Example sentences of "he had [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At forty-seven years of age , he was young enough that he could be expected to complete the work , and yet he had probably built more buildings than any of his close rivals . |
| 2 | Two or three years later he might suddenly be appointed a full-time magistrate , even though by that time he had probably forgotten all of the law which he had learnt . |
| 3 | He had barely registered this fact when he felt a tap on his shoulder . |
| 4 | The report ( stateinyi spisok ) on his mission which a Russian ambassador wrote on his return was devoted in the main to showing that he had strictly observed these instructions . |
| 5 | To do this on a significant scale he had either to supersede another lord or outrank him so that the following of one lord became a component in the retinue of a superior lord . |
| 6 | To do this on a significant scale he had either to supersede another lord or outrank him so that the following of one lord became a component in the retinue of a superior lord . |
| 7 | In fact he had even made some appropriately sophisticated comment . |
| 8 | He had also demonstrated this commitment by appointing a dually qualified teacher-librarian as a Scale One probationer in charge of the library . |
| 9 | He had also developed such affection for his owner , and had become so possessive of her , that if he saw her stroking another horse , he would roar with rage and throw himself sideways against the nearest fence , cutting and scraping his skin so that it bled . |
| 10 | Rose 's grandfather had made a stupid suggestion but he had also thrown some light on the history of the cottage . |
| 11 | He remembered the call he had also had that morning from a senior man in Special Branch . |
| 12 | In 1961 Treloar 's father bought neighbouring land , and believed he had also bought this waste land . |
| 13 | He had scarcely made this decision when he looked up . |
| 14 | He had scarcely slept that night . |
| 15 | The memory was staggeringly clear , as though he had just heard those other bells , as though he were just surging forward in his final spurt , kicking for home . |
| 16 | This heartened D'Arcy , because he had just converted this former communist to Catholicism . |
| 17 | The whole family and Christian crowded around the young gipsy , congratulating him as though he had just achieved some major feat . |
| 18 | He had just provided some polish for a machine that was already a miracle of design . |
| 19 | As far as he was concerned , he had just knocked another competitor out of the promotion stakes . |
| 20 | He had just got most of their luggage on board and now was in a dilemma . |
| 21 | He was aware of a slow feeling of triumph , a sense of release as if he had just won some physical competition ; without the fear there would n't have been this strange sense of excitement and content . |
| 22 | He was changed since his days at Lancaster 's court ; with all his polish and scholarship , which neither time nor place could tarnish , he had nevertheless shed all the cramping tensions of city life , and moved like a young stag , long-stepping in motion and magnificently abandoned in repose . |
| 23 | He had previously made much play of the fact that the Labour party wanted to do more than the Government to ensure that women were paid properly . |
| 24 | He had previously produced another scheme which , in accordance with the recommendation of the Select Committee , omitted the residence completely . |
| 25 | He had made the excuse that he needed to be there to greet the Prince of Wales , but making this pronouncement , which he had previously rehearsed many times , failed to fill him with the satisfaction he had anticipated . |
| 26 | Rank 's wilful demolition of his own dream suggests he had simply had enough of trying to create a niche for British films in the American market . |
| 27 | He said no , he had already done that . |
| 28 | He had already done that ; what greater proof did he want than her immobility in his arms ? |
| 29 | He had already done some painting in Vienna and it had shown in some of the very early exhibitions at Euston Road School . |
| 30 | But he had already scored both Arsenal goals — which may surprise Graham Taylor , who picked him for his England squad only to be told he 's not fit enough . |