Example sentences of "he had [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | He was still shocked that he had reacted so strongly when that jovial Irishman turned up . |
2 | North once told Secord that he had gone so far as to mention to the President that the Ayatollah was helping the contras . |
3 | He felt he had gone as far as he could in the company and learned as much as he was likely to . |
4 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
5 | He had gone as far as he could go . |
6 | Sometime before he became king in 1625 , James I 's son Charles had adopted as his personal religion a conservative version of Protestantism known as Arminianism ; he had done so either because he disagreed with the doctrine of predestination , or more probably because he found the austere liturgy of undiluted Calvinism distasteful . |
7 | Hunt meant that no matter how well he now did , Niki had to do considerably less well than he had done so far if he , James , was going to have any chance to catch him . |
8 | Player told the crowd that Olazabal was the best young player in the world and that he was quite impressed with the way he had scored so well while playing so poorly . |
9 | There are certain inconsistencies in Leandre 's story , but he was obviously describing what he had experienced as well as he could remember it . |
10 | He had to knock twice more before Mitch heard and opened up . |
11 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
12 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
13 | He had worked tremendously hard since his arrival in Britain , first to bring over his family and then to buy his own house . |
14 | ‘ How was I supposed to know ? ’ he said , instantly aware that he had acted too hastily because he had been so angry with her . |
15 | The point on which Gandhi pressed hardest , and on which the talks nearly foundered , was that of an inquiry into the conduct of the police , which he had requested publicly just before the talks began . |
16 | ‘ It does n't matter , Julia , ’ said Anthony with a return of the impatience he had shown so often before she got ill . |