Example sentences of "had reason to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had reason to be wary , reason to act cool . |
| 2 | He had reason to be touchy about Nechaev . |
| 3 | Leconte had reason to be pleased . |
| 4 | But , however rapidly the filmmakers who built their reputations during the war may have disillusioned the critics , with their narrow concept of what the nation 's filmmakers should be doing , British filmmakers had reason to be confident in 1945 . |
| 5 | The historian Golo Mann wrote 20 years ago that Germany 's post-war recovery took place against ‘ a historical background of which Germans had reason to be profoundly ashamed . |
| 6 | The historian Golo Mann wrote 20 years ago that Germany 's post-war recovery took place against ‘ a historical background of which Germans had reason to be profoundly ashamed . |
| 7 | Or perhaps he had reason to be content , since Franca had been , perhaps visibly , moved , or startled by his sudden gesture of kissing her hand , something which she could not remember his ever having done before . |
| 8 | I am in the possession of a number of splendid suits , kindly passed on to me over the years by Lord Darlington himself , and by various guests who have stayed in this house and had reason to be pleased with the standard of service here . |
| 9 | Clare 's contemporaries in the wetlands had reason to be concerned more for their own survival than that of moles and willow trees . |
| 10 | Nutty had reason to be optimistic about the swimming , for Jazz had improved phenomenally . |
| 11 | She had reason to be depressed this time . |
| 12 | Yet again he had reason to be grateful that no-one in Vienna argued with a uniform . |
| 13 | That it appears to this Committee that the Secretary ( Mr Huntingford ) has propagated reports injurious to the character of the Professor and that his conduct appears highly culpable in having spread such reports after he had reason to be satisfied that they were groundless . |
| 14 | Resolved that , from the report of the Committee consisting of the Earl of Morton , Chairman , & c this meeting is perfectly satisfied with the Character & Conduct of the Professor Mr Vial and is of opinion that the conduct of the Secretary Mr Huntingford is highly culpable in having propagated reports injurious to the Professor Mr Vial after he had reason to be satisfied the [ sic ] were groundless . ’ |
| 15 | Tom had reason to be wary . |
| 16 | Many other men and organisations had reason to be proud of the parts they had played in the drama . |
| 17 | Several local people had reason to be proud of the rescues they effected before the arrival of the rescue services . |
| 18 | Many others had reason to be grateful to the Quakers for refusing to give up their mission to help refugees . |
| 19 | They were people who had reason to be suspicious , or they would not have paid so highly for Hayman 's services . |
| 20 | Mr Hurd said Mr Boutros Ghali , who wants more cash for the African famine , had reason to be exasperated . |
| 21 | After 1416 , the English had reason to be optimistic . |
| 22 | Commissioners were appointed on either side to work out an agreed formula which would cover differences in legal systems , taxation discrepancies , the coinages — which were still quite distinct — and above all the religious rights of Episcopalians , Presbyterians , Cameronians and others who had reason to be wary of the Church of England . |
| 23 | He had reason to be in that camp … |
| 24 | He had reason to be frightened . |
| 25 | Rain was no more vague than she had reason to be . |
| 26 | He looked scared to death , and he had reason to be for he was doubly identified by both of us . |
| 27 | Michael Codron had reason to be grateful that it was , especially when in January 1958 it transferred for a third time — or even a fifth , if the pre-West End runs at the Theatre Royal Brighton , and the original Cambridge version , were taken into account — to the Garrick Theatre . |
| 28 | He had reason to be proud he thought , as he gazed through his car windscreen at the line of traffic ahead . |
| 29 | The Essex team had reason to be grateful to the weather when a down-pour at the Southend Spring Festival ( 16 May ) brought crowds into the covered area just in time to watch them perform . |