Example sentences of "[verb] he had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wished that one of the journalists who 'd interviewed him had expressed the substance of his life and work in such up-market , romantic terms . |
| 2 | And when the first person to find him had turned him over , presuming him dead , he had bitten a chunk out of that person 's thigh . |
| 3 | He must have wished he had stayed at home . |
| 4 | I had a feeling when I read those words over 40 years ago , and written in the heat of the aftermath of a long and tiresome period of war , that Sir Arthur might have wished he had put it differently . |
| 5 | Colour flooded her cheeks as she realised he was accusing her of posing and denying he had had anything to do with it . |
| 6 | He did n't know he had to give him a little verbal back . |
| 7 | Michael waved to let the doctor know he had heard , then , opening the front door , he rushed out . |
| 8 | If he happened to be out when Sien came home , the flowers in front of the window by the wicker chair would let her know he had thought of her . |
| 9 | Luke Calder 's presence at the station was a fact of life , and she had to learn how to handle it or give up her job , and pride would never allow her to do that and let him know he had won . |
| 10 | ( So : Minter did not even know he had left Rhodes , far less all he had discovered since then — notably about Minter himself . ) |
| 11 | Chief executive Mr Richard Sutherland said the partners at the practice did not know he had worked as a locum at Bolton Royal Infirmary and the doctor had not told the infirmary he was HIV positive . |
| 12 | What he did not know he had got from his sister , his ally against their parents if in nothing else . |
| 13 | He was surprised to receive shortly afterwards an invoice from the first agency informing him that his Visa account had been debited for £153 for tickets he did n't know he had bought . |
| 14 | The suit also alleges Crue members Nikki Sixx , Tommy Lee and Mick Mars libelled Neil by announcing he had left the band . |
| 15 | Lesley-Anne Rawlings , prosecuting , said he had at first claimed he had gone into the school on August 9 to try and put the fire out . |
| 16 | After we told Joe , he wrote to us explaining he had mixed up AZT with the cancer drug Interferon , known as IFN . |
| 17 | ‘ You have n't yet answered my question , ’ Lubor reminded her when , for a brief while , she had forgotten he had asked it . |
| 18 | He half rose from his seat but at that point the waiter arrived with a coffee Sandison had forgotten he had ordered . |
| 19 | Craig , who joked he had built up his body with steroids , said : ‘ I may be big but I am losing my hair . ’ |
| 20 | MARK WRIGHT was last night ruthlessly axed by Liverpool manager Graeme Souness after revealing he had climbed from his sick-bed to help the club . |
| 21 | McGown , 56 , was arrested after a parliamentary select committee reported he had admitted to having ‘ undertaken experiments without following laid down procedures to discover new ways of managing pain ’ . |
| 22 | CW reported he had passed a list of requirements to meet EC Directive on Workstation H & S to IL , but he had not yet had time to discuss eye and eyesight testing requirements with M Prior . |
| 23 | ‘ I had n't even made the connection until a friend mentioned he had seen Tim in the papers with all the Princess Anne business . ’ |
| 24 | Shildon closed in on them and mentioned he had arrived late because Wickham had wanted to question him . |
| 25 | She knew Eddie 's gambling had had disastrous consequences for her family , but it had been a terrible shock to discover he had taken so much from his best friend as well . |
| 26 | Within a week of returning he had struck gold . |
| 27 | So it was no surprise to find he had moved in . |
| 28 | JINXED astronaut Franco Malerba flew home to Genoa yesterday — to find he had lost the suitcase containing the Italian flag he had taken into space . |
| 29 | Before Robyn knew what was happening he had taken hold of her arm and with one swift movement had pulled her inside , closing the door against the pouring rain , and dreary , foreboding skies . |
| 30 | He had fulfilled , he had discharged his mission , he had preached the gospel he had seen men and women coming to Jesus Christ , he had seen the mi mi miracles happening he had baptized those who have put faith in Jesus , and now , you see , it 's not a one man show , there was , there was a leadersh , there was a team involved here . |