Example sentences of "he had [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he had stabbed someone 17 times less than an hour before , which I do n't believe he did , he certainly showed not the slightest emotion . ’ |
| 2 | What she had now was twice what she had suffered before this — a love so very agonising , a love without hope because someone else had the right and the claim to him now and that was why he had kissed her that way — to let her know how hopeless it all was . |
| 3 | Her voice rose , as she thought she realised why he had kissed her earlier . |
| 4 | Many Whigs took the line that James had been deposed because he had broken his original contract with the people . |
| 5 | He knew he had broken his left thigh before he hit the ground . |
| 6 | A seven-iron and one putt later he had recorded his first birdie of the day . |
| 7 | On that first Broadway night I had stood in the wings where he was absent-mindedly fondling the breasts of his frizzy-haired admirer , and to me he had looked just like any other dirty old man ; but then , as the royal fanfare sounded , he had twitched his grey gown , given me a wink , and walked into the stage 's glare . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’ |
| 9 | Nigel dared to disagree with her — he had hated his own school and he thought he divined Gina 's reason for wanting Anthony out of the way . |
| 10 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 11 | Perhaps he had given him some idea of when he would be home . |
| 12 | He had a good later reputation , and according to Osbern was very acceptable to Cnut because he had given him holy chrism . |
| 13 | Just for a moment she let her hand linger on his sleeve , then slowly withdrew it , wondering if she was glad or sorry that he had given her such an insight into what made him the man he was today . |
| 14 | She tried to pull her scattered thoughts into some sort of order , but all she could do was wonder if the cold , level gaze he had given her betokened indifference or anger . |
| 15 | It reminded her how he had given her naked body that same assessment in the shower last night . |
| 16 | He had given her that household , a little society , warming itself in its own glow of virtue , insulating itself from the big bad world ; but within its own limits it had been open and supportive . |
| 17 | If Benjamin had given her nothing else in their life together he had given her this child , and for that Sarah would forgive him anything . |
| 18 | Anyway , he had given her enough money to have the baby comfortably ; and she had already made up her mind that she was n't going to have it adopted . |
| 19 | Not only had David Anthony been her grandfather 's name , but the name he had given his adopted son . |
| 20 | But he had given it all up and returned to the business world as a marketing executive . |
| 21 | His anger was real but so continuously felt that once he had given it adequate ( in his own mind ) expression , it ceased to modify his actions . |
| 22 | Then he had to face the curse and the blessing of his generation : he had to do his National Service . |
| 23 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 24 | But he had discovered something surprising . |
| 25 | That Merymose had died because he had discovered something important enough to threaten the killer was clear , and Huy knew that his own reluctance to take the policeman into his confidence had been one indirect reason for his death . |
| 26 | Of these the most important was Hartley , after whom he had named his first son . |
| 27 | Parks did have talent and right to the end , which came after he had shot his final roll on a Town & Country sitting , he never , ever dressed like a stockbroker . |
| 28 | He had adorned his new abode at Winchelsea with the finest furniture from a firm in London 's New Bond Street and , although well able to afford it , he had failed to pay . |
| 29 | Not the way he had loved his gentle Adelaide , to whom he had been devoted , but with a lust which made him ashamed . |
| 30 | He had loved his younger brother with a fierce , protective love capable of showing no mercy to those who sought to harm him . |