Example sentences of "in [num] [noun] [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 2 | In 945 Malcolm I had signed a treaty with Edmund of England agreeing that in respect of lands held by himself in Strathclyde , which included Cumberland , he owed fealty to Edmund . |
| 3 | In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers . |
| 4 | In 10 minutes we had spied the whole Countrywatch patch . |
| 5 | In three minutes I had the Hispaniola sailing easily before the wind , along the coast of Treasure Island . |
| 6 | In three years they had rounded up fifty captive orangs . |
| 7 | He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew . |
| 8 | A fine attacking batsman , he had been in the England team for much of the time since making his debut in 1982 , but after his four centuries in the summer of 1984 he had disappointed too often and his average scarcely reflected his ability — in 57 Tests he had made just over 3,000 runs at 34 before the tour began . |
| 9 | As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’ |
| 10 | In twenty-five years he had not been ‘ ten times in a tavern , eight times in a coffee house ’ . |
| 11 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 12 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
| 13 | In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup . |
| 14 | In one case he had an affair with the mistress of the house , which led to his dismissal . |
| 15 | By the time they met , Leonard was indeed pushing hard at the doors of his own individuality — in one sense he had been doing that for years . |
| 16 | Which was fitting , since in one sense he had created it , had made these folk to people it . |
| 17 | In one scene he had to take a handkerchief out of his pocket , and in the process shower Maggie Smith with nuts . |
| 18 | But when in one class he had taken the register and pronounced their names correctly , there had been some laughter from non-Indian children ( who were a minority in the class ) but floods of embarrassed giggles from Asian children , who seemed to prefer their names to be mispronounced in school . |
| 19 | In one week I had been transformed into the two personae that I had always sworn to avoid : the preacher and the missionary . |
| 20 | In one stride he had her in his grip . |
| 21 | In one breath she had tripled her communication average , Mungo thought . |
| 22 | In one city he had been impersonated by a woman named Helen Potter , and in another a boy of sixteen managed to get into his hotel room . |
| 23 | In two minutes we had created the excitement , fun and audience involvement that set the atmosphere for the afternoon . |
| 24 | For one thing , she said , they could hardly scrape up enough money for one deck passage , let alone two , for in two years he had sold only three paintings for a few pounds . |
| 25 | In two days he had made birdies at only the 15th twice and the second once . |
| 26 | For the second time in two days she had been bought and sold . |
| 27 | In two steps she had reached the slop bucket , dropped the packet in , watched it splash on the cobbles and turned round as a voice rang out in the yard . |
| 28 | In seven years I had as many new cars , each one more highly powered and larger than the last . |
| 29 | In twenty-four hours she had aged ten years . |