Example sentences of "and he had [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his years in charge of a thriving and successful golf club had softened his hard-edged military manner , and he had trained himself to adopt an informal , ‘ civilian ’ manner . |
| 2 | Pembroke was well placed to speak for those who wanted a more vigorous and successful war : he had a special place in the king 's affections , and he had acquitted himself well in Aquitaine . |
| 3 | He felt very cold , and he had pissed himself . |
| 4 | It is easy to see how the plot of We Did n't Mean To Go To Sea hatched , as he looked out into the distance and remembered a time when as a young man his anchor had dragged , and he had found himself sailing out to sea at night . |
| 5 | Grief was the climate in which he worked and he had inured himself to it . |
| 6 | In the 1950s Willie had watched Ben Hogan practising for the Open , and he had promised himself he was going to carry for someone like him . |