Example sentences of "[vb past] he had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly he declined , saying in a charmingly self-deprecatory way that he doubted he had any views worth hearing . |
| 2 | Looking up in surprise , she found he had one eyebrow raised as though waiting for her to make some sarcastic comment , which successfully ensured that she did n't do any such thing . |
| 3 | As Rick was re-baiting , the clip on his other rod pulled and on checking the line he found he had another take . |
| 4 | Looking into her churning heart as she stood there that night , she knew she felt an affection for the man opposite and believed he had some affection for her . |
| 5 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 6 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
| 7 | Miss Claire Cannon , prosecuting , said that tests showed he had 74 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath . |
| 8 | Bowden gave a blood sample — because the breathalyser machine was defective — which showed he had 203 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood . |
| 9 | Mr Lee claimed he had personal knowledge of a case in which a person had bought and sold council houses on four occasions . |
| 10 | Quelch claimed he had verbal consent from the NRA . |
| 11 | He reckoned he had enough time to see Maidstone , then get down to the pensione and change before making his way back up to the Vomero again . |
| 12 | David was so upset about the prospect of going to a day centre that when the ambulance arrived he had uncharacteristic temper tantrums on the doorstep . |
| 13 | Haynes has tended to be the less adventurous of the two and does not quite have his partner 's determination to hammer the ball into a distant wall , but before the series began he had 5,340 runs at 41 , with twelve centuries , to his name all the same . |
| 14 | In Street a man named he had two sons and he had , he had to quote , give a contract for it , but he always used to do what they 'd call a workhouse feed , and it was a four pound loaf , when my father died mother did n't get a widow 's pension , what , what she got was two shillings for each lad , there 's four of us , that 's eight shillings and a four pound loaf for each lad |
| 15 | A word from Maud and he had been given one of the four coveted places as a dresser , which meant he had more chance to learn the great man 's skills . |
| 16 | Without waiting for my assent , he pulled writing materials from his cloak , where I saw he had several notebooks . |
| 17 | Sales director David Nelsey added : ‘ She felt he had total disrespect for women . ’ |
| 18 | He just knew he had cheap labour . |
| 19 | Asked once what he would do if he knew he had six months to live , he replied : ‘ I 'd type faster . ’ |
| 20 | He checked his watch and knew he had three hours to wait . |
| 21 | I knew he had previous convictions . |
| 22 | Benning knew he had sufficient evidence — a missing wife , a husband who had obviously lied , and an admission of guilt , albeit by word of mouth . |
| 23 | Up to then I thought he had dark hair . |
| 24 | However , the tale seems to have followed him , because I gather some of his parishioners certainly thought he had deviant tendencies in spite of his having a wife and son . |
| 25 | Sorry , he 's just someone I went out with who thought he had exclusive rights to my body . ’ |
| 26 | Christina thought he had attractive Latin looks . |
| 27 | He sold his home to get on the grid … when no-one it seems except Nigel thought he had any talent … he roared into formula one with the old Lotus team … |
| 28 | You remember you always thought he had some secret . ’ |
| 29 | I suppose the defendant thought he had some benefit ; at any rate , there is a detriment to the plaintiff from his parting with the possession for even so short a time . |
| 30 | He stood up while we watched and I realized he had magnificent horns , far longer than any I had yet seen . |