Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was he really so unbelievably sure of his charms that he thought he had only to indicate his wishes for them to be fulfilled ? |
| 2 | I had not recognized my feelings for one of the women in the women 's group as being of any significance . |
| 3 | The Court ruled that the French government had not examined his requests for compensation " within a reasonable space of time " . |
| 4 | Watkins LJ gave the principal judgment in the Divisional Court and upheld the application on the ground that the Minister had not given his reasons for the decision not to make a reference and that this was ‘ irrational ’ . |
| 5 | All week our doctor and two lawyers had thus credited their clients for their various pleasures . |
| 6 | Cos she had n't washed her feet for going back to bed . |
| 7 | Why had n't somebody checked that they had n't left their spears for all and sundry to trip over ? |
| 8 | A year later , now a second lieutenant , he sailed to Palestine to join the Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry , a cavalry regiment that had recently exchanged its horses for tanks . |
| 9 | He had never forgiven his parents for naming him Clarence Wilkins . |
| 10 | He had never forgiven his parents for christening him Clarence Wilkins . |