Example sentences of "he had [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt very weak , however , and every so often he retched convulsively , though without vomiting for he had consumed nothing except a little water in the past twenty-four hours . |
| 2 | He had written something on a scrap of paper and folded it over at the bottom . |
| 3 | But Teller , a large Hungarian with a leather foot ( he had lost one under a tram as a student in Munich ) , felt betrayed . |
| 4 | Their Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus from the West Indies had been lost but he had seen one in the physic garden at Amsterdam where , with proper management , it was in great vigour . |
| 5 | After the first report he had heard nothing from the boy . |
| 6 | Jock Lennox found the harmonium in the choir balcony right away and he had caused something of a furore even before the Mass had started that Sunday morning . |
| 7 | He simply wanted to re-visit the barrow ; to see whether he had missed anything among the standing stones ; to set his mind at rest . |
| 8 | He grew very portly as an old man and although by this time he had become something of a legend to the other members of his club ( " The Hero of Krishnapur " ) , one might have thought that he himself had entirely forgotten about the siege . |
| 9 | This and his link with Stevenson 's had served him well over the last few years , and he had become something of an expert in railway funding , especially in European railways . |
| 10 | And he had to say something on the bloody tape did n't he ? |
| 11 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 12 | Bert was full of praise for the quality of craftsmanship on the example which he had when they first came out ( he was one of the six guitarists on the committee involved in the design of Höfner 's ‘ Committee ’ guitar ) , and told us that he had used one for a couple of his hits — Big Beat Boogie and Sorry Robbie … |
| 13 | Mr Koc said he had known nothing about the advertisement . |
| 14 | Mr Koc said he had known nothing about the advertisement . |
| 15 | He said that he had contacted Eyadema , who was away from Lomé , and that the president had assured him that he had known nothing about the attempt . |
| 16 | This was particularly so in connection with the sexual adventures hinted at in the title — adventures which became a sort of leitmotif , in that the author seemed to feel he had to have one in every seven or eight pages , preferably with some piquant variation . |
| 17 | He was left with the distinct feeling that he had encountered someone from the spirit world on that early midsummer 's morning . |
| 18 | He would look such a fool if he had to tell someone on the end of the line that he did n't know where she was and had no idea when she was coming back . |
| 19 | But he had to tell someone of the joy dying inside him . |
| 20 | Although she had accused Rune of lying , some deep intuition told her he had spoken nothing but the truth . |