Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pers pn] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tight in his hand he held the silver coin that Dad had given him at the front door . |
| 2 | She projected a kind of agelessness , which had made her at the same time an object of attention from both the Young Women 's Fitness Class and the Over-50s Club . |
| 3 | Somehow — it did not seem diplomatic to enquire too deeply just how — he had missed her at the arranged spot . |
| 4 | Having , as a small boy , saved his pocket money to buy his mother a scarf for her birthday , he was sharply told to take it back : he had bought it at a Liberal shop . |
| 5 | There were the two gold and jewelled boxes Müller had sold him at a staggering profit , considering he had bought them from someone facing criminal charges , and desperate for cash . |
| 6 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 7 | Miss Coldharbour had recruited her at the last moment to help serve supper for Canon Wheeler 's guests who included the Bishop and the Earl of Medewich and Markham . |