Example sentences of "[conj] had [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally the clock struck three , then four , finally Francis and Jamie lurched down the stairs arguing about how late the late night bars stayed open or had they got the energy to visit the Heath . |
| 2 | Was I hearing him right or had I missed the point as so often happened ? |
| 3 | Was it just to save money , or had he imagined the atmosphere would perhaps induce a miscarriage ? |
| 4 | The church of the apostolic age sought to identify itself with the ‘ poor ’ whom Jesus had declared blessed ( Luke 6 : 20 ) ; or had he meant the ‘ poor in spirit ’ ( Matt. 5 : 3 ) , the humble-hearted , who could hold their property without pride as means to support the destitute ? |
| 5 | Or had he got the old man all wrong ? |
| 6 | They had stolen my good oilskins , but the thieves had never found my small stash of money which had been hidden in a redundant sea-cock , nor had they found the old Webley.455 revolver that I had hidden deep in Masquerade 's bilges . |
| 7 | Eckert did not know the real Arthur Hardy 's share in these juvenile expeditions , nor had he seen the then unpublished A Sportman 's Tale which amplifies the sustained friendship between these two Battersea Grammar School pupils . |
| 8 | He had never been inside the box , nor had he seen the Decontamination Centre that was alongside , nor the Liquid Waste plant . |
| 9 | Nor had he spent the night at the opera , or at the Naval and Military Club , or feasting at Hummums Hotel as in the case of the respectable ruffians of Cremorne . |
| 10 | Nor had he got the old dig back at Rubislaw . |
| 11 | She did not have sufficient strength to take stance on the gaunt bare branch above her head nor had she touched the remnant of meat that had been left the day before as her food and which now lay on the ground at her side . |
| 12 | Nor had I forgotten the swivel-gun mounted on the roof . |
| 13 | It is ironic to reflect that had he served the Luftwaffe in a similar role to that which he graced in the Royal Air Force , there can be little doubt that he would have been invested with the highest order of the Knight 's Cross of the Iron Cross — with Diamonds , Swords and Oakleaves . |
| 14 | Early in 1971 Waddell was found guilty of committing perjury at Meehan 's trial and in sentencing him to three years ' imprisonment Lord Cameron suggested that had he told the truth there , the Meehan jury might well have arrived at a different verdict . |
| 15 | But had he guessed the rest of it ? |
| 16 | This letter from Mactavish reveals the assumption made in 1926 that it was the WEA 's exclusive duty and responsibility to provide working class education , but had he read the 1926 UEMCC report more searchingly he would have realised that the universities ' role was not merely advisory but intended to promote the development of liberal adult education independently of other providers . |