Example sentences of "he had [be] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom Poole , who had nursed his father devotedly at the end , was in low spirits , but was as instantly captivated by his visitor as he had been at their first meeting . |
| 2 | If he had been on his own he would have gone straight up but he was more used to walking and climbing , no doubt , than these policemen . |
| 3 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 4 | He had been in his usual ‘ turbo mode ’ as he stormed up the face following a line of huge steps . |
| 5 | However , his appearance had been that of an eighteen-year-old , which makes nonsense for a second time of the press claims that Lord Haw-Haw was as puny in appearance as he had been in his human sympathies . |