Example sentences of "who had [vb pp] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She recalled now that this was the one who had explained to his mother what clandestinely meant , and he , too , was the one who brought in the law when confronted by the policeman . |
| 2 | Mum was somewhat cross and suggested that I should go to meet Dad who had gone to his allotment and confess my indiscretion . |
| 3 | The former , who had succeeded to his title in 1543 , had maintained a strong feudal authority at the service of three Tudor monarchs with divergent religious attitudes . |
| 4 | Russia fell out with Turkey before the end of the month because the Sultan refused to extradite Polish and Hungarian refugees who had fled to his territory , but this negative consequence of the invasion seemed hardly to matter . |
| 5 | Lying dazed in the oil-stained sawdust , beside the lifeless engine , Mungo was overcome with gratitude to the old man who had responded to his fear . |
| 6 | Its leading member by 1948 was Konrad Adenauer , Mayor of Cologne in 1917–33 , an opponent of the Nazis , who had returned to his position of Mayor in 1945 only to be ousted by the British , who favoured the SPD . |