Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paris gave the immediate illusion of spaciousness and grandeur ; the swelling pride of Louix XIV and Napoleon had expressed itself in truly monumental architecture . |
| 2 | 7 ‘ RAILWAYS : If Napoleon had had them at his disposition , he would have been invincible . |
| 3 | The same morning Mrs Singh had approached me in the school foyer , handed me a bag full of letters , and burst into tears . |
| 4 | Nellie had put him to bed thinking it was a cold , then hearing of the scarlet fever in Newry through Tommy Drennan , she sent for Dr Nolan at once . |
| 5 | Frank Spencer had endeared himself to so many people that Crawford 's wish to leave the character behind was tempered by the pleasure it had clearly brought . |
| 6 | Tammuz Malamute abused the body Ewan had bequeathed him for years , telling himself he 'd buried the past , until the day he woke up and a voice inside reminded him that Ari Famber was fourteen years old . |
| 7 | She 'd been close to panicking when Jeff had phoned her about the Sardinia stint . |
| 8 | Jeff had mentioned it to her fleetingly , but had n't gone into details . |
| 9 | After what Jeff had told her about Guido Falcone , the only feelings she ought to have for him were disapproval and dislike . |
| 10 | Man of the match Smith admitted he would not have been surprised if Hick had pipped him to the award . |
| 11 | From what Neil had told me over supper last night , I knew that the main bird colonies were on the western side of the island , where the cliffy coastline was cut into deep gullies , some of them sheer , and some filled with tumbles of massed boulders . |
| 12 | Something Neil had told me about the island . |
| 13 | Afterwards they had gone out into the brilliant sunshine of mid-June , the English summer being fine for a change , and Matey had introduced her to her other , lesser treasure , the curate Mr Julian Sands . |
| 14 | Ours was a one-off Section in that we had n't been sent to Castelnaudary where things were reputed to be much easier , and where there was a spirit of prevailing moderation which had pervaded the Legion since Mitterrand had brought it into line with the rest of the French army . |
| 15 | Everything about the odd relic suggested that Morthen had left it as a deliberate sign . |
| 16 | Frankie Howerd had bought it in the early Seventies . |
| 17 | Samson had clouted her for burning it — the beginning of a long bad day . |
| 18 | Like many others , Schellenberg had seen it as employment , not as a political ideal , and his rise had been astonishing . |
| 19 | Donna had called them from Jackie Quinn 's house , telling Jackie there was nothing to worry about . |
| 20 | Donna had helped her onto the sofa , woken her gently but then realized that she was becoming hysterical . |
| 21 | In a playing career that ended the month Graeme Souness arrived at Rangers , Johnstone had excelled himself as a rumbustious centre-forward . |
| 22 | ‘ Several times more than once , ’ the Doctor said , the tone of his voice reflecting the numerous occasions on which Bernice had dragged him into the flea-pit cinema she 'd found in the TARDIS and insisted that he pay attention to the noir motifs and the semiotics of Double Indemnity . |
| 23 | Thinking in terms of his mother 's back yard in Hoylake , the washing sagging between poplar trees , Meredith had prepared himself for details of death . |
| 24 | Meredith had spotted him at an end of term production of You Never Can Tell at drama school . |
| 25 | Contrary to Cissie 's opinion , she herself was glad that David had stopped her from opening her heart to this impressionable young girl . |
| 26 | My contact with David had fired me with an interest in Peru again , a desire to engage with it beyond the level of annoyance . |
| 27 | Everything David had shown her of himself had made her love him and yet she believed that he had done something unspeakable . |
| 28 | The terrible Human-hungry creature that Fael-Inis had warned them against … |
| 29 | There was a truce between Rose and Gabriel , but none between Shirley and Gabriel because Gaby had discovered it to be Shirley who had leaked her secret to Rose . |
| 30 | Stock , Aitken and Waterman had taken her under their protective wing and such master opportunities did n't need any convincing that the success of the soap could be translated into success in the record business . |