Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs .
2 You were n't of afraid of me but the accent that I had at that time .
3 Yes , yes , oh yes I 've well you know the fires on that I had in all the winter I 'm going to get on that today .
4 Except that I had in some way to justify myself .
5 Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder .
6 Janine nodded and left the flat , feeling lighter hearted than she had for many days .
7 She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time .
8 All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years .
9 rock and roll You know that tape that you had with all the rock and roll 's greatest hits .
10 Cos , on , on the tape that we had at that party we were
11 But that has been in the past and that was a thing that we had for several years had A level plays actually on the stage am I correct ?
12 But that was the doctoring that we had in those days .
13 Plus the rebate that we had from that project .
14 Now when I tell you about lodging houses , we had four registered lodging houses in Ipswich that they had at that time .
15 I do n't know if anyone wants to put anything into the pool of things that , points that we raised and er or a general feeling that they had after that meeting .
16 The surviving corner showed that it had at some stage been thickened to 7½ft or possibly , as the plan suggests , extended to form a buttress or column base .
17 If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence .
18 ‘ No evidence that he had at all .
19 R. A. Butler , one of the Conservative Party 's chief spokesmen on foreign affairs , stated in the House of Commons on 27 February 1947 that he had for some time regarded Korea ‘ as perhaps the greatest danger spot for peace in the Far East ’ .
20 On the other , I felt that he had after all taken a sort of liking for me .
21 It was then that I conceived the idea of getting a few fans that he had in those days to walk around the television company with placards saying Lets Be Fair To The Long Hairs , which did get press publicity , and in the end , the producer relented and he did his first TV show . ’
22 That he had in some way taken her aback was as obvious to him as the reason was obscure .
23 I think he might have tried , thinking that he must fulfill this sexual desire that he had in some way .
24 Faldo also made birdies at both the 15th and 16th and putted better than he had on either of the first two days .
25 These days he felt happier than he had at any time in his life .
26 Bigwig was racing back across the field , looking more agitated than he had at any time since the encounter with Captain Holly .
27 A little over an hour later , Harry felt more in control of events than he had at any time since Heather 's disappearance .
28 He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met .
29 I thought about telling him the arrangement Laura and I had for that night , then decided against it .
30 ‘ What would I give now to have a joint of beef like I had in those days ! ’
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