Example sentences of "who had [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Piers Morrison was a dangerous stranger , one who made no effort to treat her with respect , far less subservience , and who had kissed her on the spur of the moment , then instantly regretted it because he basically did n't like her . |
| 2 | However , after a couple of dances had elapsed , Clara thought she spotted the civilized young man who had assisted her on the Channel crossing ; once she had spotted him she turned rigidly away , so deep was her horror of imitating Janice 's conduct , but she lost nothing by it , for within a couple of minutes he presented himself , courteously , at her elbow . |
| 3 | She gave a little shiver as a goose ran over her grave , and stroked Cas and Poll , who had joined her on the swing-seat . |
| 4 | I 'd been walking for 45 minutes when I was hailed by a local farmer who had seen me on the moonlit road . |
| 5 | Leese claimed that his ‘ martyrdom ’ had been achieved against the wishes of the Jury who had acquitted him on the serious charge . |
| 6 | Her concerned employers had referred her to a doctor , who had put her on the contraceptive pill but , as was normal practice , she had not been examined or questioned . |
| 7 | So it must have been the Gharrgoyles who had put me on the planets surface to die . |
| 8 | He believed the Prince that it was de Craon who had informed him on the Sunday night but how had the Frenchman known ? |
| 9 | On one occasion an Irish visitor asked a late tenant , Mr Crawshaw , if the lady in white who had passed him on the stairs would be coming down to breakfast soon . |