off ! |
| 2 | Her spirits swooped up again , although there had been no mention of spray-painting , and he had seen the scribbled slogans on the envelope on the table . |
| 3 | He said a bargain was a bargain ; he had found the treasure , he had risked the Caliph 's wrath , and he had killed the three assassins . |
| 4 | I do n't want you , she 'd said , and he had insisted the same . |
| 5 | But the Leader had indigent Ninfania in the grip of golden promises ; he had bought the proprietors and the landowners with his forecasts of authority and profit , and he had bludgeoned the powerless . |
| 6 | He had come now in the mid-passage of his life to a forest dark and he had lost the straight path . |
| 7 | As he left the studio after the interview his well-programmed defence mechanism had come into operation , and he had pushed the painful memories into a corner of his brain where his conscious mind could not reach them . |
| 8 | But now the thing was out and he had to make the best of it . |
| 9 | Luke 's features seemed to reshape themselves momentarily , his expression become one of savage anger , and he had taken the first step of the few that would bring him round the desk to her before she saw him drag control back to himself . |
| 10 | In temperament , though not in looks , she reminded Athelstan of Benedicta ; she had the same quiet composure and he had glimpsed the steely look in her eyes . |
| 11 | And once he had heard Sweetheart coming down the stairs , her high-heels ringing on the stone steps , and he had thrown the stolen food in Rosie 's corner in a panic . |
| 12 | Horses were his love and he had spent the best years of his life working at the Galloway stables . |
| 13 | When , at last , some nasty little spots began to appear , and he had spent the last night of the year sitting up in bed and holding his pyjama jacket away from his afflictions , Joan put her foot down . |
| 14 | Hans and he had spent the last winter in Nice and it was the only place he wanted to avoid ; the memories were still too painful . |
| 15 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 16 | He had published one ‘ long and childlike ’ ( his own words ) poem called Old King Cole and he had won the sacred poem prize ( in another competition open to all MAs of the University ) . |
| 17 | Ironically , Robert Naish was already unwell and sadly died in February 1985 but not before he and his wife were made Life Members and he had opened the new extension ( a larger lounge and a new men 's changing block ) on August 27th , the previous year . |
| 18 | Instead , after the first flaring of fame had died down to a steady glow , and he had enjoyed the sexual fruits that it offered , he stayed in his two-room West 11th Street apartment , together with Anne and Karina again , dressed in the faded jeans and threadbare leather jackets he had always worn . |