Example sentences of "had [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mrs Nowak had impressed her as a strong woman , a woman inclined to fantasy perhaps , but resilient and not inclined to despair . |
| 32 | Irritated with herself for reminding him , Julia turned back to face the front and said nothing more until Bill had dropped them outside a big yellow house on the edge of Fiesole . |
| 33 | Whereas Catherine the Great had confined them to the western and southern borderlands of the empire and Alexander I had encouraged them to consider economic diversification and cultural assimilation , Nicholas intervened in their lives more dramatically . |
| 34 | This morning Luke seemed even less human than he had at the interview when obviously she had caught him in an off moment . |
| 35 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 36 | The drawings were purchased by the museum from William Proby , whose family had owned them from an early date , for £310,000 with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund , the National Art Collections Fund and other benefactors . |
| 37 | Last time I had been to Paris they had rescued me from the freezing streets and hungry wolf packs . ) |
| 38 | It was nearly forty years later that I met the man who had carried me into the only half track we had left and who reassured me . |
| 39 | A tramp had found her freezing and near to death on the doorstep of a gin palace near the Elephant and Castle and he had carried her to the local Catholic church . |
| 40 | As soon as she reached the club , as soon as she was back in the public eye , she would have to switch on the false persona that had carried her through the past week . |
| 41 | After it had trapped him for the third time , he ordered all the cages to be thrown into the sea . |
| 42 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
| 43 | Old friends who had forgotten her during the hard times . |
| 44 | Many heiresses could give him dollars , few could offer him the appearance and manner of a lady — it was that which had attracted him after the cruder charms of such as Maybelle Foy . |
| 45 | Brian refused to reveal who had approached him about the royal job . |
| 46 | Saatchi approach : Southeastern Asset Management , which owns 10.2 per cent of Saatchi & Saatchi , said one or more parties had approached it about a possible restructuring of the advertising group . |
| 47 | Perhaps too the journey had reminded her of the dreadful certainty that within a few years her beauty would fade , and all these inflated hopes and fears had combined to produce a mood of abandon utterly foreign to her that had found its culmination in that jungle storm . |
| 48 | Every officer must have noticed the figurines , yet no-one had considered them as a possible murder weapon . |
| 49 | She felt as though someone had pushed her off the pleasant , grassy path on which she had been walking , and down a vast , black cliff-face . |
| 50 | The Robemaker had not closed the door , but he had pushed it to a little . |
| 51 | His father had named him for the Mughal Babur , a conqueror , a hard drinking , hard riding Turk who loved poetry , laughter and gardens . |
| 52 | He taught at the College of Further Education a few miles from Spaxton ; she had met him through a rambling club . |
| 53 | ‘ 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 . |
| 54 | Shannon had met him for the first time when he 'd arrived to film the pilot episode , and her dislike for the golden Adonis had been instant . |
| 55 | Apparently Mr Baker had met him on a social occasion , and had been impressed by his traditionalist views . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | Others who were less impressed by what they knew about Law were surprised by what they discovered of his actual abilities , perhaps because his anonymity had prepared them for the worst . |
| 58 | Nothing had prepared me for the overwhelming architectural beauty of Salamanca , and in particular for the grandeur of the university , the oldest in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe , with its noble façade in plateresque style . |
| 59 | But nothing had prepared her for the angry letter she received from the Duke of Edinburgh , says Morton . |
| 60 | It had prepared her for the coming meeting when she would be alone at last with the youth who was King of England ; the youth she loved … |