Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pn reflx] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish that the hon. Gentleman had made himself familiar with the two judgments in the case — those of Mr. Justice Simon Brown and of the Master of the Rolls . |
| 2 | When she returned from the kitchen he had made himself comfortable on the sofa . |
| 3 | Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved . |
| 4 | Then the goat had made itself evident in the warm air . |
| 5 | Oh ma'am if only I had shown myself strong in the face of temptation ! |
| 6 | And to compound the problem , the local planning authority had shown themselves unsympathetic to the owner 's over-ambitious plans for rebuilding . |
| 7 | Money had proved itself flimsy in the face of those imponderables . |
| 8 | Against her will Polly had found herself curious about the subject of such intense speculation . |
| 9 | He had cut himself loose from the past and had good hopes of making a comfortable landfall . |