Example sentences of "had [verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had great respect for Palmerston , but ‘ after the speeches he had heard him deliver on this subject , he would be extremely sorry to obey his edicts on matters of taste ’ . |
| 2 | Tammuz' jaded beliefs were not that novel : Quincx had heard them spill from many a Tech-Green 's lips ; but then Ewan had always thought himself unique . |
| 3 | We had to see what happened to these railways er is more people going to er to go by train , or are less going to go . |
| 4 | ‘ Manuals were given to staff and we then had to encourage them to work to these procedures in preparation for our own internal quality audit . |
| 5 | She had caught him flirting with another woman . |
| 6 | What had possessed her to look through those field-glasses ? |
| 7 | Of course , you may retort , as did Mr Graham whenever I expounded such a line during those enjoyable discussions by the fire , that if I am correct in what I am saying , one could recognize a great butler as such only after one had seen him perform under some severe test . |
| 8 | Jessamy remembered all the times she had seen him look like that in the past , when he had n't wanted her to know what he was thinking or feeling . |
| 9 | Out of all the boys — men — she had known , not one had made her feel like this ; so unsettled , so wanting , so — happy . |
| 10 | He wondered what on earth had made him talk like that and why had he told McEllhoney of all people ? |
| 11 | She had always resented Luke , and feared the way he made her feel — because she must have sensed from the beginning the power he could and did have over her ; because he had deprived her of himself when he had had her dismissed from that very first job back in South Africa ; because something had led him to misjudge and despise her , and he was unable to see the truth ; because she had always known that he could break her heart … |
| 12 | So there was more , she realised , staring at him , and suddenly knew that Jamie had had something to do with this . |
| 13 | Apart from some salty garlic bread , neither of them had had anything to eat for some hours beforehand so despite the fact that the party was hardly properly underway yet , they were both feeling the effects of the drink . |
| 14 | Her mother had played war when she had had it done like that . |
| 15 | Shallowness had saved Beador — that very shallowness which had enabled him to engage in such monstrous debts when he had nothing to meet them but his partner 's money . |
| 16 | Oddly , Theda had found herself distressed by this long-expected demise . |
| 17 | She had learned what happened to those who did ! |
| 18 | The difference was that those other poor girls had allowed themselves to fall for this boyish charm , whereas Shelley was forewarned , and proof against those smiling black eyes . |
| 19 | And that , if anything , was what had fired her to embark on this adventure . |
| 20 | To join you had to say you believed in all the usual stuff about the Working Class leading the Revolution , but a general interest in being nice to people was all that was really required . |
| 21 | What on earth had prompted her to act like that tonight and get Luke Calder 's back well and truly up ? |