Example sentences of "he [vb past] have the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I refused to believe that he chanced to have the same name as the previous tenants of the cottage — unless he himself was the previous tenant , and had for some reason returned to Moila without wanting to be known ? |
| 2 | With the hassle , I somehow missed out on the pudding , but G assured me he 'd had the usual number of five . |
| 3 | He says that he was told his father was alive after the first crash … by the time he 'd had the second crash in the rescue boat he was dead . |
| 4 | ‘ From now on , that charge will be mine , ’ he 'd had the utter nerve to tell her . |
| 5 | I wished he 'd had the same confidence in front of audiences because he was probably the most talented actor of us all . |
| 6 | Already he seemed to have the reassuring kind of manner one associated with being a doctor . |
| 7 | She should go back to her own bed and not risk either of them getting into more trouble , but he liked having the silly little thing cuddled up to him like a rabbit . |
| 8 | That was how much Adam appreciated the beautiful old house he had had the unheard-of good fortune to inherit at the age of nineteen . |
| 9 | I thought that maybe he had had the same idea as me only for a different reason . |
| 10 | Even earlier , in 1751 , he had had the same theme in mind when he began On the Immensity of the Supreme Being : |
| 11 | As she did so , Caspar turned with her , and Fenella knew he had had the same idea . |
| 12 | Perhaps he had had the same thought , because as their eyes met something seemed to pass between them , some spark of longing they both recognised . |
| 13 | And here , thought Dalgliesh , he had had the larger vestry to himself . |
| 14 | A few weeks later Mr Walker told Ruth of a premonition that he had had the previous night — it was identical to Mr Reynolds ' . |
| 15 | ‘ Because he would have had such a responsible job , he had to have the absolute backing of both countries and he clearly did not and would have been in an impossible position . |