Example sentences of "that he had [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his diary , he wrote that he had frequently tried to cross-examine Wilson on his plans for overthrowing the government of Ian Smith . |
| 2 | It 's a symbolic embarrassment to have man in a graveyard outside a church , not getting any sanctuary , especially when you consider not only that background you 've mentioned , Jesus himself actually said that he had nowhere to lay his head . |
| 3 | As he previously spent most of his time living in his cab or in bed-and-breakfast accommodation while he was working , his dismissal meant that he had nowhere to live . |
| 4 | It would be no use him arguing that he had nowhere to go because he so often found other places to spend nights . |
| 5 | The count upon which he was acquitted , that he had allegedly bought crack cocaine from a Washington dealer on Sept. 7 , was refuted by defence witnesses who testified that the mayor had not been in the vicinity of the alleged transaction on the day in question . |
| 6 | During a full meeting of the convention later , Councillor John Connolly , of Central Region and chairman of the COSLA water and sewerage committee , said that since a great deal had been heard about taking stock it was time Mr Lang faced up to the fact that he had completely lost the argument for privatised water and sewerage services , including a franchise arrangement . |
| 7 | The free play of air around him defined and set the limits of his body in a way that he had completely forgotten . |
| 8 | Stirling felt this inferred that he had loosely prattled at a cocktail party , whereas the gatherings referred to were private dinner parties . |
| 9 | In the same letter to Nannerl , of 3 or 4 November , 1785 , Leopold was grumbling that he had n't heard a word from Wolfgang recently , but that a journalist friend had mentioned something about a new opera . |
| 10 | And then he wondered why it was that he had n't heard that satisfying little clunk the coin usually made as it dropped inside the machine . |
| 11 | It was as though she had died again , only it was worse , and he felt guilty that he had n't wept properly when she 'd really died . |
| 12 | She realised , with hindsight , that he had n't forgiven her either for turning him down soon after she 'd joined the team . |
| 13 | The thought made her shudder , but the fact that he had n't referred to the ghastly possibility himself made her wonder if Isabelle had kept her pregnancy a secret from the de Rochefort clan . |
| 14 | Empty house , chagrin perhaps that he had n't heeded her theme , loss of face with the TV company , negligent children ? |
| 15 | In fact , I remember when I first introduced him to my father and before he 'd said a word , I said , ‘ This is my father ’ who told me afterwards that he had n't realized that it was a boy because I mean … long hair — his hair was really long . |
| 16 | It occurred to him that he had n't eaten . |
| 17 | He could feel the tension like a coil in him ; could feel responses waking in him that he had n't felt since … well , since they 'd tried to reconstruct him . |
| 18 | There was an insult in his voice , a sneer that he had n't intended them to notice . |
| 19 | She was disappointed that he had n't arranged to meet her during the afternoon or even later on . |
| 20 | Ballater answered smoothly that he had n't invited him . |
| 21 | Mr McTavish forbore to mention that he had n't made it quite to the same standard as his host but was obviously pleased to be included in the generalization . |
| 22 | Her breath came back , softly , partly relieved that he had n't made the commitment with Maria Luisa , partly saddened by what she knew already . |
| 23 | I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him . |
| 24 | He still used to entertain the others with stories of his days as a master criminal and boast that he had n't lost any of his skills , but it was difficult to imagine him back at that game . |
| 25 | As soon as Jaq realized how Carnelian was accomplishing this intrusion , he knew that he had n't lost . |
| 26 | For the first time in over a month Charles felt certain that he had n't lost interest in sex . |
| 27 | I noted from Gergiev 's conducting CV that he had n't escaped the grip of the Union of Composers : the works or its secretary- general , the ogre-figure of Tikhon Khrennikov who had been behind the 1948 denunciations of Prokofiev and Shostakovich , are a fairly regular feature . |
| 28 | He puzzled over that , but he kept remembering the older man 's face , and the sadness in it , and the awful fact that he had n't retaliated in any way . |
| 29 | ‘ Are you ? ’ he said absently , and Belinda could see at once that Marise was disappointed that he had n't played along . |
| 30 | Apart from some dark patches on the wall that he had n't noticed before , there was nothing to see . |