Example sentences of "he had [prep] the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His accuracy and stinginess with runs made him almost without equal as a one-day bowler , for he could both contain and attack at the same time since the bounce he got from his great height and the control he had over the ball gave him the extra penetration that brought wickets . |
| 2 | Michael 's idol was Buster Keaton , and he had at the time studied Keaton more than I had , and said that he had never used a double . |
| 3 | With direct reference to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , and in response to a ‘ demand ’ for more radical action which he had read in a newspaper , Hitler made clear that he had at the time to proceed tactically and in stages , but that his strategy was to manoeuvre his enemy into a corner before destroying him completely . |
| 4 | When the government originally announced that Rico Toro would replace Col. Lucio Añez Rivera at the FELCN there were protests in the Congress ; Rico Toro had been the chief of army intelligence in the 1980-81 government of Gen. Luís García Meza , notorious for its involvement with the country 's large-scale organized drug trade ; moreover , he had in the past argued for the legalization of the coca industry . |
| 5 | When the victim returned on the fateful day , he had in the interim heard that the medal was on a list of stolen property . |