Example sentences of "that he had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the end of season video ( I think ) he mentioned that he had recognised a problem at right back VERY early on . |
| 2 | I remember one time I reported that he had developed a cough and back came a directive that we should try to make an audio recording of it . |
| 3 | They thought that he reconciled himself too easily to his position , and that he had developed a taste for exile as an escape from business . |
| 4 | Now , he stared down at his Saturday suit and was afraid at the new possibility that he had become a man set in his ways , upset by change . |
| 5 | Associates were shocked by the transformation , and joked that he had become a plain-clothes policeman . |
| 6 | It was here that he had become a doorman before going on to live in England . |
| 7 | From the day they had all parted , diverging from Ecalpemos out into the world , he had never seen Adam again , but he knew all about him , knew for instance that he had become a partner in a company selling computers that called itself Verne-Smith-Duchini . |
| 8 | This certainly did not mean that he had become a tool of Moscow , but that he made a shrewd assessment of which ideology was most likely to speed up progress in Africa . |
| 9 | Rejecting medical evidence that he had suffered a heart attack brought on by stress and aggravated by a syphilitic condition , the Nazis used the funeral to turn the dead man into a Nazi martyr . |
| 10 | On the radio link Richie reported that he had scored a net 69 , which was likely to stand as the best score of the day . |
| 11 | Now another from the direction of the short 16th must mean that he had scored a birdie 2 . |
| 12 | He reported that he had met a survivor from the heroic days , an ancient Indian hag , he said , bald as a vulture and wizened as a walnut , with one black tooth left in her head . |
| 13 | He said that he had faced a dilemma about whether to choose a Bill that would make the headlines or one that would be passed . |
| 14 | He went to the youth 's ‘ assistance , ’ only to find later that he had assaulted a policeman who had seen the youth committing an offence . |
| 15 | His spontaneous reports in later sessions suggested that he had made a beginning in that direction , and had even begun to apply , with colleagues outside the group and with the boy 's mother , the skills used in the group . |
| 16 | It was not his way to admit that he had made a mistake . |
| 17 | The solicitor who drafted the will later acknowledged that he had made a mistake . |
| 18 | The only one who ever admitted later that he had made a mistake was Kenneth Williams . ’ |
| 19 | I have already mentioned the argument on this occasion which convinced Lanfranc that he had made a mistake in sweeping the former archbishop Elphege out of the ecclesiastical calendar . |
| 20 | However , Rico was himself arrested on Dec. 10 for allegedly inciting public disorder , by claiming in the press that there were major problems still unresolved in the Army , that he had known of the intended rebellion , and that he had made a mistake in not preventing it . |
| 21 | At the time he told his son that he thought that he had made a discovery which would prove comparable in importance with those of Newton . |
| 22 | Jordan must have felt that he had made a dent , he went on relentless . |
| 23 | Then he deliberately looked back to meet her eyes so that she would know that he had made a decision With a slight lift of his shoulders , he accepted his decision . |
| 24 | Terry relaxed a bit now that he had made a decision . |
| 25 | Edward , who was hopeful that he had made a conquest some minutes earlier , found it hard to gather his concentration . |
| 26 | Creggan was startled by this and wondered if in some way she understood that he had made a vow that if ever the chance came for them to escape he would place her freedom before his own . |
| 27 | He saw Sidacai nod , as if he was satisfied that he had made a point . |
| 28 | Megan claimed to be standing on her own two feet , but J. Graham Jones , of Aberystwyth , says LG confided to her that he had caused a hint to be given , if her opponent behaved himself after the vote , that he would help him find a seat to fight . |
| 29 | She said Mr Mandela told them that he had written a document setting out his views on negotiations , the prospect of which President de Klerk has been promoting since well before the National Party returned to power in the 6 September elections . |
| 30 | He knew that he had written a note explaining everything , but the note was back on Belial and he had forgotten its contents . |