Example sentences of "he had [vb pp] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had kissed her on the nose , and they had strolled around their small domain , debating what else they should do to the garden . |
| 2 | She snuggled down and began to drift to sleep , memories of Alain holding her here as she wept on that first day , memories of him bringing her up to bed after he had kissed her in the kitchen , fluttering like moths in the light , easing her into sleep . |
| 3 | He was not much older than Peter and he looked puzzled , as if wondering not only how to end this conversation but how he had begun it in the first place . |
| 4 | All the same , the theme is still national honour and personal loyalty , the lessons which Dick teaches to Anastasia as successfully as he had taught them to the weak but responsive Carol . |
| 5 | He had cast himself as the Devil , and David Poole ( a couple of years older , although also a newcomer to dancing ) as the leading soldier . |
| 6 | And what he was saying seemed to be in direct conflict to the hurtful reasons for their marriage he had given her on the drawbridge yesterday . |
| 7 | She recalled the swift bruising kiss he had given her in the restaurant . |
| 8 | He thought he had loved her from the moment he set eyes on her . |
| 9 | He had written it under the supervision of James Blackadder , which had been a discouraging experience . |
| 10 | He told his teacher he had lost it on the way to school , and Mr Watson promptly rapped his knuckles with a ruler for his carelessness . |
| 11 | ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time . |
| 12 | I asked the villagers if they had seen him and Mr Natchet , the postman , said he had met him by the front gate when delivering letters about a month ago . |
| 13 | He had met them at the Piazza Venezia two hours before . |
| 14 | Perhaps if he had met them after the confidence gained by a successful tour of India in 1976–7 , when his captaincy was much praised , the story might have been different . |
| 15 | His plan for a metropolitan see at London had been stillborn but he had rid himself of the problem of Lichfield ( a process completed by 803 ) , successfully confounded his enemies and consolidated the position Offa had established at the height of his power . |
| 16 | For some reason she had snatched up her bag as he had dragged her by the stall ; she remembered seeing Matey 's grieving face , Matey 's hand on his arm , Matey saying , ‘ No , Neil , no . |
| 17 | He had recognised her at once when he had seen her at the funeral , and even then her looks , though pale and wan , had surprised him with their purity . |
| 18 | It was possible that he , too , had not troubled himself with thoughts of her real life until he had seen her in the garden with Ben . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He had seen him in the city . |
| 21 | He had seen them through the gates . |
| 22 | He had seen them through the lean years , and here now was a good harvest . |
| 23 | He had seen them at the County Show , where he had gone for the rabbits , all those girls with plaits and scrubbed faces and clean gloves , doing an exhibition ride . |
| 24 | Leslie was aware that most people " can not Read at all " , but said he had seen them in the streets " Gather together about one that can Read " and listen to a newspaper being read aloud . |
| 25 | The man standing by my side said that he had seen them behind the terminal . |
| 26 | He had seen it from the outside . |
| 27 | By the age of thirty he had proven himself in the communications industry . |
| 28 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're sure you like doing this , are n't you ? ’ he had asked her in the darkness . |
| 30 | After the first report he had heard nothing from the boy . |