Example sentences of "[verb] he had [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat after lunch on Monday in his room ; or rather he sat chubbily at his desk , living up to his nickname , spooning Hymettus honey out of a jar and telling me of the flesh and fleshpots he had bought himself in Athens ; and I lay on his bed , only half listening . |
| 2 | He could n't quite believe he had found himself such a beautiful animal . |
| 3 | But these activities occupied him , one may well think , because he could see he had painted himself into a corner : the purely literary reason for not finishing The Silmarillion is deducible not only from that work itself , but from almost the whole of Tolkien 's professional career . |
| 4 | If a borrower had rashly signed a credit agreement and then discovered he had committed himself to paying what he considered disproportionate interest , he could have his opinion confirmed , or shown to be unreasonable , by a court . |
| 5 | As the round ticked to an end , he felt he had acquitted himself rather well . |
| 6 | But he felt he had proved himself a man , at twenty-three , and , as the returning warrior , had a belief that there would be no parental opposition . |
| 7 | For all the senator 's affability he was a proud man and I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help and I also knew I could not refuse him . |
| 8 | It was n't until he asked if he could take some off that I realised he had got himself well wrapped up — with 24 articles of clothing , ’ said Taylor . |
| 9 | He looked at her carefully to see he had made himself clear , then resumed his search through the file . |
| 10 | We never discovered exactly what happened , but Heathcliff said he had drunk himself to death . |