Example sentences of "he had [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She was sure he had told her the story of the Moon and the Crocodile when she was a child , but she could n't remember it . |
| 32 | He had told her the one thing of importance , even if nothing else made any sense . |
| 33 | If he had told her the truth , she would not have believed him . |
| 34 | She had been necessary , but despised , so naturally he had discarded her the moment she was no longer necessary to him , and their single sexual collision was all it had taken to free him . |
| 35 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 36 | Regretfully , the young gentleman told him that he had quoted me the price to the trade , and for a retail sale it would be slightly more expensive , i.e. £36 plus VAT . |
| 37 | It was obvious that he had forgotten who the man was . |
| 38 | He had left himself the option of return . |
| 39 | But he had left them the inestimable advantage of the eighty Normans on their strong horses . |
| 40 | He had bought himself the latest issue of Wildlife and was immersed in an article about otters . |
| 41 | But he had shown her the way out of her panic and con fusion : taken her into his world where things were bright , ordered , clear-cut , and easy to control . |